A general perspective of the characterization and quantification of nanoparticles: Imaging, spectroscopic, and separation techniques

Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 423-458

  Lapresta Fernandez A ^a   Salinas Castillo, A ^a   Anderson De La Llana, S ^b   Costa Fernandez J M ^c   Dominguez Meister S ^d   Cecchini, R ^e   Capitan Vallvey L F ^a   Moreno Bondi, M C ^f   Marco, M Pilar ^g   Sanchez Lopez J C ^d   Anderson, I S ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^h OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

characterization techniques; imaging; nanoparticles; separation; spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NANOPARTICLES; SEPARATION;

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES; SPECTROSCOPIC; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 84903307771     PISSN: 10408436     EISSN: 15476561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408436.2014.899890     Document Type: Review

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