Silver Nanoparticles in the Environment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Liu, Jingfu (Editor), Jiang, Guibin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Environment.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Analytical chemistry.; Environmental chemistry.; Nanotechnology.; Environmental Chemistry.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Analytical Chemistry.

This comprehensive book covers the environmental issues concerning silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). Following an introduction to the history, properties and applications, the environmental concerns of AgNPs is discussed. In the second chapter, the separation, characterization and quantification of AgNP...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Separation and Determination
• Source and Pathway of Silver Nanoparticles to the Environment
• Fate and Transport of Silver Nanoparticles in the Environment.-Toxicological Effects and Mechanisms.-Environmental Bioeffects and Safety Assessment.