Current status and future direction for examining engineered nanoparticles in natural systems

MD Montano, GV Lowry… - Environmental …, 2014 - CSIRO Publishing
Environmental context The detection and characterisation of engineered nanomaterials in
the environment is essential for exposure and risk assessment for this emerging class of …

Mechanism of toxicity and transformation of silver nanoparticles: Inclusive assessment in earthworm-microbe-soil-plant system

P Das, S Barua, S Sarkar, SK Chatterjee, S Mukherjee… - Geoderma, 2018 - Elsevier
Long term and inclusive toxicity studies encompassing soil, plants, and organisms are rare
in literature for AgNPs. This study examines AgNP behavior in soil-plant system through 72 …

UV-induced photochemical transformations of citrate-capped silver nanoparticle suspensions

JM Gorham, RI MacCuspie, KL Klein… - Journal of Nanoparticle …, 2012 - Springer
Due to the increasing use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in consumer products, it is
essential to understand how variables, such as light exposure, may change the physical and …

Effects of pH, electrolyte, humic acid, and light exposure on the long-term fate of silver nanoparticles

W Zhou, YL Liu, AM Stallworth, C Ye… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
We investigated the evolution in silver nanoparticle (AgNP) properties during a series of 10–
50 day experiments on suspensions with different pH (5–9), electrolyte type (NaNO3 and …

Rapid chromatographic separation of dissoluble Ag (I) and silver-containing nanoparticles of 1–100 nanometer in antibacterial products and environmental waters

XX Zhou, R Liu, JF Liu - Environmental science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
Sensitive and rapid methods for speciation analysis of nanoparticulate Ag (NAg) and Ag (I)
in complex matrices are urgently needed for understanding the environmental effects and …

Assessing the interactions of metal nanoparticles in soil and sediment matrices–a quantitative analytical multi-technique approach

H El Hadri, SM Louie, VA Hackley - Environmental Science: Nano, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The impact and behavior of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) entering the environment is
an important issue due to their growing use in consumer and agricultural products. Their …

A review of the fate of engineered nanomaterials in municipal solid waste streams

F Part, N Berge, P Baran, A Stringfellow, W Sun… - Waste management, 2018 - Elsevier
Significant knowledge and data gaps associated with the fate of product-embedded
engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) in waste management processes exist that limit our …

Stable silver isotope fractionation in the natural transformation process of silver nanoparticles

D Lu, Q Liu, T Zhang, Y Cai, Y Yin, G Jiang - Nature Nanotechnology, 2016 - nature.com
Nanoparticles in the environment can form by natural processes or be released due to
human activities. Owing to limited analytical methods, the behaviour of nanoparticles in the …

Preferential role of distinct phytochemicals in biosynthesis and antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles

L Liu, C Yu, S Ahmad, C Ri, J Tang - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) by plant extracts and its antibacterial utilization
has attracted great attention due to the spontaneous reducing and capping capacities of …

Removal characteristics of engineered nanoparticles by activated sludge

HJ Park, HY Kim, S Cha, CH Ahn, J Roh, S Park, S Kim… - Chemosphere, 2013 - Elsevier
Environmental release of engineered nanoparticles (NPs) has been on the rise due to the
increased use of NPs in commercial products. In addition, the fate of NPs in sewage …