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From: In vitro inflammation and toxicity assessment of pre- and post-incinerated organomodified nanoclays to macrophages using high-throughput screening approaches

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Structure and dispersed particle size analyses of nanoclays A X-ray diffraction analysis of pristine and organomodified montmorillonite nanoclays (ONC) and their incinerated byproducts. Basal spacing of nanoclays in the 2–9.5° 2θ range indicated that ONC (Clois30B) possessed greater spacing between clay platelet structure than pristine (CloisNa) nanoclay, confirming presence of the organomodifier coating. Both incinerated particles showed no evidence of platelet spacing structure. B Diffraction patterns determined that both pre-incinerated nanoclays exhibited montmorillonite structure (#). Incinerated ONC possessed quartz crystal structure (*) while I-CloisNa exhibited amorphous silica structure (~)

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Particle and Fibre Toxicology

ISSN: 1743-8977

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