Stability and aggregation of silver and titanium dioxide nanoparticles in seawater: Role of salinity and dissolved organic carbon

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1023-1029

  Wang, Huanhua ^a,b   Burgess, Robert M ^a   Cantwell, Mark G ^a   Portis, Lisa M ^a   Perron, Monique M ^a   Wu, Fengchang ^b   Ho, Kay T ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Nanoparticle; Seawater; Silver; Stability; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDES; SEAWATER; SEAWATER EFFECTS; STABILIZATION; STREAM FLOW; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HYDRODYNAMIC DIAMETER; NANOPARTICLE (NPS); POLY VINYL PYRROLIDONE; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS); STABILIZATION MECHANISMS; STABILIZING EFFECTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER;

CITRIC ACID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HUMIC ACID; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC CARBON; POVIDONE; SEA WATER; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGREGATION; BIOACCUMULATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HEALTH RISK; HUMIC ACID; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; OXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; SALINITY; SEAWATER; STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONIC STRENGTH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHARGE; ZETA POTENTIAL;

NANOPARTICLE; SEAWATER; SILVER; STABILITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARBON; HYDRODYNAMICS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SILVER; TITANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84898811010     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2529     Document Type: Article

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