An electron microscopy based method for the detection and quantification of nanomaterial number concentration in environmentally relevant media

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 537, Issue , 2015, Pages 479-486

  Prasad, A ^a   Lead, J R ^a,b   Baalousha, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental media; Nanomaterials; Particles number concentration; Quantitative analysis; Sample preparation; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; NANOSCIENCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RECOVERY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA; MEASUREMENT OF PARTICLES; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS; SUWANNEE RIVER FULVIC ACID;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; POLYLYSINE; WATER; NANOMATERIAL; POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84940403815     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.117     Document Type: Article

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