An experimental study on the aggregation of TiO2 nanoparticles under environmentally relevant conditions

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3887-3898

  Romanello, Marina Belen ^a,b   Fidalgo de Cortalezzi, Maria M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Divalent cations; DLVO theory; Nanoparticles; Natural organic matter; Stability

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POSITIVE IONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

AGGREGATE MORPHOLOGY; AGGREGATION RATE; DIVALENT CATION; DLVO THEORY; DLVO-INTERACTION; ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYERS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; POINT OF ZERO CHARGE;

AGGLOMERATION;

CALCIUM; DIVALENT CATION; ELECTROLYTE; NANOPARTICLE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER;

AGGREGATE SIZE; AGGREGATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CATION; ELECTROLYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEUTRALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDE; PH; TITANIUM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84879025902     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.11.061     Document Type: Article

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