Development and Evaluation of an Aerosol Generation and Supplying System for Inhalation Experiments of Manufactured Nanoparticles

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• 作者：Manabu Shimada ; Wei-Ning Wang ; Kikuo Okuyama ; Toshihiko Myojo ; Takako Oyabu ; Yasuo Morimoto ; Isamu Tanaka ; Shigehisa Endoh ; Kunio Uchida ; Kensei Ehara ; Hiromu Sakurai ; Kazuhiro Yamamoto ; Junko Nakanish
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：July 15, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：43
• 期：14
• 页码：5529-5534
• 全文大小：286K
• 年卷期：v.43,no.14(July 15, 2009)
• ISSN：1520-5851

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Risk assessment of nanoparticles by inhalation experiments is of great importance since inhalation is considered the most significant route of exposure to nanoparticles suspended in air. However, there have been few inhalation experiments using manufactured nanoparticles, mainly because of the difficulty in stably dispersing the nanoparticles in air for a long period of time. In this study, we report for the first time the development of a rational system for stably and continuously dispersing and supplying manufactured nanoparticles for inhalation experiments. The system was developed using a spray-drying technique, in which a nebulizer was used to atomize nickel oxide (NiO) and fullerene (C₆₀) nanoparticle suspensions, and the resulting droplets were dried to generate aerosol nanoparticles. The size, concentration and morphology of the aerosol particles were evaluated by in-line measurements using an aerosol measuring device and off-line measurements based on the collection of the aerosol particles. After examining the effects of the conditions for the suspensions and the aerosol generation, we were able to obtain NiO and C₆₀ aerosol nanoparticles with average diameters of 53−64 and 88−98 nm, respectively. By feeding these aerosols into a whole-body exposure chamber for rats, a stable supply of the aerosol nanoparticles could be achieved for long hourly durations (6 h per day) as well as for long terms (5 days per week for 4 weeks).