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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Volume 39, Issue 6, Pages 1896-1908Publisher
AMER SOC AGRONOMY
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0423
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- National Basic Research Program of China [2008CB418204]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20737002, 40873072, 20890111]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [Z507093]
- USDA [MAS 00978]
- NSF [CMMI-0531171]
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With the fast development of nanotechnology, engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) will inevitably be introduced into the environment. Increasing studies showed the toxicity of various ENMs, which raises concerns over their fate and transport in the environment. This review focuses on advances in the research on environmental transport and fate of ENMs. Aggregation and suspension behaviors of ENMs determining their fate and transport in aqueous environment are discussed, with emphasis on the influencing factors, including natural colloids, natural organic matter, pH, and ionic strength. Studies on the transport of ENMs in porous media and its influencing factors are reviewed, and transformation and organism cleansing, as two fate routes of ENMs in the environment, are addressed. Future research directions and outlook in the environmental transport and fate of ENMs are also presented.
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