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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

A Multi-Method Approach for Quantification of Surface Coatings on Commercial Zinc Oxide Nanomaterials.

Filip Kunc, Oltion Kodra, Andreas Brinkmann, Gregory P Lopinski, Linda J Johnston

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Filip KuncNational Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada.
Oltion KodraNational Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada.
Andreas BrinkmannNational Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada.
Gregory P LopinskiNational Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada.
Linda J JohnstonNational Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9136-4920
National Research Council Canada · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Surface functionalization is a key factor for determining the performance of nanomaterials in a range of applications and their fate when released to the environment. Nevertheless, it is still relatively rare that surface groups or coatings are quantified using methods that have been carefully optimized and validated with a multi-method approach. We have quantified the surface groups on a set of commercial ZnO nanoparticles modified with three different reagents ((3-aminopropyl)-triethoxysilane, caprylsilane and stearic acid). This study used thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) of evolved gases and quantitative solution

Indexed as

nanoparticlesquantitative NMRsurface functional group quantificationthermogravimetric analysisX-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Identifiers

PMID32260261
PMCPMC7221730
OpenAlexW3014419155

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