Preliminary indications from atomic force microscopy of the presence of rapidly-formed nanoscale films on aquifer material surfaces

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 46-53

  Gaebel, Claudia ^a   Lead, Jamie R ^a   Renshaw, Joanna C ^a   Tellam, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colloids; Force microscopy; Groundwater; Sorption; Surface films

Indexed keywords

AFM PROBE; AQUIFER MATERIALS; CLEAVAGE PLANE; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; FORCE INTERACTION; FORCE MICROSCOPY; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; MICA SURFACES; MUSCOVITE MICA; NANO-SCALE SURFACES; NANOMETRES; NANOSCALE FILMS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NON-AQUEOUS; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; PARTICULATE PHASIS; PATCHY SURFACES; PURE WATER; REDOX INTERACTIONS; SANDSTONE AQUIFER; SOIL WATER; SURFACE FILMS; SYNTHETIC GROUNDWATER; WETTING ANGLE;

AQUIFERS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMS; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MICA; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REDOX REACTIONS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MOISTURE; SORPTION; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE REACTIONS; TRACE ANALYSIS; UNDERWATER SOILS;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

GROUND WATER; NANOFILM; SOIL WATER; SURFACE WATER;

AQUIFER; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLOID; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMAGING METHOD; SOIL WATER; SORPTION;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 67650735157     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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