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Nanoparticle behaviour dissected

Measuring changes in the isotopic composition of silver offers clues on how silver nanoparticles are transformed in the environment.

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Figure 1: High-precision Ag isotopic analysis using MC-ICP-MS reveals that the transformation processes of nanoparticles are accompanied by isotope fractionation.

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Vanhaecke, F. Nanoparticle behaviour dissected. Nature Nanotech 11, 656–657 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2016.119

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