Insignificant acute toxicity of TiO2 nanoparticles to willow trees

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-53

  Seeger, Eva Mareike ^a,b   Baun, Anders ^a   Kästner, Matthias ^b   Trapp, Stefan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Nanoparticles; Nanotoxicology; Phytotoxicity; Salix; TiO 2 nanoparticles; Titanium dioxide; Toxicity; Toxicity tests with trees; Trees; Willows; Wood

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GERMINATION; HEAVY METAL; PHYTOTOXICITY; ROOT; SEDIMENTATION; SEED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOXICITY; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE; WOOD;

SALIX;

EID: 58649103998     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-008-0034-0     Document Type: Article

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