Co-Nanomet Workshop
28 - 29 April 2010 in Nuremberg, Germany
Instruments, standard methods and reference materials
for traceable nanoparticle characterisation

Program
for Wednesday, 28 April 2010, CCN Ost, Level 3, Room "Shanghai"

Time Event
8:30 Start of Registration
The registration desk in the entrance hall of CNN East opens at 8:30 am
Mrs. Simone Koch, Secretariat, info@nanoparticle-metrology.de
9:15 Welcome
G. Roebben, M. Stintz, T. Burke, W. Witt

Session A – Fundamentals of ENP characterisation
Chairman: W. Witt (Sympatec GmbH, Germany)

09:30 General aspects of particle sizing
M. Stintz (Technical University Dresden, DE)
10:00
Terminology and standards for ENP characterisation
T. Thornton (Micromeritics, USA)
10:30 Metrology for particle sizing
G. Roebben (JRC-IRMM, EU)
11:00 Coffee break

Session B – Objectives of ENP characterisation
Chairman: M. Stintz (Technical University Dresden, DE)

11:30 Quality assurance and process control
B. Sachweh (BASF, DE)
12:00 ENP characterization in view of health studies – the NANO-CARE project
T. Kuhlbusch (IUTA, DE)
12:30 ENP sizing and concentration measurement for environmental risk assessment
M. Hassellöv (University Gothenburg, SE)
13:00 Lunch break

Session C1 – ENPs in liquid media: sizing
Chairman: B. Sachweh (BASF, DE)

14:30 Comparing methods for measurements in liquid
P. Bowen (EPFL, CH)
15:00 Characterisation of NPs with DLS
A. Rawle (Malvern, USA)
15:30 Sizing with on-line methods
W. Witt (Sympatec, DE)
16:00 Coffee break

Session C2 – ENPs in liquid media: interfacial properties
Chairman: Frank Babick (Technical University Dresden, DE)

16:15 Measuring interfacial properties using electroacoustics
A. Dukhin (Dispersion Technology, USA)
16:45 Zeta-potential measurement
R. Xu (Beckman Coulter, USA)
17:15 Suspension stability
D. Lerche (L.U.M., DE)
17:45 End of Part 1
starting
from
19:00
Dinner at the "Heilig-Geist-Spittal" in Nuremberg
Spitalgasse 16
90403 Nürnberg
Tel. : 0911 221761

Program
for Thursday, 29 April 2010, CCN Ost, Level 3, Room "Shanghai"

Time Event
8:30 Start of Registration
Mrs. Simone Koch, Secretariat, info@nanoparticle-metrology.de

Session D – Characterisation of airborne particles
Chairman: H. Sakurai (AIST, Japan)

09:00 Survey on aerosol measurement techniques
G. Sem (TSI, USA)
09:30
Exposure assessment in settings relevant to nanotechnologies
R. Aitken (IOM, UK)
10:00 Coffee break

Session E – Reference materials
Chairman: G. Roebben (JRC-IRMM, EU)

10:30 Reference materials: concepts, applications and examples
A. Lamberty (JRC-IRMM, EU)
11:00 Experiences with ENP reference materials
V. Hackley (NIST, USA)
11:30 Preparation of sub-micrometer particles for reference materials
Y. Mori (Doshisha Uni, JP)
12:00 Lunch break

Session F – Sizing and material characterisation
Chairman: A. Rawle (Malvern, USA)

13:30 Size determination of NPs with SAXS
M. Krumrey (PTB, DE)

Session G – Concluding discussion
Chairman: G. Roebben (JRC-IRMM, EU), Frank Babick (Technical University Dresden, DE)

14:00

- What exactly can be measured today?
- Need for standardisation
- Need for new / better methods
- Which developments can and can not be expected soon?

15:30 Closing of the workshop

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Workshop Contact

Secretariat
Mrs. Simone Koch
Sympatec GmbH
System-Partikel-Technik
Am Pulverhaus 1
38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld

Phone: +49 (5323) 717 410
Fax: +49 (5323) 717 419
info@nanoparticle-metrology.de

Co-Nanomet
Dr. Theresa Burke
euspen
www.co-nanomet.eu

Location & Route

Congress Center Nuremberg CNN Ost
(in direct neighbourhood of POWTECH Hall 7),
Level 3, Room "Shanghai",
Messezentrum
90471 Nürnberg
Germany

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