Grassian Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Environmental and Health Impacts
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-39660-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 496 Seiten, E-Book

This comprehensive book covers various aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology and what is known about the potential environmental and health impacts. Divided into three main sections, the book addresses the toxicity of nanomaterials, fate and transport of nanomaterials in the environment, and occupational health aspects of nanotechonology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grassian, Vicki H.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Contributors.
PART I ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH IMPACTS OFNANOMATERIALS: OVERVIEW AND CHALLENGES.
Chapter 1: Nanomaterials and the Environment (Mai A. Ngo,Suzette Smiley-Jewell, Peter Aldous, and Kent E. Pinkerton).
Chapter 2: Assessing the Life Cycle Environmental Implicationsof Nanomanufacturing: Opportunities and Challenges (Vikas Khanna,Yi Zhang, Geoffrey Grubb, and Bhavik R. Bakshi).
Chapter 3: An Integrated Approach Toward Understanding theEnvironmental Fate, Transport, Toxicity, and Health Hazards ofNanomaterials (John M. Pettibone, Sherrie Elzey, and Vicki H.Grassian).
PART II FATE AND TRANSPORT OF NANOMATERIALS IN THEENVIRONMENT.
Chapter 4: Properties of Commercial Nanoparticles that AffectTheir Removal During Water Treatment (Paul Westerhoff, Yang Zhang,John Crittenden, and Yongsheng Chen).
Chapter 5: Transport and Retention of Nanomaterials in PorousMedia (Kurt D. Pennell, Jed Costanza, and Yonggang Wang).
Chapter 6: Transport of Nanomaterials in Unsaturated PorousMedia (Lixia Chen and Tohren C.G. Kibbey).
Chapter 7: Surface Oxides on Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs): Effects onCNT Stability and Sorption Properties in Aquatic Environments(Howard Fairbrother, Billy Smith, Josh Wnuk, KevinWepasnick,William P. Ball, Hyunhee Cho, and Fazlullah K.Bangash).
Chapter 8: Chemical and Photochemical Reactivity of Fullerenesin the Aqueous Phase (John D. Fortner, Jaesang Lee, Jae-Hong Kim,and Joseph B. Hughes).
Chapter 9: Bacterial Interactions with CdSe Quantum Dots andEnvironmental Implications (Jay L. Nadeau, John H. Priester, GalenD. Stucky, and Patricia A. Holden).
PART III TOXICITY AND HEALTH HAZARDS OFNANOMATERIALS.
Chapter 10: Potential Toxicity of Fullerenes and MolecularModeling of Their Transport across Lipid Membranes (Dmitry I.Kopelevich, Jean-Claude Bonzongo, Ryan A. Tasseff, Jie Gao,Young-Min Ban, and Gabriel Bitton).
Chapter 11: In Vitro Models for Nanoparticle Toxicology (John M.Veranth).
Chapter 12: Biological Activity of Mineral Fibers and CarbonParticulates: Implications for Nanoparticle Toxicity and the Roleof Surface Chemistry (Prabir K. Dutta, John F. Long, Marshall V.Williams, and W. James Waldman).
Chapter 13: Growth and Some Enzymatic Responses of E. Coli toPhotocatalytic TiO2 319 (Ayca Erdem, Dan Cha, and Chin PaoHuang).
Chapter 14: Bioavailability, Trophic Transfer, and Toxicity ofManufactured Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles in TerrestrialEnvironments (Jason Unrine, Paul Bertsch, and Simona Hunyadi).
Chapter 15: Health Effects of Inhaled Engineered NanoscaleMaterials (Amy K. Madl and Kent E. Pinkerton).
Chapter 16: Neurotoxicity of Manufactured Nanoparticles (Jaime M. Hatcher, Dean P. Jones, Gary W. Miller, and Kurt D.Pennell).
Chapter 17: Occupational Health Hazards of Nanoparticles(Patrick T. O'Shaughnessy).
References.
Index.
CONTENTS.

Über Autor(innen)

Vicki H. Grassian, PhD, is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Iowa. She currently directs the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute. The National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, Army Research Office, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health fund her research on nanoscience and nanotechnology in environmental processes and human health. In addition to journal articles, Dr. Grassian has contributed to the Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and edited the book Environmental Catalysis. Dr. Grassian chaired the symposium "Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Environmental and Health Impacts" at the 25th annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.