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Improving Worker Safety for Handling Nanomaterials at the Benchtop

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2016

Byron D. Gates
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada; (*email: bgates@sfu.ca)
Kelly Cadieux
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada; (*email: bgates@sfu.ca)
Matt Bilton
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada; (*email: bgates@sfu.ca)
Iris Guo
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada; (*email: bgates@sfu.ca)
Tania Hildago Castillo
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada; (*email: bgates@sfu.ca)
Taeeun Chung
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada; (*email: bgates@sfu.ca)
Tony Ngo
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada; (*email: bgates@sfu.ca)
Clifton Bright Davies
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada; (*email: bgates@sfu.ca)

Abstract

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© Microscopy Society of America 2016 

References

[1] Gates, BD, et al, “Detecting, Handling and Controlling Nanoparticle Contamination in the Workplace, Final Report for WorkSafeBC and Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia”, Project number: RS2010-IG40, (2013).Google Scholar
[2] Zhou, J M.Sc. Thesis, Simon Fraser University (2015).Google Scholar
[3] We acknowledge funding support in part from WorkSafeBC through the Innovation at Work program, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, the Canada Research Chairs Program (B.D. Gates), and CMC Microsystems through the MNT Financial Assistance program that facilitated access to materials characterization services. This work made use of 4D LABS shared facilities supported by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF), Western Economic Diversification Canada, and Simon Fraser University.Google Scholar