Insights on the Dynamics and Toxicity of Nanoparticles in Environmental Matrices

Table 1

Techniques used for the characterisation of nanomaterials in environmental samples.

S. no	Techniques	Applications in environmental nanotoxicology assessment
1	Dynamic light scattering	Gives an idea of the particle sizes in the whole dispersion
2	Differential centrifugal sedimentation	To generate fractions containing different particle sizes
3	Size exclusion chromatography	Chromatographic fractions are generated according to molecular weight, enabling plots of size distribution
4	Field flow fractionation technique	High-resolution particle size distributions and separation of subfractions
5	Electrophoretic mobility	To determine the surface properties of nanoparticles that is net surface charge
6	N2 absorption (BET analysis)	For measuring the specific surface area of particles
7	Gravimetry	To filter the environmental samples
8	Turbidimetry	Particle concentration can be estimated