Sulfidation of silver nanoparticles: Natural antidote to their toxicity

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 13440-13448

  Levard, Clement ^a,b,h   Hotze, Ernest M ^a,c   Colman, Benjamin P ^a   Dale, Amy L ^a,c   Truong, Lisa ^d   Yang, X Y ^a   Bone, Audrey J ^a   Brown, Gordon E ^a,b,e,f   Tanguay, Robert L ^d   Di Giulio, Richard T ^a   Bernhardt, Emily S ^a   Meyer, Joel N ^a   Wiesner, Mark R ^a,g   Lowry, Gregory V ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^f SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^g Duke University   (United States)

^h AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

SILVER;

ANTIDOTE; CHLORIDE; POVIDONE; SILVER; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SULFIDE;

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CYPRINID; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EUKARYOTE; NEMATODE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SILVER; SOLUBILIZATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFIDE; TOXICITY; TRANSFORMATION; WEED;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONDUCTANCE; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONIC STRENGTH; LEMNA; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SULFIDATION; SUSPENSION; SYNTHESIS; TOXICITY TESTING; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARACEAE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FUNDULIDAE; LD50; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; ARACEAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHLORIDES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FUNDULIDAE; LETHAL DOSE 50; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POVIDONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILVER; SOLUBILITY; SULFIDES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84889831977     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403527n     Document Type: Article

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