Reducing Environmental Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles through Shape Control

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 10093-10098

  Gorka, Danielle E ^a   Osterberg, Joshua S ^a   Gwin, Carley A ^a,b   Colman, Benjamin P ^a   Meyer, Joel N ^a   Bernhardt, Emily S ^a   Gunsch, Claudia K ^a,b   DiGulio, Richard T ^a   Liu, Jie ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICITY; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; METHODS AND MATERIALS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SPHERICAL SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

SILVER;

NANOWIRE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; POLLUTANT; SILVER;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; NANOPARTICLE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROOT; SILVER; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; POLLUTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURFACE AREA; TOXICITY; ZEBRA FISH; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOLIUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DANIO RERIO; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACILLUS CEREUS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOLIUM; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT ROOTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SILVER;

EID: 84939603823     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01711     Document Type: Article

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