High-resolution analytical electron microscopy reveals cell culture media-induced changes to the chemistry of silver nanowires

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 13813-13821

  Chen, Shu ^a   Theodorou, Ioannis G ^a   Goode, Angela E ^a   Gow, Andrew ^b   Schwander, Stephan ^c   Zhang, Junfeng ^d   Chung, Kian Fan ^e   Tetley, Teresa D ^e   Shaffer, Milo S ^a   Ryan, Mary P ^a   Porter, Alexandra E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ANALYTICAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANALYTICAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; CELL CULTURE MEDIA; CELL CULTURE MEDIUMS; MODIFIED POLYOL PROCESS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

AMINO ACIDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PROTEINS; SALTS; SILVER; TOXICITY;

CELL CULTURE;

AMINO ACID; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CYSTEINE; INORGANIC SALT; NANOWIRE; PROTEIN; SILVER; SILVER NANOWIRE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALT; SILVER; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; TOXICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; PHARMACOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CULTURE MEDIA; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOWIRES; SILVER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84889772297     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403264d     Document Type: Article

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