The ecotoxicology of nanoparticles and nanomaterials: current status, knowledge gaps, challenges, and future needs

By R. Handy, R. Owen, E. Valsami-Jones. Ecotoxicology, 2008

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Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Pollution

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Environmental Nanoparticles Interactions with Plants: Morphological, Physiological, and Genotoxic Aspects (2012, background): “Gravity and fluid motion are also factors that influence transport of NPs [7, 8, 14].”
Health and environmental safety aspects of friction grinding and spray drying of microfibrillated cellulose (2011, background): “fish and invertebtares are highly dependent on the sample preparations and use of dispersants ( Handy et al. 2008a, b).”
Silver nanoparticles in soil–plant systems (2013, background): “Thus, as a result of multidisciplinary applications (such as electronics, optics, textiles, medical applications, cosmetics, food packaging, water-treatment technology, fuel cells, catalysts, biosensors and agents for environmental remediation), exposure of varied metallic NPs to the environment and”
Barriers, pathways and processes for uptake, translocation and accumulation of nanomaterials in plants – Critical review (2016, background): “exposed to NPs in soil, water and air (Gardea-Torresdey et al., 2003; Handy et al., 2008a; Husen & Siddiqi, 2014; Jackson et al., 2013; Klaine et al., 2008; Ma et al., 2010a; Miralles et al., 2012a; Navarro et al., 2008; von Moos et al., 2014).”
Microplastics in the surface sediments from the Beijiang River littoral zone: Composition, abundance, surface textures and interaction with heavy metals. (2017, background): “More importantly, TiO2 would be toxic to bacteria, algae, invertebrates and fishes (Handy et al., 2008).”
The relationship between pH and zeta potential of ∼ 30 nm metal oxide nanoparticle suspensions relevant to in vitro toxicological evaluations (2009, background): “Reviews of current literature suggest a need for careful characterization of all classes of nanomaterials including metal colloids, metal oxides, and carbonaceous particles, prior to their use in toxicity testing (Karakoti et al. 2006; Handy et al. 2008).”
Zinc oxide nanoparticles: a review of their biological synthesis, antimicrobial activity, uptake, translocation and biotransformation in plants (2017, background): “The high mobility of NPs is determined by van der Waal forces, Brownian motion (diffusion), gravity and double-layer forces which are responsible for their adhering property [46, 47].”