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Toxicity of pure silver nanoparticles produced by spark ablation on the aquatic plant Lemna minor.

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Title: Toxicity of pure silver nanoparticles produced by spark ablation on the aquatic plant Lemna minor.
Authors: Minogiannis, P.1, Valenti, M.2, Kati, V.3, Kalantzi, O.-I.1, Biskos, G.1,4,5 g.biskos@cyi.ac.cy
Source: Journal of Aerosol Science. Feb2019, Vol. 128, p17-21. 5p.
Subjects: Lemna minor, Silver nanoparticles, Aquatic plants
Abstract: Abstract The increasing penetration of nano-products to the market is raising big concerns about the potential toxic and environmental effects of their constituent engineered nanoparticles (ENPs). Contradictory toxicity test results reported in the literature thus far can be explained by differences in the ENP production methods, which can strongly affect nanoparticle purity and therefore the outcome of the tests. In this paper we investigate the toxicity of Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs) produced by spark ablation - a gas-phase technique that can deliver well-defined nanoparticles of high purity - on Lemna minor. Our results show that AgNPs exhibit a toxic behavior at concentrations as low as 5 μg L−1, which is considerably lower compared to the threshold concentrations reported in other studies. This difference can be attributed to the purity of the ENPs used in our measurements, which can release higher concentrations of toxic Ag+ ions upon dilution in the test solutions. Graphical abstract fx1 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:Abstract The increasing penetration of nano-products to the market is raising big concerns about the potential toxic and environmental effects of their constituent engineered nanoparticles (ENPs). Contradictory toxicity test results reported in the literature thus far can be explained by differences in the ENP production methods, which can strongly affect nanoparticle purity and therefore the outcome of the tests. In this paper we investigate the toxicity of Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs) produced by spark ablation - a gas-phase technique that can deliver well-defined nanoparticles of high purity - on Lemna minor. Our results show that AgNPs exhibit a toxic behavior at concentrations as low as 5 μg L−1, which is considerably lower compared to the threshold concentrations reported in other studies. This difference can be attributed to the purity of the ENPs used in our measurements, which can release higher concentrations of toxic Ag+ ions upon dilution in the test solutions. Graphical abstract fx1 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:00218502
DOI:10.1016/j.jaerosci.2018.11.003