Silver nanoparticle release from commercially available plastic food containers into food simulants

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-11

  Mackevica, Aiga ^a   Olsson, Mikael Emil ^a   Hansen, Steffen Foss ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Consumer exposure; Consumer products; Environmental and health effects; Food safety; Nanoparticle release; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; CONTAINERS; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD STORAGE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PH; PLASTIC CONTAINERS;

ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; CONSUMER EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EFFECTS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS);

SILVER;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; SILVER; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAINER; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84953393503     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-015-3313-x     Document Type: Article

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