Traceable size determination of nanoparticles, a comparison among European metrology institutes

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Meli, Felix ^a   Klein, Tobias ^b   Buhr, Egbert ^b   Frase, Carl Georg ^b   Gleber, Gudrun ^b   Krumrey, Michael ^b   Duta, Alexandru ^c   Duta, Steluta ^c   Korpelainen, Virpi ^d   Bellotti, Roberto ^e   Picotto, Gian Bartolo ^e   Boyd, Robert D ^f   Cuenat, Alexandre ^f  

^a Swiss Federal Office of Metrology   (Switzerland)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^c National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology   (Romania)

^d CENTRE FOR METROLOGY AND ACCREDITATION MIKES   (Finland)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calibration; comparison; gold colloids; nanoparticles; traceable measurement

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALIBRATION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT; X RAY SCATTERING;

COMPARISON; GOLD COLLOID; MEASUREMENT COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; NATIONAL METROLOGY INSTITUTES; PARTICLE MEASUREMENT; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870312360     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/23/12/125005     Document Type: Article

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