Schlagenhauf Lukas, Kianfar Bahareh, Buerki-Thurnherr Tina, Kuo Yu-Ying, Wichser Adrian, Nüesch Frank, Wick Peter, Wang Jing
Laboratory for Functional Polymers, Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
Nanoscale. 2015 Nov 28;7(44):18524-36. doi: 10.1039/c5nr05387k. Epub 2015 Oct 22.
Weathering processes can influence the surface properties of composites with incorporated nanoparticles. These changes may affect the release behavior of nanoparticles when an abrasion process is applied. Therefore, the influence of two different weathering processes, immersion in water and exposure to UV light, on the properties of abraded particles from a carbon nanotube (CNT)/epoxy nanocomposite was investigated. The investigation included the measurement of the weathering impact on the surface chemistry of the exposed samples, the particle size of abraded particles, the quantity of exposed CNTs in the respirable part of the abraded particles, and the toxicity of abraded particles, measured by in vitro toxicity tests using the THP-1 monocyte-derived macrophages. The results showed that weathering by immersion in water had no influence on the properties of abraded particles. The exposure to UV light caused a degradation of the epoxy on the surface, followed by delamination of an approx. 2.5 μm thick layer. An increased quantity of exposed CNTs in abraded particles was not found; on the contrary, longer UV exposure times decreased the released fraction of CNTs from 0.6% to 0.4%. The toxicity tests revealed that abraded particles from the nanocomposites did not induce additional acute cytotoxic effects compared to particles from the neat epoxy.
风化过程会影响含有纳米粒子的复合材料的表面性质。当施加磨损过程时,这些变化可能会影响纳米粒子的释放行为。因此,研究了两种不同的风化过程,即浸入水中和暴露于紫外线下,对碳纳米管(CNT)/环氧纳米复合材料磨损颗粒性能的影响。该研究包括测量风化对暴露样品表面化学性质的影响、磨损颗粒的粒径、磨损颗粒可吸入部分中暴露的碳纳米管数量,以及通过使用THP-1单核细胞衍生巨噬细胞的体外毒性试验测量磨损颗粒的毒性。结果表明,浸入水中的风化对磨损颗粒的性能没有影响。暴露于紫外线下会导致表面环氧降解,随后约2.5μm厚的层分层。未发现磨损颗粒中暴露的碳纳米管数量增加;相反,较长的紫外线暴露时间使碳纳米管的释放比例从0.6%降至0.4%。毒性试验表明,与纯环氧颗粒相比,纳米复合材料的磨损颗粒不会诱导额外的急性细胞毒性作用。