Manufactured nanoparticles: an overview of their chemistry, interactions and potential environmental implications

Y Ju-Nam, JR Lead - Science of the total environment, 2008 - Elsevier
The industrial scale production and wide variety of applications of manufactured
nanoparticles (NPs) and their possible release in considerable amounts into the natural …

Nanoparticles: structure, properties, preparation and behaviour in environmental media

P Christian, F Von der Kammer, M Baalousha… - Ecotoxicology, 2008 - Springer
There is increasing interest and need to develop a deeper understanding of the nature, fate
and behaviour of nanoparticles in the environment. This is driven by the increased use of …

Detection and characterization of engineered nanoparticles in food and the environment

K Tiede, ABA Boxall, SP Tear, J Lewis… - Food additives and …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Nanotechnology is develo** rapidly and, in the future, it is expected that increasingly more
products will contain some sort of nanomaterial. However, to date, little is known about the …

Characterizing manufactured nanoparticles in the environment: multimethod determination of particle sizes

RF Domingos, MA Baalousha, Y Ju-Nam… - … science & technology, 2009 - ACS Publications
Sizes of stabilized (24 h) nanoparticle suspensions were determined using several state-of-
the-art analytical techniques (transmission electron microscopy; atomic force microscopy; …

Aggregation and disaggregation of iron oxide nanoparticles: influence of particle concentration, pH and natural organic matter

M Baalousha - Science of the total Environment, 2009 - Elsevier
The surface coating, aggregation behavior and aggregate structure of unpurified iron oxide
nanoparticles (NPs) at variable pH and in the absence and presence of natural organic …

Ecotoxicity and analysis of nanomaterials in the aquatic environment

M Farré, K Gajda-Schrantz, L Kantiani… - Analytical and …, 2009 - Springer
Nanotechnology is a major innovative scientific and economic growth area. However
nanomaterial residues may have a detrimental effect on human health and the environment …

Silver nanoparticle characterization using single particle ICP-MS (SP-ICP-MS) and asymmetrical flow field flow fractionation ICP-MS (AF4-ICP-MS)

DM Mitrano, A Barber, A Bednar… - Journal of Analytical …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Methods to detect, quantify, and characterize engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in
environmental matrices are highlighted as one of the areas of highest priority research …

Flow field-flow fractionation for the analysis and characterization of natural colloids and manufactured nanoparticles in environmental systems: A critical review

M Baalousha, B Stolpe, JR Lead - Journal of Chromatography A, 2011 - Elsevier
The use of flow field flow fractionation (FlFFF) for the separation and characterization of
natural colloids and nanoparticles has increased in the last few decades. More recently, it …

Aggregation and surface properties of iron oxide nanoparticles: influence of pH and natural organic matter

M Baalousha, A Manciulea… - … and Chemistry: An …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The interactions between unpurified manufactured nanoparticles (NPs; iron oxide NPs,∼ 7
nm) and standard Suwannee River humic acid (SRHA) were investigated under a range of …

Heteroaggregation of nanoparticles with biocolloids and geocolloids

H Wang, AS Adeleye, Y Huang, F Li… - Advances in colloid and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The application of nanoparticles has raised concern over the safety of these materials to
human health and the ecosystem. After release into an aquatic environment, nanoparticles …