Technical issues surrounding the preparation, characterisation and testing of nanoparticles for ecotoxicological studies

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 132, Issue , 2010, Pages 165-176

  Tantra, R ^a   Jing, S ^a   Gohil, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agglomerates; aggregation; aquatic ecotoxicity; characterisation; dispersion; DLS; nanoparticles; SEM

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISPERSION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DAPHNIA;

EID: 78149273454     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/ETOX100161     Document Type: Article

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