High-pressure freezing/freeze substitution and transmission electron microscopy for characterization of metal oxide nanoparticles within sunscreens

Nanomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 541-551

  Butler, Margaret K ^a   Prow, Tarl W ^a   Guo, Ya Nan ^a   Lin, Lynlee L ^a   Webb, Richard I ^a   Martin, Darren J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

in situ characterization; metal oxide nanoparticles; particle characterization; sunscreen; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

METAL OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; RESIN; SUNSCREEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZING; HIGH PRESSURE FREEZING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OXIDES; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 84859473756     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.11.149     Document Type: Article

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