Stability of nanoparticles in water

Nanomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 985-998

  Labille, Jérǒme ^a,b   Brant, Jonathan ^b,c  

^a CEREGE   (France)

^b International Consortium for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology ICEINT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

aggregation; dispersion; dissolution; hydrophobicity; surface charge

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBER; CARBON NANOTUBE; CERIUM OXIDE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; IRON OXIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; METAL OXIDE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER; ZINC OXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DISPERSION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE CHARGE;

NANOPARTICLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77956083468     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.10.62     Document Type: Review

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