Changes in silver nanoparticles exposed to human synthetic stomach fluid: Effects of particle size and surface chemistry

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-98

  Mwilu, Samuel K ^a   El Badawy, Amro M ^b   Bradham, Karen ^a   Nelson, Clay ^a   Thomas, David ^a   Scheckel, Kirk G ^a   Tolaymat, Thabet ^a   Ma, Longzhou ^c   Rogers, Kim R ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human exposure; Silver nanoparticles; Surface chemistry; Synthetic stomach fluid

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; CAPPING AGENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMMERCIAL SOURCES; DIFFERENT SIZES; DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN EXPOSURES; NANOPARTICLE TRACKING; PARTICLE AGGREGATES; PARTICLE SIZE AND SURFACES; POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE; SILVER CHLORIDES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE COATINGS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER HALIDES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

SILVER;

CITRIC ACID; POVIDONE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY FLUID; COATING; INGESTION RATE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOANALYSIS; NANOPARTICLE TRACKING ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STOMACH JUICE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GASTRIC JUICE; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PARTICLE SIZE; POVIDONE; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84873269281     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.12.036     Document Type: Article

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