Aggregation and dissolution of silver nanoparticles in a laboratory-based freshwater microcosm under simulated environmental conditions

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1690-1701

  Walters, Chavon ^a   Pool, Edmund ^b   Somerset, Vernon ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

aggregation; characterization; dissolution; environmental changes; microcosms; nanomaterials; silver nanomaterials

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHARACTERIZATION; DISSOLUTION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; DOMESTIC PRODUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MICROCOSMS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRESHWATER; MICROCOSM; SILVER; TEMPERATURE; TOXICITY;

EID: 84901062334     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2014.904141     Document Type: Article

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