Responses of algae to photocatalytic nano-TiO2 particles with an emphasis on the effect of particle size

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 538-546

  Metzler, David M ^a   Li, Minghua ^a   Erdem, Ayca ^b   Huang, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dose response; Nanoparticles; Particle size; Photocatalyst; Phytoplankton; Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; ALGAL CELLS; CELL COUNT; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONFOCAL IMAGE; DAMAGE MECHANISM; DEGUSSA P25; DOSE RESPONSE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MASS CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE LIPID PEROXIDATION; MULTIPLE LAYERS; NANO-TIO; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC TITANIUM DIOXIDE; PRIMARY PARTICLE SIZE; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; SECONDARY PARTICLES; SURFACE COVERAGES; TIO;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYLL; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ALGAE; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 79957467443     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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