Characterisation of nanoparticles resulting from different braking behaviours

International Journal of Biomedical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-33

  Perrenoud, Alain ^a   Gasser, Michael ^b   Rothen Rutishauser, Barbara ^b   Gehr, Peter ^b   Riediker, Michael ^c  

^a Municipality of Langenthal ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

airborne particles; brake wear particles; elemental carbon; fine particles; metal content; nanoparticles; OC EC; organic carbon; particle numbers; PM10; PM2.5; size distribution; ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860724719     PISSN: 17560799     EISSN: 17560802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBNN.2010.034123     Document Type: Article

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