Nanomaterial Characterization: An Introduction

• Introduces basic knowledge for nanomaterial characterization focusing on key properties and the different analytical techniques available 
• Provides a quick reference to different analytical methods for a given property highlighting their pros and cons
• Presents numerous case studies, ranging from characterizing nanomaterials in coffee creamer suspension to measurement of airborne dust exposure levels 
• Provides an introduction to other topics that are strongly related to nanomaterial characterization e.g. synthesis, reference material and metrology
• Includes state of the art techniques: scanning tunneling microscopy under extreme conditions, novel strategy for biological characterization and methods to visualize multidimensional characterization data

Ratna Tantra is a Senior Scientist at National Physical Laboratory (NPL), UK. She has been at NPL for 12 years and worked on numerous projects in the field of nanoscience. Her multidisciplinary background was useful, allowing an expansion of her research portfolio in the area of nanomaterial characterization in different scientific disciplines e.g. surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, nanotoxicology. Before coming to NPL, she was a research associate at Imperial College London, then University of Glasgow. She got her PhD in electrochemistry from University College London. She is a Chartered Scientist, Chartered Chemist and member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.