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Contents |
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Introduction
1 Scope
2 General terms
nanomaterial |
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nanoparticle
nanoscale
nanoscience
nanostructured
nanotechnology
3 Particle names: generic
3.1 acicular particle
3.2 agglomerate
NOTE 1 It is recommended that when the term agglomerate is used that it be specified whether the bonding is strong (where elements require chemical as well as physical means for separation) or weak (where only physical means are required). |
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3.3 aggregate
3.4 bulk nanoparticles
3.5 dendrimer
3.6 dendritic particle
3.7 engineered nanoparticles
3.8 floc
3.9 fume |
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3.10 fumed powder
3.11 incidental nanoparticles
3.12 milled powder
3.13 nanocluster
3.14 nanocore
3.15 nanocrystal
3.16 nanopowder
3.17 nanofibre
3.18 nanohorn
3.19 nano-onion |
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3.20 nanoribbon
3.21 nanorod
3.22 nanorope
3.23 nanotube
3.24 nanowire
3.25 primary particle
3.26 quantum dot
3.27 secondary particle
3.28 ultrafine particle |
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4 Particle names: chemically specific
4.1 carbon black
4.2 carbon nanotube
4.3 fullerene
4.4 fumed silica
4.5 graphene
4.6 inorganic fullerene-like material (IFLM)
4.7 inorganic nanotube |
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5 Nanoparticle systems
5.1 aerosol
5.2 aerosol, accumulation
5.3 aerosol, nucleation
5.4 colloid
5.5 heterodisperse system
5.6 homogenous suspension
5.7 hydrosol
5.8 monodisperse system
5.9 nanocomposite
5.10 nanophase |
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5.11 organosol
5.12 sol
5.13 ultrafine aerosol
6 Production methods
6.1 atomization
6.2 attrition
6.3 bottom-up processing
6.4 calcination
6.5 chemical vapour synthesis |
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6.6 colloidal production methods
6.7 comminution
6.8 electro-explosion
6.9 electrohydrodynamic atomization
6.10 electrospinning
6.11 Electrostatic Spray Assisted Vapour Deposition (ESAVD)
6.12 flame pyrolysis
6.13 fluidized bed processing
6.14 functionalization |
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6.15 furnace flow processing
6.16 gas phase synthesis
6.17 high energy milling
6.18 laser ablation processing
6.19 laser pyrolysis
6.20 mechanical alloying
6.21 molecular self assembly
6.22 plasma processing
6.23 sol-gel processing |
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6.24 solution phase templating
6.25 sonochemistry
6.26 sonication
6.27 thermal spraying and coating
6.28 top-down processing
6.29 virus templating
7 Production mechanisms
7.1 aerosol scavenging
7.2 aggregation, orthokinetic
7.3 aggregation, perikinetic
7.4 cementation |
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7.5 coagulation
7.6 coalescence
7.7 deflocculation
7.8 flocculation
7.9 granulation
7.10 heterocoagulation
7.11 Ostwald ripening
7.12 solution precipitation
7.13 solvothermal reaction |
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8 Particle characteristics
8.1 adsorption surface area
8.2 aspect ratio
8.3 Average Agglomeration Number (AAN)
8.4 BET surface area
8.5 effective particle size
8.6 Electrical Double Layer (EDL)
8.7 electrokinetic phenomena
8.8 elongation shape factor
8.9 Fuchs surface area
8.10 Hamaker constant |
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8.11 Point of Zero Charge (PZC)
8.12 specific surface area
8.13 zeta potential
9 Particle volume and diameter
9.1 aerodynamic diameter
9.2 envelope volume
9.3 equivalent diameter
9.4 Feret’s diameter
9.5 hydrodynamic diameter (cumulants mean)
9.6 isometric particle |
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9.7 mobility diameter
9.8 particle size
10 Measurement and analysis techniques
10.1 aerosol diffusion charging
10.2 Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
10.3 Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES)
10.4 BET analysis
10.5 coincidence
10.6 Condensation Particle Counter (CPC) |
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10.7 Differential Mobility Analysis (DMA)
10.8 Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS)
10.9 Electron Probe MicroAnalysis (EPMA)
10.10 epiphaniometer
10.11 Field Flow Fractionation (FFF)
10.12 Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometry (GDMS)
10.13 Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry (GDOES)
10.14 Glow Discharge Spectrometry (GDS)
10.15 halo |
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10.16 Ion Beam Analysis (IBA)
10.17 isoelectric point (IEP)
10.18 isoionic point
10.19 Near Field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM)
10.20 PhotoEmission Electron Microscopy (PEEM)
10.21 Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (PCS)
10.22 Raman effect
10.23 Raman spectroscopy |
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10.24 Selective Area Electron Diffraction (SAED)
10.25 Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
10.26 Scanning Mobility Particle Sizing (SMPS)
10.27 Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM)
10.28 Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (STM)
10.29 Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS)
10.30 Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) |
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10.31 Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (TXRF)
10.32 Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
10.33 Ultra-Violet Photoelectron Spectroscopy (UPS)
10.34 X-Ray Diffraction Line Broadening (XRDLB)
10.35 X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
11 Abbreviations |
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acicular particle, 3.1 |
