The role of nanotechnology in tackling global water challenges

MS Mauter, I Zucker, F Perreault, JR Werber… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Sustainable provision of safe, clean and adequate water supply is a global challenge. Water
treatment and desalination technologies remain chemically and energy intensive, ineffective …

Evaluating green silver nanoparticles as prospective biopesticides: An environmental standpoint

MS Bapat, H Singh, SK Shukla, PP Singh, DVN Vo… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The current method of agriculture entails the usage of excessive amounts of pesticides and
fertilizers. The blatant use of conventional pesticides and fertilizers over several decades …

Risks, release and concentrations of engineered nanomaterial in the environment

B Giese, F Klaessig, B Park, R Kaegi, M Steinfeldt… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
For frequently used engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) CeO2-, SiO2-, and Ag, past, current,
and future use and environmental release are investigated. Considering an extended period …

Dynamic probabilistic modeling of environmental emissions of engineered nanomaterials

TY Sun, NA Bornhoft, K Hungerbühler… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
The need for an environmental risk assessment for engineered nanomaterials (ENM)
necessitates the knowledge about their environmental concentrations. Despite significant …

Advancements of nanotechnologies in crop promotion and soil fertility: Benefits, life cycle assessment, and legislation policies

SA Younis, KH Kim, SM Shaheen, V Antoniadis… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing agricultural production has become one of the key components to bridge the gap
between securing food resources and sustainable development goals (SDGs), namely, no …

Assessing the risk of engineered nanomaterials in the environment: development and application of the nanoFate model

KL Garner, S Suh, AA Keller - Environmental Science & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We developed a dynamic multimedia fate and transport model (nanoFate) to predict the time-
dependent accumulation of metallic engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) across …

Silver nanoparticles alter soil microbial community compositions and metabolite profiles in unplanted and cucumber-planted soils

H Zhang, M Huang, W Zhang… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The rapid development of nanotechnology makes the environmental impact assessment a
necessity to ensure the sustainable use of engineered nanomaterials. Here, silver …

Key principles and operational practices for improved nanotechnology environmental exposure assessment

C Svendsen, LA Walker, M Matzke, E Lahive… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Nanotechnology is identified as a key enabling technology due to its potential to contribute
to economic growth and societal well-being across industrial sectors. Sustainable …

Life cycle assessment of manufactured nanomaterials: where are we?

B Salieri, DA Turner, B Nowack, R Hischier - NanoImpact, 2018 - Elsevier
For over a decade, life cycle assessment (LCA) has been recognized as a valuable tool for
systematically evaluating the potential environmental impacts of manufactured nanomaterial …

A One Health approach to managing the applications and implications of nanotechnologies in agriculture

E Lombi, E Donner, M Dusinska, F Wickson - Nature Nanotechnology, 2019 - nature.com
The need for appropriate science and regulation to underpin nanosafety is greater than ever
as ongoing advances in nanotechnology are rapidly translated into new industrial …