Silver nanoparticles in aquatic environments: Physiochemical behavior and antimicrobial mechanisms

Water Research

Volumn 88, Issue , 2016, Pages 403-427

  Zhang, Chiqian ^a   Hu, Zhiqiang ^a   Deng, Baolin ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Antimicrobial; Aquatic environments; Dissolution; Silver nanoparticles; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; KINETICS; METAL IONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROORGANISMS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

AGGREGATION MECHANISM; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL; ANTIMICROBIAL MECHANISMS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; NANO SILVER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SILVER ION RELEASE;

DISSOLUTION;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SILVER; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGGREGATION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DISSOLUTION; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REACTION KINETICS; SILVER; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CELL MEMBRANE; DISSOLUTION; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SILVER; THERMODYNAMICS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84945921402     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.10.025     Document Type: Review

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