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Nanoscience and the environment /
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| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Frontiers of nanoscience ;
volume 7. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Nanoscience and the Environment; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Overview of Environmental Nanoscience; 1. Introduction; 2. History: From Empirical Use to Discoveries; 3. Definitions; 3.1. Nanometer and Nanoscale; 3.2. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; 3.3. Nanomaterials; 4. Novel Properties of NMs; 4.1. Specific Surface Area, Surface Atoms, and Defects; 4.2. Quantum Confinement; 4.3. Uptake and Toxicity; 5. Synthesis Approaches and Requirements; 6. Classification; 6.1. Chemistry; 6.2. Source; 6.3. Morphology; 6.4. State and Location in Products
- 7. Nanotechnology Market and Production8. Exposure, Fate, and Transformations of NMs in the Environment; 9. Environmental and Human Health Toxicity of NMs; 10. Issues to be Addressed; 10.1. Fundamental Science Versus Regulatory Risk Assessment; 10.2. Definition and Nomenclature; 10.3. Environmental Fate and Exposure of NMs; 10.4. Bioavailability and Bioaccumulation; 10.5. Minimum NM Characterization for EHS Research and NM Regulation; 10.6. Effect of NM Properties on Their Toxicity; 10.7. Dose and Dose Metrics; 11. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References
- Chapter 2: Transformations of Nanomaterials in the Environment1. Introduction; 2. NM Transformations; 2.1. Chemical Transformations; 2.1.1. Redox Reactions; 2.1.2. Dissolution and Ligation; 2.2. Physical Transformations; 2.2.1. Aggregation; 2.2.2. Adsorption of Biomacromolecules; 2.3. Biologically Mediated Transformations; 3. Effect of Transformations on the Ability to Detect and Quantify NMs in Biological and Environmental Media; 3.1. Coating Alteration; 3.2. Dissolution and Ligation; 3.3. Redox Reactions; 3.4. Aggregation; 4. Overall Implications for NM EHS Research and Future Needs
- AcknowledgmentsReferences; Chapter 3: Environmental Fate and Exposure Modeling of Nanomaterials; 1. Introduction; 2. Environmental Fate Models for Organic Chemicals; 3. Road Map for Developing Environmental Fate Models for ENMs; 4. Model Input Data: Environmental Emissions; 5. Model Input Data: ENM Properties; 5.1. General Aspects; 5.2. Phase Partitioning; 6. Environmental Fate Modeling for ENMs; 6.1. Aquatic Systems; 6.2. Soil Systems; 7. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4: Macromolecular Coronas and Their Importance in Nanotoxicology and Nanoecotoxicology; 1. Introduction
- 2. The Biomolecule Corona: An Established Paradigm in Nanomedicine and Human Nanosafety3. Toward an Eco-Corona: Translating the Ideas of the Biomolecule Corona Toward a Paradigm in Environmental Toxicity; 4. Structural Complexity of HS; 5. Comparison of Factors and Effects of NM Interactions with Proteins and Humics; 6. Corona Evolution as NMs are Translocated in the Environment and Within Organisms; 7. The Role of ``Secreted� � or Exuded Coronas?; 8. Toward Design of Environmental Coronas and Environmentally ``Safer� � NMs; 9. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References