Microscopic and spectroscopic methods applied to the measurements of nanoparticles in the environment

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 180-206

  Bandyopadhyay, Susmita ^a   Peralta Videa, Jose R ^a   Hernandez Viezcas, Jose A ^a   Montes, Milka O ^b,c   Keller, Arturo A ^b   Gardea Torresdey, Jorge L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN   (United States)

Author keywords

characterization techniques; microscopy; Nanoparticles; size measurement; spectroscopy; X ray

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONSUMER GOODS; DIRECT IMPACT; FOOD CHAIN; PRELIMINARY DATA; RESEARCH GROUPS; SIZE MEASUREMENTS; SOIL AND SEDIMENT; SPECTROSCOPIC METHOD; SURFACE AREA; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; WASTE STREAM; WATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOSOLIDS; CHARACTERIZATION; ECOSYSTEMS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; X RAYS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84859189182     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: 1520569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05704928.2011.637186     Document Type: Review

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