An overview of solid/liquid separation methods and size fractionation techniques for engineered nanomaterials in aquatic environment

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-70

  Wu, N ^a   Wyart, Y ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Rose, J ^b,c   Moulin, P ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c International Consortium for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology ICEINT   (France)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Fractionation; Membrane filtration; Nanomaterials; Separation processes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; COAGULATION; MICROFILTRATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIZE SEPARATION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; NATURAL AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; SEPARATION PROCESS; SOLID/LIQUID SEPARATION;

FRACTIONATION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBE; CERIUM OXIDE; FULLERENE; GOLD; NANOMATERIAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANO SILICA; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILVER; SURFACE WATER; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOENGINEERING; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMICAL COAGULATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROFILTRATION; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; FLOTATION; FRACTIONATION; GRANULAR FILTRATION; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMIC CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARAMETERS; PRESSURE DRIVEN MEMBRANE FILTRATION; REVIEW; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SIZE FRACTIONATION TECHNIQUE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 84878299127     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2013.788073     Document Type: Review

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