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​Initiated in 2010, the aim of this NanoID project was to constitute an open platform comprising different new characterization prototype equipment able to detect and identify engineered nanoparticles...

Published on 8 September 2017

​Initiated in 2010, the aim of this NanoID project was to constitute an open platform comprising different new characterization prototype equipment able to detect and identify engineered nanoparticles with a better low limit of detection when they are present in real concentration in different complex media such as soils, plants, food, nanoproducts, biological tissues, fluids, etc.


According to the different states of the nanoproducts (solid, liquid) and of the released NPs (in liquid media, in the environment=aerosol), selected equipment have to:
*characterize the bulk and the surface of samples for solid samples;
*determine the size, the chemical identification and make a quantification of NPs in dispersions;
*allow to freeze liquids in order to observe and identify the real state of dispersions;
*perform in real time to better understand what happens during a process.

5 EQUIPMENT SELECTED

Three of them are managed by CEA/Grenoble: a μ-waves reactor able to produce specific home-made nanoparticles to the other equipment, a cryogenic tomographic Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) able to observe and identify nanoparticles in the bulk and at the surface of solid samples or frozen dispersions and an Assymetric Flow Field Flow Fractionation (A4F) coupled to an Inductive Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICPMS) able to determine the size, the chemical identification and the concentration of NPs in dispersions.

The X3D tomographic equipment managed by the CEREGE (Aix-en-Provence) allows to make a multi-scale analysis in the bulk of solid samples from micron to nano size range.

The Laser Ablation Aerosol Particle Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer managed by the LCE (Université Aix-Marseille) allows to measure in real time NPs present in the air. It can simultaneously measure the size of the particles and identify their chemical composition.
Other partners did not acquired a tool but are involved in the general assembly. This is the case for INSERM, ANSES and UIC. 2 industrials representative of the nano-industry, ARKEMA and UIC, were also associated to the general assembly.

If you have a scientific project to share and if you are interested to have access to this open platform, please contact the NanoID team at www.nano-id.fr

For more information: www.nano-id.fr