Are stirring and sonication pre-dispersion methods equivalent for in vitro toxicology evaluation of SiC and TiC?

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Mejia, Jorge ^a   Valembois, Vanessa ^a   Piret, Jean Pascal ^a   Tichelaar, Frans ^b   Van Huis, Marijn ^b   Masereel, Bernard ^c   Toussaint, Olivier ^a   Delhalle, Joseph ^c   Mekhalif, Zineb ^c   Lucas, Stéphane ^a  

^a University of Namur   (Belgium)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Effective dose; Environmental and health effects; In vitro assays; Particle size distribution; Protocol of dispersion; SiC nanoparticles; Surface composition; TiC nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL CLEANING; CHEMICAL STABILITY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SILICON CARBIDE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TITANIUM CARBIDE;

EFFECTIVE DOSE; ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EFFECTS; IN-VITRO ASSAYS; PROTOCOL OF DISPERSIONS; SIC NANOPARTICLES; TIC NANOPARTICLES;

DISPERSIONS;

NANOMATERIAL; SILICON CARBIDE; TITANIUM CARBIDE;

AGGLOMERATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXICOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84858717630     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-0815-7     Document Type: Article

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