Automation and Standardization-A Coupled Approach towards Reproducible Sample Preparation Protocols for Nanomaterial Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Whereas the characterization of nanomaterials using different analytical techniques is often highly automated and standardized, the sample preparation that precedes it causes a bottleneck in nanomaterial analysis as it is performed manually. Usually, this pretreatment depends on the skills and experience of the analysts. Furthermore, adequate reporting of the sample preparation is often missing. In this overview, some solutions for techniques widely used in nano-analytics to overcome this problem are discussed. Two examples of sample preparation optimization by automation are presented, which demonstrate that this approach is leading to increased analytical confidence. Our first example is motivated by the need to exclude human bias and focuses on the development of automation in sample in

SUBMITTER: Radnik J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8838799 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature