Regulation_Size and distribution

1 ) What is the current state of the particle component?

unknown

powder

suspension

aerosol

2 ) Specific dispersibility in different media?

unknown

not dispersible

dispersible in aqueous media

dispersible in non-polar media

dispersible in polar media

dispersible in material specific media

3 ) What chemical composition do you expect?

unknown

inorganic

carbon-based

organic

biological

composite

other

4 ) Do you expect composites

unknown

no composite

core shell

multiple coatings

mixture of multiple materials

5 ) What shape do you expect the particles to have?

unknown

sphere or similar

equiaxial

tubes, fibre, rods (l/d>3)

flakes, discs (t/d<0.25)

other

mixture of different scaled nano-objects

6 ) How many small dimensions do you expect on the particles

unknown

1

2

3

mixture of all

7 ) What particle size range (in nm) do you want to assess?

unknown

Minimum

Maximum

8 ) Do you expect the presence of sub- or super-nano sized particles?

unknown

yes

no

9 ) Do you expect significant aggregation?

unknown

yes

no

10 ) Do you expect agglomeration?

unknown

yes

no

11 ) Which grade of multimodality do you expect?

unknown

peak size differ <20%

moderate distance between peaks

peak size differ >factor of 10

12 ) What grade of polydispersity do you expect?

unknown

quasi monodisperse

moderate polydisperse

highly polydisperse

13 ) Do you expect instability under vacuum conditions?

unknown

yes

no

14 ) Do you expect instability under electron radiation?

unknown

yes

no

15 ) Do you expect the particles to be electrically conductive?

unknown

conductive

semi-conductive

insulator

16 ) Do you expect the particles to have light absorptive properties?

unknown

yes

no

17 ) Do you expect functionalism?

unknown

yes

no

18 ) Do you expect release of ions, atoms or molecules?

unknown

yes

no

Questions

1 ) What is the current state of the particle component?

2 ) Specific dispersibility in different media?

3 ) What chemical composition do you expect?

4 ) Do you expect composites

5 ) What shape do you expect the particles to have?

6 ) How many small dimensions do you expect on the particles

7 ) What particle size range (in nm) do you want to assess?

8 ) Do you expect the presence of sub- or super-nano sized particles?

9 ) Do you expect significant aggregation?

10 ) Do you expect agglomeration?

11 ) Which grade of multimodality do you expect?

12 ) What grade of polydispersity do you expect?

13 ) Do you expect instability under vacuum conditions?

14 ) Do you expect instability under electron radiation?

15 ) Do you expect the particles to be electrically conductive?

16 ) Do you expect the particles to have light absorptive properties?

17 ) Do you expect functionalism?

18 ) Do you expect release of ions, atoms or molecules?

Methods