Characterisation of Fe-oxide nanoparticles coated with humic acid and Suwannee River natural organic matter

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-27

  Chekli, Laura ^a,b   Phuntsho, Sherub ^a   Roy, Maitreyee ^c   Shon, Ho Kyong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CRC CARE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL MEASUREMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Disaggregation; Dissolved organic matter; FlFFF; Iron oxide nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

DISAGGREGATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ELECTROSTERIC STABILISATION; FLFFF; FLOW FIELD-FLOW FRACTIONATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS;

AGGREGATES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN BONDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC ACIDS; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGGLOMERATION;

GROUND WATER; HUMIC ACID; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGREGATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FRACTIONATION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HUMIC ACID; IRON OXIDE; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIAL COATING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

AGGREGATION; DISAGGREGATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLFFF; IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

ADSORPTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FRACTIONATION, FIELD FLOW; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEN BONDING; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84878403865     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.083     Document Type: Article

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