Fate and biological effects of silver, titanium dioxide, and C 60 (fullerene) nanomaterials during simulated wastewater treatment processes

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 201-202, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-22

  Wang, Yifei ^a   Westerhoff, Paul ^a   Hristovski, Kiril D ^b  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Fullerenes; Nanomaterials; Titanium dioxide; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; COLLOIDAL MATERIALS; ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; FULLEROLS; HYDROXYLATED FULLERENES; LIQUID EFFLUENTS; NANO-TIO; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PARTICLE SEPARATION; RETENTION TIME; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SIMULATED WASTEWATER; SUSPENDED GROWTH;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOSOLIDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; FILTRATION; FULLERENES; LOADING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDES; SEWAGE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SILVER;

FULLERENE; NANOMATERIAL; ORGANIC CARBON; SILVER; SURFACE WATER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; COLLOID; FULLERENE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILVER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMASS; BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLLOID; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; SLUDGE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; FULLERENES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOPARTICLES; SEWAGE; SILVER; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84855342919     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.10.086     Document Type: Article

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