Evolution of reactive surface area, minearlogy, kinetics, and aggregation during iron oxide mediated contaminant transformation

化学系的环境化学科学(ECS)计划将支持明尼苏达大学的Lee Penn教授和William Arnold教授的合作研究项目。合作研究人员和他们的学生将研究氧化铁纳米颗粒表面高度氧化污染物的还原转化机理。这项研究将首次利用低温透射电子显微镜(Cryo-TEM)来分析玻璃化氧化铁纳米颗粒。预计结果将极大地改善对天然和工程纳米颗粒系统中污染物命运的预测。这项研究将为明尼苏达大学的研究生和本科生提供从事环境化学科学前沿研究项目的绝佳机会。

The Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS) program of the Division of Chemistry will support the collaborative research project of Prof. Lee Penn and Prof. William Arnold of the University of Minnesota. The collaborating investigators and their students will study the mechanism of reductive transformations of highly oxidized contaminants on the surface of iron oxide nanoparticles. The study will make use for the first time of cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (Cryo-TEM) for the analysis of vitrified iron oxide nanoparticles. Results are expected to lead to vastly improved predictions of contaminant fate in both natural and engineered nanoparticle systems. The study will provide excellent opportunities to graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Minnesota to work on a cutting edge research project in environmental chemical sciences.