Dr. Tsai’s research interests address diverse aspects of environmental health and safety, and industrial hygiene - with a special focus on nanomaterials, advanced materials and nanotechnology. Her research involves innovative interdisciplinary collaborations, and she is currently pursuing critical research in exposure assessments, occupational hygiene practices, sampling techniques, engineering controls, and the biological effects associated with various forms of airborne particle exposure.

Dr. Candace Tsai is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and has several years of practical experience in industry and business settings. She has applied her expertise in research and teaching, in the fields of health science, aerosol science, toxicology, engineering, human protection, and policy. She serves as a board member in the Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization, as Associate Editor for Journal of Nanoparticle Research, and on the Editorial Advisory Board for ACS Chemical Health and Safety Journal. With her special expertise in nanomaterials, she has served as an expert for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in the nanotechnology programs and she currently serves as a Threshold Limit Value (TLV) committee candidate for the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH).

Research Areas

• Aerosols
• Environmental effects on health
• Exposure Assessment
• Industrial Control Technology
• Industrial Hygiene
• Nanotechnology Policy
• Nanotoxicology
• Occupational Safety and Health

Research Publications

An analysis of prenatal exposure factors and offspring health outcomes in rodents from synthesized nanoparticles

The effect of the body wake and operator motion on the containment of nanometer-scale airborne substances using a conventional fume hood and specially designed enclosing hood …

Systems and methods for direct particle sampling

Engineered Nanoparticle Release from Personal Protective Clothing: Implications for Inhalation Exposure

Interdigitated capacitive sensor for real-time monitoring of sub-micron and nanoscale particulate matters

Fiber emission of carbon nanotube containing materials for construction applications

Cloth face masks containing silver: Evaluating the status

Occupational and Industrial Hygiene as a Profession: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Quantification and characterization of nanometer-sized particles released from dental composite products using a multimodal approach

Evaluation of Sub-micrometer-Sized Particles Generated from a Diesel Locomotive and Jackleg Drilling in an Underground Metal Mine

Development of interdigitated capacitive sensor for real-time monitoring of sub-micron and nanoscale particulate matters in personal sampling device for mining environment

Low Concentration Analysis of Silver Nanoparticles in Consumer Spray Products

Sampling Techniques on Collecting Fine Carbon Nanotube Fibers for Exposure Assessment

Panel Session:“Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology-based Products: Occupational and consumer safety, management and regulation”

Assessment of fine particles released during paper printing and shredding processes

Fumed Silica Particle Deagglomeration Associated with Instrument Techniques

A sampler designed for nanoparticles and respirable particles with direct analysis feature

Nanomaterials in cosmetic products: The challenges with regard to current legal frameworks and consumer exposure

The difficulties in establishing an occupational exposure limit for carbon nanotubes

Nanomaterials: Occupational safety and health, analysis and regulation

Particle emissions from laboratory activities involving carbon nanotubes

A pilot study on particle emission from printer paper shredders

Identification and Mitigation of Generated Solid By-Products during Advanced Electrode Materials Processing

Toxicity mechanism in fetal lung fibroblast cells for multi-walled carbon nanotubes defined by chemical impurities and dispersibility

Assessment of exhaust emissions from carbon nanotube production and particle collection by sampling filters

Performance of particulate containment at nanotechnology workplaces

Assessing the first wave of epidemiological studies of nanomaterial workers

Exposure assessment and safety considerations for working with engineered nanoparticles

Characterization of airborne nanoparticle loss in sampling tubing

Contamination and release of nanomaterials associated with the use of personal protective clothing

Evaluation of leakage from fume hoods using tracer gas, tracer nanoparticles and nanopowder handling test methodologies

Advanced 1.1 um pixel CMOS image sensor with 3D stacked architecture…

Workshop report: strategies for setting occupational exposure limits for engineered nanomaterials

Potential inhalation exposure and containment efficiency when using hoods for handling nanoparticles

Novel Device with Ultra Low Noise for Smaller CMOS Image Sensor Pixel...

Hand-held high-throughput ultrasonic monodisperse aerosol inhalers for detoxification of

In-Depth Survey Report...

Exposure assessment and engineering control strategies for airborne nanoparticles: an application to emissions from nanocomposite compounding processes

Evaluation of environmental filtration control of engineered nanoparticles using the Harvard Versatile Engineered Nanomaterial Generation System (VENGES)

Evaluation of engineering controls for manufacturing nanofiber sheets and yarns

High performance 300mm backside illumination technology for continuous pixel shrinkage

Exposure assessment of nano-sized and respirable particles at different workplaces

Yield and reliability of 3DIC technology for advanced 28nm node and beyond

Engineered nanoparticles: safer substitutes for toxic materials, or a new hazard?

A leading-edge 0.9 µm pixel CMOS image sensor technology with backside illumination: Future challenges for pixel scaling

Overview of Nanoparticle Health and Safety

Nanoparticle Exposure Assessment and Control

Exposure Simulation to Diacetyl from Popcorn

Effects of nanoparticle feed location during nanocomposite compounding

Airborne nanoparticle exposures while using constant-flow, constant-velocity, and air-curtain-isolated fume hoods

Characterization and evaluation of nanoparticle release during the synthesis of single-walled and multiwalled carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition

A Manufacturable Back-Side Illumination Technology Using Bulk Si Substrate for Advanced CMOS Image Sensors

Pulmonary Delivery of Isoproterenol Aerosol Generated With Silicon-Based MHz Ultrasonic Nozzles

Best practices for working safely with nanoparticles in laboratories…

Airborne nanoparticle exposures associated with the manual handling of nanoalumina and nanosilver in fume hoods

Control of airborne nanoparticles release during compounding of polymer nanocomposites

Airborne nanoparticle release associated with the compounding of nanocomposites using nanoalumina as fillers

Production of Monodisperse Micron-Size Droplets Using Silicon-Based MHz Ultrasonic Nozzles for Biomedical Applications

Interim best practices for working with nanoparticles

Silicon-based MHz ultrasonic nozzles

Exposure assessment for handling and processing nanoparticles in university laboratories

High Sensitivity of Dielectric films Structure for Advanced CMOS Image Sensor Technology

Optical gain and co-stimulated emissions of photons and phonons in indirect bandgap semiconductors

EM Specimen Preparation of Nanoparticles Using Ultrasonic Spray Technique

Novel FUSI strained engineering for 45-nm node CMOS performance enhancement

Ultrasonic atomiation using silicon-based high-frequency multiple-fourier horn nozzles

Magnetic Materials, Thin-Films, Particles, and Clusters-Tunable Wideband Microwave Band-Stop and Band-Pass Filters Using YIG/GGG-GaAs Layer Structures

Characterization of Silicon-based Ultrasonic Nozzles

Simulation and characterization of silicon-based 0.5-MHz ultrasonic nozzles

Demonstration of an all-fiber acousto-optic tunable-filter-based spectrometer

Characterization and comparison of high-k metal-insulator-metal (MiM) capacitors in 0.13/spl mu/m Cu BEOL for mixed-mode and RF applications

EFFECTS OF PRECURSOR DECOMPOSITION BEHAVIORS ON PARTICLE

Characterization of 0.5 MHz Silicon-Based Ultrasonic Nozzles Using Multiple Fourier Horns

A Highly Reliable TiN/Al~ 2O~ 3/TiN MIM Technology for Embedded DRAMs

EFFECTS OF PRECURSOR DECOMPOSITION BEHAVIOURS ON PARTICLE MORPHOLOGY IN SPRAY PYROLYSIS

Ultrasound-Enhanced Spray Drying of Polymer Micro-emulsions for Nanoparticles Synthesis

Special issue featuring selected papers from Advances in Acousto-Optics 2000, 25-26 May 2000, Bruges, Belgium-PAPERS-Acousto-optic interactions and devices in a spherical waveguide

Electrical properties of Al2O3 gate dielectric

Electrical and structure characterization of single crystalline SiGe formed by Ge deposition and RTP

Improved electrical characteristics of CoSi2 using HF-vapor pretreatment

Device and reliability of high-k Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/gate dielectric with good mobility and low D/sub it

The leakage current effect of thin gate oxides (2.4–2.7 nm) with in situ native oxide desorption

Electrical characterization of Al2O3 on Si from thermally oxidized AlAs and Al

The effect of native oxide on epitaxial SiGe from deposited amorphous Ge on Si

The effect of native oxide on thin gate oxide integrity

Mobility and oxide breakdown behavior in ultra-thin oxide with atomically smooth interface

Electrical characterization of Al 2 O 3 on Si from MBE-grown AlAs and Al

A highly manufacturable 0.25/spl mu/m multiple-Vt dual gate oxide CMOS process for logic/embedded IC foundry technology

Thin oxides with in situ native oxide removal [n-MOSFETs]

Ultrathin N 2 O‐Oxide with Atomically Flat Interfaces

In0. 52Al0. 48As/InAs/InxAl1-xAs pseudomorphic HEMT's on InP

In/sub 0.52/Al/sub 0.48/As/InAs/InxAl/sub 1-x/As pseudomorphic HEMT's on InP

Ultra-thin oxide with atomically smooth interfaces

Proof-of-Concept Technology Development Proposal for the Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of Mine Safety and Health AFC518

Silicon-based high-frequency multiple-Fourier horn ultrasonic nozzles for atomization and pumping

Safe Practices for Working with Engineered Nanomaterials in Research Laboratories. 2009

MEMS-Based MHz Integrated Ultrasonic Nozzles With Applications to Micro/Nano Technologies