TY - JOUR
T1 - Nanotechnologies for environmental cleanup
AU - Tratnyek, Paul G.
AU - Johnson, Richard L.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Donald R. Baer of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Gregory V. Lowry of Carnegie Mellon University for their thoughtful comments on this manuscript. Funding for our work in this area has come from the US Department of Energy, the Strategic and Environmental Research and Development Program, and the US Department of Education.
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - Among the many applications of nanotechnology that have environmental implications, remediation of contaminated groundwater using nanoparticles containing zero-valent iron (nZVI) is one of the most prominent examples of a rapidly emerging technology with considerable potential benefits. There are, however, many uncertainties regarding the fundamental features of this technology, which have made it difficult to engineer applications for optimal performance or to assess the risk to human or ecological health.
AB - Among the many applications of nanotechnology that have environmental implications, remediation of contaminated groundwater using nanoparticles containing zero-valent iron (nZVI) is one of the most prominent examples of a rapidly emerging technology with considerable potential benefits. There are, however, many uncertainties regarding the fundamental features of this technology, which have made it difficult to engineer applications for optimal performance or to assess the risk to human or ecological health.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1748-0132(06)70048-2
DO - 10.1016/S1748-0132(06)70048-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33746062059
SN - 1748-0132
VL - 1
SP - 44
EP - 48
JO - Nano Today
JF - Nano Today
IS - 2
ER -