Systematic and quantitative investigation of the mechanism of carbon nanotubes' toxicity toward algae

Z Long, J Ji, K Yang, D Lin, F Wu - Environmental science & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Concurrent with the increasing production and application of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
comes an increasing likelihood of CNTs presenting in the aquatic environment, and thereby …

Applications and implications of manufactured nanoparticles in soils: a review

B Pan, B Xing - European Journal of Soil Science, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The environmental application and risk assessment of manufactured nanoparticles (MNPs)
in soil greatly depend on our understanding of the interactions between MNPs and soil …

Aging of TiO2 nanocomposites used in sunscreen. Dispersion and fate of the degradation products in aqueous environment

J Labille, J Feng, C Botta, D Borschneck… - Environmental …, 2010 - Elsevier
Aging in water of a TiO2-based nanocomposite used in sunscreen cosmetics has been
studied as a function of light and time. It consisted initially in a TiO2 core, coated with Al (OH) …

Persistence of singly dispersed silver nanoparticles in natural freshwaters, synthetic seawater, and simulated estuarine waters

SL Chinnapongse, RI MacCuspie… - Science of the total …, 2011 - Elsevier
This investigation focuses on predicting the persistence of citrate-capped 20 nm AgNPs by
measuring their colloidal stability in natural freshwaters and synthetic aquatic media …

Influence of Suwannee River humic acid on particle properties and toxicity of silver nanoparticles

J Gao, K Powers, Y Wang, H Zhou, SM Roberts… - Chemosphere, 2012 - Elsevier
Adsorption of natural organic matter (NOM) on nanoparticles can have dramatic impacts on
particle dispersion resulting in altered fate and transport as well as bioavailability and …

Heteroagglomeration of oxide nanoparticles with algal cells: effects of particle type, ionic strength and pH

S Ma, K Zhou, K Yang, D Lin - Environmental Science & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Discharged oxide nanoparticles (NPs) have been shown toxic to unicellular algae, yet the
research on heteroagglomeration between NPs and cells as an important precondition of …

Carbon nanotube agglomeration effect on piezoresistivity of polymer nanocomposites

S Gong, ZH Zhu, SA Meguid - Polymer, 2014 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotube (CNT) agglomeration exists inevitably in all CNT-polymer composites.
This paper quantified the effect of CNT agglomeration on the piezoresistivity of CNT-polymer …

Single-walled carbon nanotubes dispersed in aqueous media via non-covalent functionalization: effect of dispersant on the stability, cytotoxicity, and epigenetic …

AL Alpatova, W Shan, P Babica, BL Upham… - Water research, 2010 - Elsevier
As the range of applications for carbon nanotubes (CNTs) rapidly expands, understanding
the effect of CNTs on prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell systems has become an important …

Assessing the colloidal properties of engineered nanoparticles in water: case studies from fullerene C60 nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes

KL Chen, BA Smith, WP Ball… - Environmental …, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
Environmental context. The fate and bioavailability of engineered nanoparticles in natural
aquatic systems are strongly influenced by their ability to remain dispersed in water …

Stabilization and dispersion of carbon nanomaterials in aqueous solutions: A review

YAJ Al-Hamadani, KH Chu, A Son, J Heo, N Her… - Separation and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) have become candidates for numerous applications in
nanocomposites, microelectric devices, sensors, energy storage, microelectronics …