Degradation products from consumer nanocomposites: A case study on quantum dot lighting

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3220-3227

  Liu, Jingyu ^a   Katahara, John ^b   Li, Guanglai ^a   Coe Sullivan, Seth ^c   Hurt, Robert H ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c QD Vision Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDSE/ZNS; CHEMICAL DAMAGES; CHEMICAL PRODUCTS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; END-OF-LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; GASTRIC ACID; LEACHATES; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PRIMARY NANOPARTICLES; SOLID MATRIXES; SOLID STATE LIGHTING; SOLUBLE METALS;

CENTRIFUGATION; DEBRIS; DEGRADATION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LEACHING; LIGHTING; NANOPARTICLES; NITRIC ACID; POLYMERS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; NANOPARTICLE; NITRIC ACID; POLYMER; QUANTUM DOT;

CADMIUM; CENTRIFUGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FLUORESCENCE; INORGANIC ACID; LEACHATE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SUBSTRATE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENCE; LEACHING; PH; SOLID STATE; STOMACH ACID; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BENZOPYRANS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; GASTRIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NITRIC ACID; OXIDANTS; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDES; WATER; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84863376231     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204430f     Document Type: Article

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