The impact of engineered nanomaterials on the environment: Release mechanism, toxicity, transformation, and remediation

CMV Kumar, V Karthick, VG Kumar, D Inbakandan… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The presence and longevity of nanomaterials in the ecosystem, as well as their properties,
account for environmental toxicity. When nanomaterials in terrestrial and aquatic systems …

CuO nanoparticles alter the rhizospheric bacterial community and local nitrogen cycling for wheat grown in a calcareous soil

X Guan, X Gao, A Avellan… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
The application of nanoparticles (NPs) to soils, as either fertilizers or fungicides (eg, CuO
NPs), has been proposed to improve the sustainability of agriculture. The observed effects …

How microbial biofilms control the environmental fate of engineered nanoparticles?

M Desmau, A Carboni, M Le Bars, E Doelsch… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Predicting the fate of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) once they are released in the
environment is essential to evaluate their impacts to ecosystems. Microbial biofilms, as …

Effects of copper oxide nanoparticles on Salix growth, soil enzyme activity and microbial community composition in a wetland mesocosm

H Qu, C Ma, W **ng, L Xue, H Liu, JC White… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
A model wetland with Salix was established to investigate the effects of CuO nanoparticles
(NPs; the equivalent amount of Cu at 0, 100 and 500 mg/kg) on plant, soil enzyme activity …

Long-term effects of copper nanopesticides on soil and sediment community diversity in two outdoor mesocosm experiments

LN Carley, R Panchagavi, X Song… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The use of novel pesticides containing nanomaterials (nanopesticides) is growing and is
considered a promising approach to reduce the impacts of agriculture on the environment …

Water analysis: emerging contaminants and current issues

SD Richardson, TA Ternes - Analytical Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
This biennial review covers developments in water analysis for emerging environmental
contaminants (ECs) over the period of September 2019–September 2021. Analytical …

Aquatic mesocosm strategies for the environmental fate and risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials

A Carboni, DL Slomberg, M Nassar… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the past decade, mesocosms have emerged as a useful tool for the environmental study
of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) as they can mimic the relevant exposure scenario of …

Utility of diffusive gradient in thin-film passive samplers for predicting mercury methylation potential and bioaccumulation in freshwater wetlands

N Neal-Walthall, U Ndu, NA Rivera Jr… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Mercury is a risk in aquatic ecosystems when the metal is converted to methylmercury
(MeHg) and subsequently bioaccumulates in aquatic food webs. This risk can be difficult to …

Bioremediation of copper in sediments from a constructed wetland ex situ with the novel bacterium Cupriavidus basilensis SRS

A Kugler, RL Brigmon, A Friedman, FM Coutelot… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The H-02 constructed wetland was designed to remove metals (primarily copper and zinc) to
treat building process water and storm water runoff from multiple sources associated with the …

Assessment on the treatment of nitrogen contaminant by constructed wetland exposed to different concentrations of graphene oxide

C Yan, J Huang, Y Wang, X Lin, C Cao… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The environmental effect of two-dimensional carbon-based graphene oxide (GO) is an
emerging worry as it becomes more widely used. The present work investigated the effects …