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DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT: CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS — REPORT, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND IMAGE LIBRARY
Montano, M.D., J. Ranville, G.V. Lowry, J. Blue, N. Hiremath, S. Koenig, and M.E. Tuccillo.
EPA 600-R-14-244, 186 pp, 2014

This paper gives an overview of the challenges to nanoparticle detection and details possible methods for detecting, quantifying, and characterizing engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in complex environmental matrices (e.g., water and soil/sediment), particularly against high background levels of ambient and naturally occurring nanoparticles. A description of the existing nanometrology tool kit is followed by a discussion of potential new measurement approaches that might overcome current limitations for ENP analysis in complex matrices. Estimates of ENP releases in life-cycle assessments suggest that the aqueous and soil/sediment environments will be the ultimate ENP reservoir. http://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_file_download.cfm?p_download_id=520064



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