Comparative toxicity of nanoparticulate ZnO, bulk ZnO, and ZnCl2 to a freshwater microalga (Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata): The importance of particle solubility

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 8484-8490

  Franklin, Natasha M ^a   Rogers, Nicola J ^a   Apte, Simon C ^a   Batley, Graeme E ^a   Gadd, Gerald E ^b   Casey, Philip S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLES; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOAVAILABILITY; RAPID DISSOLUTION;

ZINC OXIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

NANOPARTICLES; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

BIOACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; OXIDE; TOXICITY TEST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC;

ARTICLE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALGAE; CHLORIDES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOLUBILITY; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

ALGAE; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 37249091238     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071445r     Document Type: Article

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