Environmental Nanotechnology: Applications and Impacts of Nanomaterials
by: Mark R. Wiesner, Jean-Yves Bottero
Abstract: Create nanomaterials less risky to the world around you. This book brings together a team of 30 experts from around the world to tackle the question: How safe are nanomaterials after they are released into the environment? This comprehensive guide to the properties of nanomaterialsand their potential effect on the environment assists you increating nanomaterials with less environmental risk.
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Table of Contents
- A. Acknowledgments
- B. About the Contributors
- 1. Nanotechnology and the Environment
- 2. Nanotechnology and Our Energy Challenge
- 3. Nanomaterials Fabrication
- 4. Methods for Structural and Chemical Characterization of Nanomaterials
- 5. Reactive Oxygen Species Generation on Nanoparticulate Material
- 6. Principles and Procedures to Assess Nanomaterial Toxicity
- 7. Nanoparticle Transport, Aggregation, and Deposition
- 8. Nanomaterials for Groundwater Remediation
- 9. Membrane Processes
- 10. Nanomaterials as Adsorbents
- 11. Toxicological Impacts of Nanomaterials
- 12. Ecotoxicological Impacts of Nanomaterials
- 13. Assessing Life-Cycle Risks of Nanomaterials
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A.
Acknowledgments
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B.
About the Contributors
- 1. Nanotechnology and the Environment
- 2. Nanotechnology and Our Energy Challenge
- 3. Nanomaterials Fabrication
- 4. Methods for Structural and Chemical Characterization of Nanomaterials
- 5. Reactive Oxygen Species Generation on Nanoparticulate Material
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Principles and Procedures to Assess Nanomaterial Toxicity
- Introduction
- Paradigms for Assessing NM Toxicity
- Overall Considerations in the Assessment of NM Toxicity
- Predictive In Vitro Toxicological Assays in Tissue Culture Cells that Are Premised On the Hierarchical Oxidative Stress Paradigm
- Use of Cellular Assays to Study Other Responses that Are Relevant to NM Toxicity, Including Cellular Uptake and Subcellular Localization
- Nanosensors: Sensitive Probes for the Biodetection of ROS
- Nanoelectrodes
- Online Data Bank
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- 7. Nanoparticle Transport, Aggregation, and Deposition
- 8. Nanomaterials for Groundwater Remediation
- 9. Membrane Processes
- 10. Nanomaterials as Adsorbents
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Toxicological Impacts of Nanomaterials
- Introduction
- Fullerenes
- Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNT)
- Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNT)
- Complications in Screening Assays Using Carbon-Based Materials
- Titanium Dioxides
- Iron Oxides
- Cerium Dioxides
- Copper Nanoparticles
- Gold Nanoparticles
- Quantum Dots
- Exposure and Risk Assessment
- Environmental Impact
- Conclusion
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Ecotoxicological Impacts of Nanomaterials
- Introduction
- Why Study the Effects of Nanomaterials on Microorganisms?
- Methods to Assess Ecotoxicity
- Bioavailability and Cellular Uptake of Nanoparticles
- Nanomaterial Interaction with Microbial Cell Components
- Antibacterial Activity of Nanomaterials
- Biotransformation of Nanomaterials by Microbes
- Factors Mitigating Nanomaterial/ Organismal Interactions
- Summary and Conclusions
- 13. Assessing Life-Cycle Risks of Nanomaterials
Book Details
Title: Environmental Nanotechnology: Applications and Impacts of Nanomaterials
Publisher: : New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New Delhi, San Juan, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto
Copyright / Pub. Date: 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780071477505
Authors:
Mark R. Wiesner
Ph.D., is a professor of Environmental Engineering and former director of the Environmental
& Energy Systems Institute (EESI). Dr. Wiesner’s research pioneered the applications
of nanomaterials to membrane science and water treatment and an examination of the
possible risks posed by these materials to human health and the environment.
Jean-Yves Bottero
Ph.D., is the head of France’s Geoscience and Environmental Laboratory. He specializes
in the physical chemistry of organic, inorganic, and heterogeneous contaminants; the
physicochemical properties of surfaces; mechanisms of coagulation and flocculation;
and water and wastewater treatment.
Description: Create nanomaterials less risky to the world around you. This book brings together a team of 30 experts from around the world to tackle the question: How safe are nanomaterials after they are released into the environment? This comprehensive guide to the properties of nanomaterialsand their potential effect on the environment assists you increating nanomaterials with less environmental risk.
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