Graphene in the aquatic environment: Adsorption, dispersion, toxicity and transformation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 9995-10009

  Zhao, Jian ^a,b   Wang, Zhenyu ^a,b   White, Jason C ^c   Xing, Baoshan ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Department of Analytical Chemistry Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; COLLOIDS; PHOTODEGRADATION; TOXICITY;

ADSORPTION PROPERTIES; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; DISPERSION PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SOLUTE ADSORPTION; SOLUTION CHEMISTRY;

GRAPHENE;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GRAPHITE; NANOSTRUCTURES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84906879081     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5022679     Document Type: Article

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