Quantitative characterization of agglomerates and aggregates of pyrogenic and precipitated amorphous silica nanomaterials by transmission electron microscopy

Journal of Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  De Temmerman, Pieter Jan ^a   Van Doren, Elke ^a   Verleysen, Eveline ^a   Van der Stede, Yves ^a   Francisco, Michel Abi D ^a   Mast, Jan ^a  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICA; BRIGHT FIELDS; COMPLEX PARAMETER; MEAN DIAMETER; MEASURED PARAMETERS; MULTIPLE PARAMETERS; NANOMATERIAL; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; PRIMARY PARTICLES; PRINCIPLE COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; REPETITIVE TASK; SEMI-AUTOMATIC IMAGE ANALYSIS; SHAPE FACTOR; SURFACE TOPOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM;

AGGREGATES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SILICA; TOPOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGGLOMERATION;

NANOMATERIAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; PRECIPITATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOFTWARE; SONICATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84862256387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14773155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-3155-10-24     Document Type: Article

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