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Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle: quanto misura?

Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle: il diametro è di circa 100 nm.

Cosa viene misurato: engineered nanoparticle used in sunscreens, diameter

Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle (100 nm) in scala accanto a a flu virus (100 nm) e an E. coli bacterium (2 µm)
In scala, da sinistra a destra: Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle (100 nm), Flu virus (100 nm) e E. coli bacterium (2 µm).

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Ma quanto è grande, davvero?

  • About the same width as a flu virus
  • As wide as about 4 ribosomes side by side
  • About 50× as wide as a DNA double helix

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Curiosità: Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles scatter UV light and are widely used as a whitening agent and sunscreen ingredient.

Fonte: EPA nanomaterials fact sheet; Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Micro World

NomeDimensioneRispetto a: TiO2 Nanoparticle
Fibrinogen Molecule45 nm0,45×
Silicon Nanowire50 nm0,5×
West Nile Virus50 nm0,5×
Human Papillomavirus55 nm0,55×
Cyanophage P-SSP760 nm0,6×
Silica Nanoparticle100 nmdelle stesse dimensioni
Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle100 nmquesta pagina
Lassa Virus100 nmdelle stesse dimensioni
Hantavirus100 nmdelle stesse dimensioni
Nuclear Pore Complex120 nm1,2×

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