Thermal and photoinduced reduction of ionic Au(III) to elemental Au nanoparticles by dissolved organic matter in water: Possible source of naturally occurring Au nanoparticles

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2671-2679

  Yin, Yongguang ^a   Yu, Sujuan ^a   Liu, Jingfu ^a   Jiang, Guibin ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GOLD DEPOSITS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTRONS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION RATIO; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICITY; EXPLORATION METHODS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REDUCTION; TRANSPORT AND TRANSFORMATION;

GOLD;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; RIVER WATER; GOLD; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ION; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; IRRADIATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REDUCTION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SILVER; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; HEATING; IRRADIATION; SUNLIGHT; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAT; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RIVER;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOLD; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; IONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RIVERS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84895555883     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404195r     Document Type: Article

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