Influence of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on speciation and bioavailability of arsenite

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1165-1170

  Sun, Hongwen ^a   Zhang, Xuezhi ^a,b   Zhang, Zhiyan ^a   Chen, Yongsheng ^b   Crittenden, John C ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bioaccumulation; Carp; Facilitated transport; Nanoparticles; TiO2

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; CARP; CO EXISTENCES; CYPRINUS CARPIO; FACILITATED TRANSPORT; TIO2; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES; VALENCE CHANGING;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NANOPARTICLES;

ADSORPTION; ARSENITE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CYPRINID; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TITANIUM;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; ARSENITES; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CARPS; GILLS; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MUSCLES; SUNLIGHT; TITANIUM; TOXICITY TESTS; VISCERA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 60949103964     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.08.022     Document Type: Article

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