Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Nanotechnology
Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Nanotechnology
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纳米技术对环境和人类健康的影响
DOI:
10.1002/9781444307504.ch1
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2009
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Baalousha M
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Baalousha M
Nanotechnology and nanoscience have a long tradition but in their current forms, where it is possible to image, manipulate and quantify materials on a nanoscale, they are relatively new. Understanding the environmental and human health impacts of these nanomaterials is itself very new and also highly multidisciplinary, requiring knowledge of environmental, analytical and physical chemistry, physics, materials science,(eco) toxicology and other disciplines. The breadth of the subject makes it demanding for anyone with a serious interest in studying the subject. Therefore, in this introductory chapter the current knowledge is briefly reviewed as a preamble to the more detailed analysis in subsequent chapters. Specifically, Chapter 2 discusses the architecture (structure and composition) of nanomaterials, the methods of producing stabilized nanoparticles, the properties, preparation methods and applications of nanomaterials and nanotechnology. Chapter 3 discusses the currently available knowledge about nanomaterials (colloidal inorganic material). It focuses on the chemical behaviour of nanomaterials that is likely to determine their environmental fate and toxicity, including size, redox chemistry, sorption processes, cation diffusion kinetics and dissolution. In Chapter 4 the available knowledge of natural aquatic and terrestrial colloids (including nanoparticles) is reviewed, including the major types of natural colloidal