Aggregation and surface properties of iron oxide nanoparticles: Influence of pH and natural organic matter

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1875-1882

  Baalousha, Mohammed ^a   Manciulea, Adriana ^a   Cumberland, Susan ^a   Kendall, Kevin ^a   Lead, Jamie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Iron oxide; Nanoparticles; Solubility; Surface coating

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLADDING (COATING); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; FRACTIONATION; IRON; IRON OXIDES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; STANDARDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AGGREGATION; AGGREGATION MECHANISM; AGGREGATION PROCESSING; CHARGE NEUTRALIZATION; DYNAMIC LIGHT-SCATTERING; ENVIRONMENTALLY-RELEVANT CONDITIONS; FLOW FIELD-FLOW FRACTIONATION; INFLUENCE OF PH; IRON OXIDE; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; LARGE AGGREGATES; NANO-MATERIALS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; P H VALUES; POROUS AGGREGATES; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE COATING; SURFACE COATINGS; SUWANNEE RIVER HUMIC ACID; TOTAL IRON;

AGGLOMERATION;

HUMIC ACID; IRON OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGGREGATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HUMIC ACID; IRON OXIDE; NEUTRALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; RIVER; SOLUBILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATERIAL COATING; PH; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FRACTIONATION, FIELD FLOW; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

NORTH AMERICA; SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449095322     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-559.1     Document Type: Article

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