An interlaboratory comparison of nanosilver characterisation and hazard identification: Harmonising techniques for high quality data

Environment International

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 20-32

  Jemec, Anita ^a   Kahru, Anne ^b   Potthoff, Annegret ^c   Drobne, Damjana ^a   Heinlaan, Margit ^b   Böhme, Steffi ^d   Geppert, Mark ^e   Novak, Sara ^a   Schirmer, Kristin ^e   Rekulapally, Rohit ^f   Singh, Shashi ^f   Aruoja, Villem ^b   Sihtmäe, Mariliis ^b   Juganson, Katre ^b   Käkinen, Aleksandr ^b   Kühnel, Dana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS AND BIOPHYSICS   (Estonia)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CERAMIC TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^f CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Ag salt; Dissolution; FP7 EU project NanoValid; Hydrodynamic diameter; Nanomaterials' aging; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; DISSOLUTION; HAZARDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; METAL IONS; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; WELL TESTING;

EU PROJECTS; HYDRODYNAMIC DIAMETER; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON STUDIES; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS); TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; ZEBRAFISH DANIO RERIO;

TOXICITY;

SILVER NANOPARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DISSOLUTION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LABORATORY METHOD; SALT; SILVER; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DISPERSION; DISSOLUTION; ECOTOXICITY; EMBRYO; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LABORATORY TEST; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; ZEBRA FISH; ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMAL; ARTEMIA; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DAPHNIA; DRUG EFFECTS; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LABORATORY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY;

ALGAE; ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA; CRUSTACEA; DANIO RERIO; DAPHNIA MAGNA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PROTOZOA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; CELL LINE; CHLOROPHYTA; DAPHNIA; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; LABORATORIES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SILVER; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TOXICITY TESTS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84948809179     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.10.014     Document Type: Article

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