Dispersion of Nanomaterials in Aqueous Media: Towards Protocol OptimizationInder Kaur 1, Laura-Jayne Ellis 1, Isabella Romer 1, Ratna Tantra 2, Marie Carriere 3,4, Soline Allard 5, Martine Mayne-L'Hermite 5, Caterina Minelli 6, Wolfgang Unger 7, Annegret Potthoff 8, Steffi Rades 7, Eugenia Valsami-Jones 1
1School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, 2Analytical Science, National Physical Laboratory, 3INAC-LCIB, Université Grenoble Alpes, 4CEA, INAC-SyMMES, 5NIMBE, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay, 6Chemical, Medical and Environmental Science, National Physical Laboratory, 7BAM Division 6.1 'Surface Analysis and Interfacial Chemistry', BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, 8Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems
Here, we present a step-wise protocol for the dispersion of nanomaterials in aqueous media with real-time characterization to identify the optimal sonication conditions, intensity, and duration for improved stability and uniformity of nanoparticle dispersions without impacting the sample integrity.
