Separating dissolved silver from nanoparticulate silver is the key: Improved cloud-point-extraction hyphenated to single particle ICP-MS for comprehensive analysis of silver-based nanoparticles in real environmental samples down to single-digit nm particle sizes
Andreas Wimmer, Alexander Urstoeger, Tobias Hinke, Margit Aust, Philipp J. Altmann, Michael Schuster
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ChemistrySilver nanoparticleDetection limitExtraction (chemistry)NanoparticleCloud pointParticle (ecology)Aqueous solutionAnalyteInductively coupled plasma mass spectrometryAnalytical Chemistry (journal)Environmental chemistryChromatographyMass spectrometryNanotechnologyMaterials scienceGeologyOceanographyPhysical chemistryNanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsHeavy metals in environmentElectrochemical Analysis and Applications