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Nanoparticle Safety in the Workplace: Developing a Methodology to Monitor and Remediate Spills

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2015

Stefano Rubino
Affiliation:
1.Department of Chemistry and 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Brad Lute
Affiliation:
1.Department of Chemistry and 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Iris Guo
Affiliation:
1.Department of Chemistry and 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Kelly Cadieux
Affiliation:
1.Department of Chemistry and 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Byron D. Gates
Affiliation:
1.Department of Chemistry and 4D LABS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.

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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2015 

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[1] Zhou, J, M.Sc. Thesis. Simon Fraser University (2015).Google Scholar
[2] Gates, BD, et al, "Detecting, Handling and Controlling Nanoparticle Contamination in the Workplace, Final Report for WorkSafeBC and Workers' Compensation Board of Nova Scotia", Project number: RS2010-IG40, (2013)..Google Scholar
[3] We thank Brandy K. Pilapil and Michael Wang for providing FePt and Se nanomaterials used in this work. This research was supported in part by funds from WorkSafeBC through the Innovation at Work program, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, the Canada Research Chairs Program (B.D. Gates), and CMC Microsystems through the MNT Financial Assistance program that facilitated access to materials characterization services. This work made use of 4D LABS shared facilities supported by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF), Western Economic Diversification Canada, and Simon Fraser University..Google Scholar