Abstract
Environmental transformations of natural and engineered carbon nanoparticles significantly affect their fate, transport, and interactions with organic contaminants.
Highlights
Both natural and anthropogenic sources release large quantities of carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) into the environment
A key aim of this review is to compare findings from investigations into pristine Engineered CNPs (eCNPs) and consider their transferability to petrogenic carbon nanoparticles (pCNPs), in order to improve our understanding of pCNPs as well as of how transformation of pCNPs can affect the fate of contaminants
Liu et al.[75] found that pCNP derived from biochar disintegration contain more oxygen and less aromatic structures compared to the original biochar
Summary
Once released into the environment CNPs can undergo physical, chemical and biological transformation, resulting in significant changes to their physicochemical properties (e.g., their size, morphology, and surface functionality). He is the director of the University of Vienna's Environmental Research Network including more than 130 scientists from natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, law, and economics. He is an Adjunct Full Professor at Duke University, U.S, and a Guest Professor of Nankai University, Tianjin, China. Wei Chen is a professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at Nankai University, Tianjin, China, and the director of Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control. Fate is critical for identifying risks associated with colloidal CNPs and may shed light on possible uses of CNPs in remediation
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