QCM-D study of nanoparticle interactions

Q Chen, S Xu, Q Liu, J Masliyah, Z Xu - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2016 - Elsevier
Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) has been proven to be a
powerful research tool to investigate in situ interactions between nanoparticles and different …

Characterization of dissolved organic matter for understanding the adsorption on nanomaterials in aquatic environment: A review

QV Ly, T Maqbool, Z Zhang, Q Van Le, X An, Y Hu… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials (NMs) have received tremendous attention as emerging adsorbents for
environmental applications. The ever-increasing release into aquatic systems and the …

Factors affecting fate and transport of engineered nanomaterials in terrestrial environments

S Rawat, VLR Pullagurala, IO Adisa, Y Wang… - Current Opinion in …, 2018 - Elsevier
The unique physico-chemical, electronic, redox, and UV-absorption properties of the
engineered nano-particles (ENPs) make them suitable for many industrial applications …

The attachment of colloidal particles to environmentally relevant surfaces and the effect of particle shape

CP McNew, N Kananizadeh, Y Li, EJ LeBoeuf - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Despite the prevalence of nonspherical colloidal particles, the role of particle shape in the
transport of colloids is largely understudied. This study investigates the attachment of …

Molecular dynamics simulations of the characteristics of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose with different degrees of substitution in a salt solution

W Li, S Huang, D Xu, Y Zhao, Y Zhang, L Zhang - Cellulose, 2017 - Springer
Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (SCMC) with different degrees of substitution (DS)
possesses structural characteristics and physicochemical properties that are important in …

Combined quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) and generalized ellipsometry (GE) to characterize the deposition of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on …

N Kananizadeh, C Rice, J Lee… - Journal of hazardous …, 2017 - Elsevier
Measuring the interactions between engineered nanoparticles and natural substrates (eg
soils and sediments) has been very challenging due to highly heterogeneous and rough …

Molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation analyses of urea with ammoniated and ammoxidized lignin

W Li, S Zhang, Y Zhao, S Huang, J Zhao - Journal of Molecular Graphics …, 2017 - Elsevier
Ammoniated lignin, prepared through the Mannich reaction of lignin, has more advantages
as a slow-release carrier of urea molecules than ammoxidized lignin and lignin. The …

Selection of an appropriate aqueous nano-fullerene (nC60) preparation protocol for studying its environmental fate and behavior

J Gigault, H Budzinski - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
The inevitable future environmental release of fullerene nanoparticles (nC 60) requires the
development of specific analytical methodologies that are able to identify, characterize and …

nC60 deposition kinetics: the complex contribution of humic acid, ion concentration, and valence

CP McNew, EJ LeBoeuf - Journal of colloid and interface science, 2016 - Elsevier
The demonstrated toxicity coupled with inevitable environmental release of nC 60 raise
serious concerns about its environmental fate and transport, therefore it is crucial to …

Humic acid induced weak attachment of fullerene nC60 nanoparticles and subsequent detachment upon reduction of solution ionic strength in saturated porous media

Z Wang, T Li, C Shen, J Shang, K Shi, Y Zhang… - Journal of contaminant …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sand column experiments were performed under saturated conditions to investigate impact
of humic acid (HA) on attachment of nC 60 nanoparticles (NPs) in NaCl and CaCl 2 at ionic …