Supported and unsupported nanomaterials for water and soil remediation: Are they a useful solution for worldwide pollution?

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 280, Issue , 2014, Pages 487-503

  Trujillo Reyes, J ^a   Peralta Videa, J R ^a   Gardea Torresdey, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorbents; Ecosystems; Nanocomposites; Nanoparticles; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; REMEDIATION;

SOIL REMEDIATION;

ADSORBENTS;

ADSORBENT; BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DYE; HALIDE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; METAL OXIDE; METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; SYNTHESIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84908370315     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.08.029     Document Type: Review

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