Just scratching the surface? New techniques show how surface functionality of nanoparticles influences their environmental fate
Jarvie, Helen P. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4984-1607; King, Stephen M..
2010
Just scratching the surface? New techniques show how surface functionality of nanoparticles influences
their environmental fate.
Nano Today, 5.
248-250.
10.1016/j.nantod.2010.06.001
Abstract/Summary
This Opinion Article highlights how new applications of techniques such as neutron scattering are offering greater insights into the processes, mechanisms and rates controlling the behaviour and fate of nanoparticles in different environmental compartments. Such information is vital for successful predictive modelling of the environmental fate of engineered nanoparticles in the post-production stages of their lifecycles. The role of surface functionality (surface coatings) in influencing environmental pathways of nanoparticles is specifically discussed.
| Item Type: | Publication - Article |
|---|---|
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1016/j.nantod.2010.06.001 |
| Programmes: | CEH Topics & Objectives 2009 - 2012 > Water > WA Topic 2 - Ecohydrological Processes > WA - 2.1 - Identify and quantify sources, fluxes and pathways of water, chemicals ... |
| UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas: | Acreman |
| ISSN: | 1748-0132 |
| Additional Keywords: | nanoparticle, environmental fate, surface functionalisation, coating, wastewater, river, small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) |
| Date made live: | 09 Sep 2010 08:56 +0 (UTC) |
| URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/10220 |
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