Agglomeration and sedimentation of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (n-TiO2) in synthetic and real waters

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Brunelli, Andrea ^a   Pojana, Giulio ^a   Callegaro, Sarah ^a   Marcomini, Antonio ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Nephelometry; Rate constant; Sedimentation; Titanium dioxide nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DISPERSIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; SEDIMENTATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL TESTS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROPHOTOMETER; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NEPHELOMETRY; PARTICLE AGGLOMERATIONS; PHYSICO - CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; TOXICOLOGICAL TESTING;

TIO2 NANOPARTICLES;

NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC CARBON; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; ECOTOXICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEPHELOMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENTATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84877667552     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1684-4     Document Type: Article

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