Activity inhibition on municipal activated sludge by single-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Parise, Alex ^a,b   Thakor, Harshrajsinh ^b   Zhang, Xiaoqi ^b  

^a HRP Associates   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Carbon nanotubes; EC50; Environmental and health effects; Respiratory activity inhibition; Respiratory inhibition test; Single walled carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EC50; EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EFFECTS; MUNICIPAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE; RESPIRATORY ACTIVITY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS); WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CARBON NANOTUBES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

TOXICITY;

NANOMATERIAL; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; TOXIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISPERSION; METABOLIC INHIBITION; MICROORGANISM; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84891757488     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-2159-3     Document Type: Article

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