Impacts of ionic strength on three-dimensional nanoparticle aggregate structure and consequences for environmental transport and deposition

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13703-13710

  Legg, Benjamin A ^a,c   Zhu, Mengqiang ^b,d   Comolli, Luis R ^b   Gilbert, Benjamin ^b   Banfield, Jillian F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; DEIONIZED WATER; DEPOSITS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONIC STRENGTH; NANOPARTICLES; SODIUM DEPOSITS; SODIUM NITRATE; SOLS; X RAY SCATTERING;

AGGREGATE STRUCTURES; COLLOIDAL STABILITY; CRYOGENIC TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (CRYO-TEM); ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; NANOPARTICLE DEPOSITION; SODIUM NITRATE SOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOPARTICLES;

AGGLOMERATION;

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM NITRATE; FERRIC ION; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SUSPENSION; WATER;

AGGREGATE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COLLOID; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SAND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; IONIC STRENGTH; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OSMOLARITY; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SUSPENSION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; QUARTZ; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLUTIONS; SUSPENSIONS; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84918789099     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502654q     Document Type: Article

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