Application of Stabilized Nanoparticles for In Situ Remediation of Metal-Contaminated Soil and Groundwater: a Critical Review

Current Pollution Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 280-291

  Liu, Wen ^a   Tian, Shuting ^a   Zhao, Xiao ^a   Xie, Wenbo ^a   Gong, Yanyan ^a   Zhao, Dongye ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Groundwater; Immobilization; Metal; Soil; Stabilized nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84968756581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21986592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40726-015-0017-x     Document Type: Review

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