Dispersion of nanomaterials in aqueous media: Towards protocol optimization

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2017, Issue 130, 2017, Pages

  Kaur, Inder ^a   Ellis, Laura Jayne ^a   Romer, Isabella ^a   Tantra, Ratna ^b   Carriere, Marie ^c,d   Allard, Soline ^e   Mayne L'hermite, Martine ^e   Minelli, Caterina ^b   Unger, Wolfgang ^f   Potthoff, Annegret ^g   Rades, Steffi ^f   Valsami Jones, Eugenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d DIF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^f Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing BAM   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Characterization; Dispersion; Environmental Sciences; Nanomaterials; Optimization; Protocol optimization; Sonication

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; WATER;

NANOSTRUCTURES; WATER;

EID: 85041714589     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/56074     Document Type: Article

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