Impact of organic carbon on the stability and toxicity of fresh and stored silver nanoparticles

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 10772-10780

  Kennedy, Alan J ^a   Chappell, Mark A ^a   Bednar, Anthony J ^a   Ryan, Adam C ^b   Laird, Jennifer G ^a   Stanley, Jacob K ^a   Steevens, Jeffery A ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b HydroQual Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL; CAPPING AGENT; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; DISSOLVED FRACTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ION RELEASE; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; MITIGATING FACTOR; NANO SILVER; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE AREA; SYSTEM COMPLEXITY; TOXICITY REDUCTION;

DISSOLUTION; SILVER;

TOXICITY;

ORGANIC CARBON; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

CRUSTACEAN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRESHWATER; LABORATORY METHOD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SILVER; TOXICITY TEST; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; STORAGE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CARBON; DAPHNIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRESH WATER; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER; SUSPENSIONS; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; ZOOPLANKTON;

CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA;

EID: 84867093379     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302322y     Document Type: Article

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