Silica nanoparticles are less toxic to human lung cells when deposited at the air–liquid interface compared to conventional submerged exposure

Alicja Panas, Andreas Comouth, Harald Saathoff, Thomas Leisner, Marco Al-Rawi, Michael Simon, Gunnar Seemann, Olaf Dössel, Sonja Mülhopt, Hanns-Rudolf Paur, Susanne Fritsch-Decker, Carsten Weiss and Silvia Diabaté
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1590–1602. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.5.171

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Supporting Information contains 1) data obtained by dynamic light scattering of the particles suspensions 2) data on the deposited mass dose for Aerosil200 particles after ALI exposure and 3) deposition kinetics of the mass doses for Aerosil200 and SiO2-50 nm particles during ALI and submerged exposure.

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Silica nanoparticles are less toxic to human lung cells when deposited at the air–liquid interface compared to conventional submerged exposure
Alicja Panas, Andreas Comouth, Harald Saathoff, Thomas Leisner, Marco Al-Rawi, Michael Simon, Gunnar Seemann, Olaf Dössel, Sonja Mülhopt, Hanns-Rudolf Paur, Susanne Fritsch-Decker, Carsten Weiss and Silvia Diabaté
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1590–1602. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.5.171

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Panas, A.; Comouth, A.; Saathoff, H.; Leisner, T.; Al-Rawi, M.; Simon, M.; Seemann, G.; Dössel, O.; Mülhopt, S.; Paur, H.-R.; Fritsch-Decker, S.; Weiss, C.; Diabaté, S. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1590–1602. doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.171

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