Ambient water and visible-light irradiation drive changes in graphene morphology, structure, surface chemistry, aggregation, and toxicity

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3410-3418

  Hu, Xiangang ^a   Zhou, Ming ^a   Zhou, Qixing ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONYLATION; HYDRATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MOLECULES; OXYGEN; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NEGATIVE SURFACE CHARGES; OXIDATIVE MODIFICATION; PRELIMINARY APPROACH; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

GRAPHENE;

AMBIENT WATER; FREE RADICAL; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; OXIDE; PLANT DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SINGLET OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; GRAPHITE;

AGGREGATION; CARBON; CYTOLOGY; DNA; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDRATION; INHIBITION; IRRADIATION; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; TRANSFORMATION; VISIBILITY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL MATURATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; HYDRATION; IRRADIATION; NANOCHEMISTRY; NANOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; TOXICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; LIGHT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALGAE;

CHLORELLA VULGARIS; GRAPHITE; LIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SINGLET OXYGEN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER;

EID: 84925003727     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503003y     Document Type: Article

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