Dispersion stability of nanoparticles in ecotoxicological investigations: The need for adequate measurement tools

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3765-3780

  Tantra, Ratna ^a   Jing, Shingheng ^a   Pichaimuthu, Sivaraman K ^a   Walker, Nicholas ^b   Noble, James ^a   Hackley, Vincent A ^c  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersions; Environmental and health effects; Nanomaterial characterisation; Nanometrology; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION STABILITY; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EFFECTS; LARGE AGGLOMERATE; MEAN PARTICLE SIZE; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MEASUREMENT TOOLS; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; NANOMATERIAL; NANOMETROLOGY; NANOPARTICLE TRACKING; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

AGGLOMERATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; IONIZATION; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; STABILITY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

MEASUREMENTS;

CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; NANOPARTICLE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTATION; SURFACE CHARGE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 81055157210     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0298-y     Document Type: Article

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