Characterization and quantitative analysis of single-walled carbon nanotubes in the aquatic environment using near-infrared fluorescence spectroscopy

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 12262-12271

  Schierz, Ariette ^a,b   Parks, Ashley N ^b   Washburn, Kathryn M ^c   Chandler, G Thomas ^c   Ferguson, P Lee ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BILE SALTS; CARBON ALLOTROPES; DISAGGREGATION; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRONIC BAND GAPS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; INSTRUMENT DETECTION LIMITS; METHOD DETECTION LIMITS; NANOMATERIAL; NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENCE; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SEDIMENT MATRICES; SELECTIVE DETECTION; SEMICONDUCTIVE; SODIUM DEOXYCHOLATE; ULTRA-SONICATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED DEVICES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SODIUM;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BILE SALT; CARBON NANOTUBE; DEOXYCHOLATE SODIUM; NANOMATERIAL; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACTANT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEAR INFRARED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SEMICONDUCTORS; SONICATION; SOUTH CAROLINA; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84869409347     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301856a     Document Type: Article

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