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L0780

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Latex beads, amine-modified polystyrene, fluorescent blue

aqueous suspension, 0.05 μm mean particle size

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MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352116
NACRES:
NA.56

form

aqueous suspension

Quality Level

composition

Solids, 2.5%

technique(s)

cell based assay: suitable

mean particle size

0.05 μm

fluorescence

λex ~360 nm; λem ~420 nm

application(s)

cell analysis

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Application

Latex beads, amine-modified polystyrene, fluorescent blue has been used:
  • to study its effects on the concentration-response relationship of bacterial cell viability
  • in the preparation of nanoparticles
  • as a model nanoparticle to study interactions with human blood and platelets

Biochem/physiol Actions

Polystyrene latex beads can be used to create latex agglutination systems. Polystyrene latex beads have been used to study the transmission of Mycobacterium leprae, the causative pathogen of leprosy, as well as to develop a method for mass screening for both pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis.

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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J-M Gineste et al.
Journal of microscopy, 243(2), 172-178 (2011-03-08)
The forward scattering of light in a conventional inverted optical microscope by nanoparticles ranging in diameter from 10 to 50nm has been used to automatically and quantitatively identify and track their location in three-dimensions with a temporal resolution of 200ms.
Optical signatures of small nanoparticles in a conventional microscope.
Eann A Patterson et al.
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 4(10), 1703-1706 (2008-09-10)
Catherine McGuinnes et al.
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 119(2), 359-368 (2010-12-03)
There is evidence that nanoparticles (NP) can enter the bloodstream following deposition in the lungs, where they may interact with platelets. Polystyrene latex nanoparticles (PLNP) of the same size but with different surface charge-unmodified (umPLNP), aminated (aPLNP), and carboxylated (cPLNP)-were
J Geys et al.
Toxicology letters, 160(3), 218-226 (2005-09-03)
Recent studies indicate that inhaled ultrafine particles can pass into the circulation. To study this translocation in an in vitro model three types of pulmonary epithelial cells were examined. The integrity of the cell monolayer was verified by measuring the
Xuemei Sun et al.
The Science of the total environment, 642, 1378-1385 (2018-07-27)
Nano- and microplastics have been shown to cause negative effects on marine organisms. However, the toxicities of nano- and microplastics toward marine bacteria are poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the toxic effects of polystyrene nano- and microplastics on

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