Nanoparticles for remediation: Solving big problems with little particles

Elements

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 395-400

  Mueller, Nicole C ^a   Nowack, Bernd ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Engineered nanomaterials; In situ remediation; Nzvi; Reduction

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REDUCTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

CALCIUM PEROXIDES; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; HALOGENATED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; IN-SITU REMEDIATION; NANO-SCALE ZERO VALENT IRONS; NZVI;

REMEDIATION;

ADSORPTION; CALCIUM; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOBILITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOIL REMEDIATION;

EID: 79951794995     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.6.6.395     Document Type: Article

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