Nanoparticles in a variety of forms are increasing important in fundamental research, technological and medical applications, and environmental or toxicology studies. Physical and chemical drivers that lead to multiple types of particle instabilities complicate both the ability to produce, appropriately characterize, and consistently deliver well-defined particles, frequently leading to inconsistencies, and conflicts in the published literature. This perspective suggests that provenance information, beyond that often recorded or reported, and application of a set of core characterization methods, including a surface sensitive technique, consistently applied at critical times can serve as tools in the effort minimize reproducibility issues.
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science
7
11%
Materials Science
5
8%
Physics and Astronomy
4
6%
Environmental Science
3
5%
Other
12
19%
Unknown
16
25%
Attention Score in Context
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 May 2018.
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#20,485,225
of 23,047,237 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Chemistry
#2,937
of 6,022 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#288,605
of 327,928 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Chemistry
#70
of 155 outputs
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