Review: Issues of silver nanoparticles in engineered environmental treatment systems

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 225, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Siripattanakul Ratpukdi, Sumana ^a,b,c   Fürhacker, Maria ^d  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UBON RATCHATHANI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ON HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE MANAGEMENT HSM   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Nanosilver; Remediation; Silver zerovalent; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; METABOLISM; METAL IONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; POLLUTION; RECLAMATION; REMEDIATION; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE DEFECTS; TOXICITY;

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TREATMENT; NANO SILVER; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS); ZEROVALENT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REMEDIATION; SILVER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

BACTERIAL CELL; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DNA DAMAGE; ENGINEERED ENVIRONMENTAL TREATMENT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LANDFILL; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NANOFABRICATION; NANOTOXICOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SLUDGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84897348973     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-1939-4     Document Type: Review

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