Offering a unique overview of nanoparticle-related environmental risks depending on particle type and exposed surroundings, this volume brings together both medical and nanotechnological aspects. The book adopts an in-depth approach to toxicology from both particle size as well as particle nature, covering all important nanomaterial classes: carbon materials, polymers, metals, and metal oxides. Clearly structured, the text is careful to address the effects on human physiology, air, water and the general environment.
Author(s): Challa S. S. R. Kumar
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 346
Tags: Специальные дисциплины;Наноматериалы и нанотехнологии;
Cover: Nanomaterials – Toxicity, Health and Environmental Issues......Page 1
Contents......Page 2
Preface......Page 9
I. Toxicity......Page 14
1. Biotoxicity of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles......Page 16
2. Ecotoxicity of Engineered Nanomaterials......Page 48
II. Health......Page 64
3. Possible Health Impact of Nanomaterials......Page 66
4. Dosimetry, Epidemiology and Toxicology of Nanoparticles......Page 94
5. Impact of Ceramic and Metallic Nano-scaled Particles on Endothelial Cell Functions in Vitro......Page 121
6. Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes and its Implications for Occupational and Environmental Health......Page 143
7. Toxicity of Nanomaterials – New Carbon Conformations and Metal Oxides......Page 166
III. Environment......Page 200
8. Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation......Page 202
9. Nanomaterials for Water Treatment......Page 224
10. Nanoparticles for the Photocatalytic Removal of Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals in Water......Page 247
11. Nanosensors for Environmental Applications......Page 284
12. Toxicology of Nanoparticles in Environmental Air Pollution......Page 307
Index......Page 332
