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Generation and characterization of stable, highly concentrated titanium dioxide nanoparticle aerosols for rodent inhalation studies

In English

Författare

  • Wolfgang G. Kreyling
  • Pratim Biswas
  • Maria Messing
  • Neil Gibson
  • Marianne Geiser
  • Alexander Wenk
  • Manoranjan Sahu
  • Knut Deppert
  • Izabela Cydzik
  • Christoph Wigge
  • Otmar Schmid
  • Manuela Semmler-Behnke
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Summary, in English

The intensive use of nano-sized titanium dioxide (TiO2) particles in many different applications necessitates studies on their risk assessment as there are still open questions on their safe handling and utilization. For reliable risk assessment, the interaction of TiO2 nanoparticles (NP) with biological systems ideally needs to be investigated using physico-chemically uniform and well-characterized NP. In this article, we describe the reproducible production of TiO2 NP aerosols using spark ignition technology. Because currently no data are available on inhaled NP in the 10-50 nm diameter range, the emphasis was to generate NP as small as 20 nm for inhalation studies in rodents. For anticipated in vivo dosimetry analyses, TiO2 NP were radiolabeled with V-48 by proton irradiation of the titanium electrodes of the spark generator. The dissolution rate of the V-48 label was about 1% within the first day. The highly concentrated, polydisperse TiO2 NP aerosol (3-6 x 10(6) cm(-3)) proved to be constant over several hours in terms of its count median mobility diameter, its geometric standard deviation, and number concentration. Extensive characterization of NP chemical composition, physical structure, morphology, and specific surface area was performed. The originally generated amorphous TiO2 NP were converted into crystalline anatase TiO2 NP by thermal annealing at 950 A degrees C. Both crystalline and amorphous 20-nm TiO2 NP were chain agglomerated/aggregated, consisting of primary particles in the range of 5 nm. Disintegration of the deposited TiO2 NP in lung tissue was not detectable within 24 h.

Publiceringsår

2011

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

511-524

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volym

13

Issue

2

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Springer

Ämne

  • Nano Technology

Nyckelord

  • Titanium dioxide
  • Anatase
  • Amorphous TiO2
  • Spark ignition
  • Chain
  • aggregate/agglomerate
  • Nanoparticle generation
  • Transmission electron
  • microscopy
  • Elemental microanalysis
  • Electron tomography
  • Environmental
  • health and safety (EHS)

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Nanometer structure consortium (nmC)

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1572-896X