Recent advances on the fundamental physical phenomena behind stability, dynamic motion, thermophysical properties, heat transport, applications, and challenges of …

Z Said, LS Sundar, AK Tiwari, HM Ali… - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
In the past decade, nanotechnology's rapid developments have created quite a lot of
prospects for researchers and engineers to check up on. And nanofluids are important …

Silver nanoparticles in aquatic environments: Physiochemical behavior and antimicrobial mechanisms

C Zhang, Z Hu, B Deng - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Nanosilver (silver nanoparticles or AgNPs) has unique physiochemical properties and
strong antimicrobial activities. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the …

Fate and bioavailability of engineered nanoparticles in soils: a review

G Cornelis, K Hund-Rinke, T Kuhlbusch… - Critical Reviews in …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Interactions within natural soils have often been neglected when assessing fate and
bioavailability of engineered nanomaterials (ENM) in soils. This review combines patchwise …

Fate and transformation of silver nanoparticles in urban wastewater systems

R Kaegi, A Voegelin, C Ort, B Sinnet, B Thalmann… - Water research, 2013 - Elsevier
Discharge of silver nanoparticles (Ag-NP) from textiles and cosmetics, todays major
application areas for metallic Ag-NP, into wastewater is inevitable. Transformation and …

Spot the difference: engineered and natural nanoparticles in the environment—release, behavior, and fate

S Wagner, A Gondikas, E Neubauer… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The production and use of nanoparticles leads to the emission of manufactured or
engineered nanoparticles into the environment. Those particles undergo many possible …

Nanoparticle aggregation: principles and modeling

W Zhang - Nanomaterial: Impacts on Cell Biology and Medicine, 2014 - Springer
The high surface area to volume ratio of nanoparticles usually results in highly reactive and
colloidal instability compared to their bulk counterparts. Aggregation as well as many other …

Nanofluids-based solar collectors as sustainable energy technology towards net-zero goal: Recent advances, environmental impact, challenges, and perspectives

Z Said, M Iqbal, A Mehmood, TT Le, HM Ali… - … and Processing-Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
Renewables are believed to be the future energy sources, given conventional energy
sources' rapid depletion and environmental degradation. Among these, the ones used to …

Facile synthesis of silver nanoparticles stabilized by cationic polynorbornenes and their catalytic activity in 4-nitrophenol reduction

B Baruah, GJ Gabriel, MJ Akbashev, ME Booher - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
We report the facile one-pot single-phase syntheses of silver nanoparticles stabilized by
norbornene type cationic polymers. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) stabilized by …

Understanding the fate and biological effects of Ag-and TiO2-nanoparticles in the environment: the quest for advanced analytics and interdisciplinary concepts

GE Schaumann, A Philippe, M Bundschuh… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
Engineered inorganic nanoparticles (EINP) from consumers' products and industrial
applications, especially silver and titanium dioxide nanoparticles (NP), are emitted into the …

On the colloidal and chemical stability of solar nanofluids: From nanoscale interactions to recent advances

OZ Sharaf, RA Taylor, E Abu-Nada - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
The outdoor deployment of solar nanofluids in practical solar photothermal conversion
devices for prolonged periods of time has been an ongoing challenge. This is due to their …