Aggregation and Stability of Reduced Graphene Oxide: Complex Roles of Divalent Cations, pH, and Natural Organic Matter

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 10886-10893

  Chowdhury, Indranil ^a   Mansukhani, Nikhita D ^b   Guiney, Linda M ^b   Hersam, Mark C ^b   Bouchard, Dermont ^c  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; EFFLUENTS; GRAPHENE; IONIC STRENGTH; IONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POSITIVE IONS; SURFACE WATERS;

CRITICAL COAGULATION CONCENTRATION (CCC); DIVALENT CATION BRIDGINGS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; INFLUENCE OF PH; LONG TERM STUDY; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

STABILITY;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM ION; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; DIVALENT CATION; EPOXIDE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRAPHENE OXIDE; GROUND WATER; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; SURFACE WATER; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; OXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGGREGATION; CARBON; CATION; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDE; PH; REDUCTION; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL COAGULATION CONCENTRATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REDUCTION; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; THERMOSTABILITY; TIME RESOLVED DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; WATER TREATMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; OSMOLARITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; CATIONS, DIVALENT; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84937860679     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01866     Document Type: Article

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