Environmental Nanotechnology

An anthology of essays that explain properties of nanomaterial-centered technologies and possible ways of accessing the harmful risks these materials may have on the environment. Includes: Nanotechnology as a Tool for Sustainability - Mark Wiesner and Jean-Yves Bottero ; Principles and Methods - Wade Adams and Amy Myers Jaffe ; Nanomaterials and Fabrication - Jean-Pierre Jolivet and Andrew R. Barron ; Methods for Structural and Chemical Characterization of Nanomaterials - Jerome Rose, Antoine Thill, and Johathan Brant ; Reactive Oxygen Species Generation on Nanoparticulate Material - Michael Hoffmann, Ernest M. Hotze, and Mark Wiesner ; Principles and Procedures to Assess Nanomaterial Toxicity - Michael Kovochich, Tian Xia, Jimmy Xu, Joanne I. Yeh, and Andre E. Nel ; Nanoparticle Transport, Aggregation, and Deposition - Jonathan Brant, Jerome Labille, Jean-Yves Bottero, and Mark Wiesner ; Nanomaterials for Groundwater Remediation - Gregory V. Lowry ; Membrane Processes - Mark Wiesner, Andrew R. Barron, and Jerome Rose ; Nanomaterials as Absorbents - Melane Auffan, Jeather J. Shipley, Sujin Yean, Amy T. Kan, Mason Tomson, Jerome Rose, and Yean-Yves Bottero ; Toxicological Impacts of Nanomaterials - Nancy A. Monterio-Riviere and Thierry Orsiere ; Exotoxicological Impacts of Nanomaterials - Delina Y. Lyon, Antoine Thill, Jerone Rose and Pedro J.J. Alvarez ; Assessing Life-Cycle Risks of Nanomaterials - Christine Ogilvie Robichaud, Dicksen Tinzil, and Mark Wiesner.