Original title: A study of silver nanoparticle behavior in liquid media for ecotoxicity tests
Authors: Opršal, J. ; Pouzar, M. ; Knotek, P. ; Šlouf, Miroslav ; Pavlova, Ewa
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: NANOCON 2012. International Conference /4./, Brno (CZ), 2012-10-23 / 2012-10-25
Year: 2012
Language: eng
Abstract: The up to date increasing number of nanotechnology applications is linked with a serious danger of environmental pollution by nanomaterials. Consequently, the ecotoxicity testing of nanomaterials becomes an essential part of nanotechnology development. Classical ecotoxicity tests suffer with a number of complications when used for nanomaterials. In the case of aquatic toxicity tests, the nanoparticle agglomeration in the liquid media is a fundamental problem. The aim of this work is to evaluate the influence of important physico-chemical parameters (nanoparticle concentration and illumination conditions) on an agglomeration of 40 nm silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in a liquid media prescribed for fish eco-toxicity test by the OECD 203 guideline (Medium 203).
Keywords: ecotoxicity; lequid media; nanoparticles
Host item entry: NANOCON 2012 - Conference Proceedings, ISBN 978-80-87294-32-1

Institution: Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0213384

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