Fate and risk of metal sulfide nanoparticles in the environment

KA Ubaid, X Zhang, VK Sharma, L Li - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2020 - Springer
With the rapid development of nanotechnology, metal sulfide nanoparticles have been
widely detected in the environment including water, soils and sediments. Metal sulfides are …

Growth kinetics and long-term stability of CdS nanoparticles in aqueous solution under ambient conditions

KM Mullaugh, GW Luther - Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2011 - Springer
The ubiquity of naturally occurring nanoparticles in the aquatic environment is now widely
accepted, but a better understanding of the conditions that promote their formation and …

Precipitation and growth of zinc sulfide nanoparticles in the presence of thiol-containing natural organic ligands

BLT Lau, H Hsu-Kim - Environmental Science & Technology, 2008 - ACS Publications
In sulfidic aquatic systems, metal sulfides can control the mobility and bioavailability of trace
metal pollutants such as zinc, mercury, and silver. Nanoparticles of ZnS and other metal …

Sulfidation of copper oxide nanoparticles and properties of resulting copper sulfide

R Ma, J Stegemeier, C Levard, JG Dale… - Environmental …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Many nanoparticles (NPs) are transformed in the environment, and the properties of the
transformed materials must be determined to accurately assess their environmental risk …

Silver sulfide nanoparticles in aqueous environments: formation, transformation and toxicity

D He, S Garg, Z Wang, L Li, H Rong, X Ma… - Environmental …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Sulfidation of silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) readily occurs in both urban sewage systems
and sulfur-rich natural environments with formation of silver sulfide nanoparticles (Ag2S …

Effects of humic substances on precipitation and aggregation of zinc sulfide nanoparticles

A Deonarine, BLT Lau, GR Aiken… - … science & technology, 2011 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticulate metal sulfides such as ZnS can influence the transport and bioavailability of
pollutant metals in anaerobic environments. The aim of this work was to investigate how the …

Re-evaluation of stability and toxicity of silver sulfide nanoparticle in environmental water: Oxidative dissolution by manganese oxide

E Shi, Z Xu, X Zhang, X Yang, Q Liu, H Zhang… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Stability of silver sulfide nanoparticle (Ag 2 S-NP) in the environment has recently drawn
considerable attention since it is associated with environmental risk. Although the …

Effect of NOM on copper sulfide nanoparticle growth, stability, and oxidative dissolution

K Hoffmann, S Bouchet, I Christl, R Kaegi… - Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal sulfide nanoparticles have recently been discovered in natural environments subject
to fluctuating redox conditions such as wetlands and river floodplains, which are often very …

Early-stage precipitation kinetics of zinc sulfide nanoclusters forming in the presence of cysteine

AP Gondikas, A Masion, M Auffan, BLT Lau… - Chemical geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Nanoparticulate metal sulfides such as ZnS are important for the speciation of pollutant
metals in sediments, wastewater effluent, and other sulfidic environments. In these settings …

Sulfidation kinetics of silver nanoparticles reacted with metal sulfides

B Thalmann, A Voegelin, B Sinnet… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
Recent studies have documented that the sulfidation of silver nanoparticles (Ag-NP),
possibly released to the environment from consumer products, occurs in anoxic zones of …