Stability, metal leaching, photoactivity and toxicity in freshwater systems of commercial single wall carbon nanotubes

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4074-4085

  Bennett, Samuel W ^a,b   Adeleye, Adeyemi ^a,b   Ji, Zhaoxia ^a,c   Keller, Arturo A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; CoMoCat carbon nanotubes; Ecotoxicity; Electric arc carbon nanotubes; Engineered nanomaterials; HiPCo carbon nanotubes; SWCNT

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CATALYSTS; ELECTRIC ARCS; LEACHING; METALS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); TOXICITY; WATER; YARN;

COMOCAT CARBON NANOTUBE; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRIC ARC CARBON NANOTUBE; ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; FRESHWATER ALGAE; HIPCO CARBON NANOTUBE; METAL LEACHING; NATURAL WATERS; PHOTO-ACTIVITIES; SWCNT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARBON NANOTUBE; FRESH WATER; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL;

ALGA; CARBON; CATALYST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; LEACHING; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NICKEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; LEACHING; PH; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; THERMOSTABILITY; TOXICITY;

ALGAE;

EID: 84879014621     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.12.039     Document Type: Article

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