Metal sulfide cluster complexes and their biogeochemical importance in the environment

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 389-407

  Luther III, George W ^a   Rickard, David T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aqueous metal sulfides; Metal toxicity; Molecular clusters; Nanobiogeochemistry; Nanoparticles; Ostwald's Rule; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETOXIFICATION; ECOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER QUALITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY;

AQUEOUS METAL SULFIDES; METAL TOXICITY; MOLECULAR CLUSTERS; NANOBIOGEOCHEMISTRY; NANOPARTICLES; OSTWALD'S RULE;

COMPLEXATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AQUEOUS METAL SULFIDES; METAL TOXICITY; MOLECULAR CLUSTERS; NANOBIOGEOCHEMISTRY; OSTWALD'S RULE;

EID: 24144480539     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-005-4272-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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