Analysis and Risk of Nanomaterials in Environmental and Food Samples

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-444-56328-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 415 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 742 g

Reihe: Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry

The application of nanotechnology in different consumer products has delivered new products with highly desirable properties, but at same time has opened a new window for a wide group of emerging contaminants and a new type of human exposure which needs to be assessed.

Most of the current human toxicological information on nanomaterials comes from nano-sized particles in air, and their effects via inhalation. Other routes of human exposure, such as water and food, and the effects on human health and the environment have been less studied. It is the recent research in these areas that is highlighted here in one of the first books covering the analysis and ecotoxicological evaluation of nanomaterials in food and the environment, with both matrices being of considerable interest. In addition to providing a global summary of recent research, this book shows how widely used chromatographic and spectroscopic methods can be added to the analytical arsenal of microscopic techniques that have commonly been used to characterize nanomaterials.

Zielgruppe

Analytical chemists, food scientists, environmental scientists, toxicologists

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barceló, Damià

Farre, Marinella

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie Umweltchemie, Lebensmittelchemie
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nanotechnologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltüberwachung, Umweltanalytik, Umweltinformatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction to the analysis and risk of nanomaterials in environmental and food samples, Marinella Farre and Damià Barceló 2. Analysis of nanoparticles based on electrophoretic separations, A. I. López-Lorente, B. M. Simonet, and Miguel Valcárcel 3. Biopolymer-based nanomaterials: Potential applications in bioremediation of contaminated wastewaters and soils, Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, Surinder Kaur, Mausam Verma, and Satinder Kaur Brar 4. Analysis and fate of organic nanomaterials in environmental samples, Josep Sanchís, Marinella Farré, and Damiá Barceló 5. Characterization of engineered nanoparticles in natural waters, Anne Galyean, Howard S. Weinberg, R. David Holbrook and Michael Leopold 6. Chemical and ecotoxicological assessment of dendrimers in the aquatic environment, Maria M. Ulaszewska, M. Dolores Hernando, Ana Uclés, Roberto Rosal, Antonio Rodríguez, Eloy Garcia-Calvo and Amadeo R. Fernández-Alba 7. Engineered nanoparticles in textiles and textile wastewaters, Iva Rezic 8. Inorganic nanoparticles and the environment: Balancing benefits and risks, Eudald Casals and Victor Puntes 9. Fullerenes in environmental samples: C60 in atmospheric particulate matter, Troy Benn, Pierre Herckes and Paul Westerhoff 10. Nanomaterials in food, which way forward? Yolanda Picó and Cristina Blasco

Über Autor(innen)

Farre, Marinella
Marinella Farré, CSIC - Instituto de Diagnostico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua (IDAEA), Barcelona, Spain. Dr Marinella Farré has a PhD in Chemistry from University of Barcelona (Dec.2003), and Research scientist, permanent staff at IDÆA-CSIC from (Jul. 2008). She has more than 150 scientific papers in journals of SCI (H-index of 49), 22 book chapters and she has co-Editor of a book. She has supervised 3 PhD Thesis and currently is the supervisor of 4 on-going more. She is involved in the study of the occurrence and impact of organic micropollutants in the environment by chromatography coupled to advanced mass spectrometry approaches as well as the development and applications of new biological tools such as biosensors. She was involved in 30 Research projects with national and EU funds. She was the coordinator of the EU Sea-on-a-Chip EU project and the national projects Integra-Coast and Nano-Transfer. Currently, she is involved in the projects NaToxAq (IP), Globaqua (participant), Nano-Transfer (IP) and Plas-Med (Coordinator).

Barceló, Damià
Prof. dr. Barcelo Damia, Director of the Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA) and Professor at the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Barcelona, Spain. His expertise is in water quality assessment and management, fate, risk and removal of emerging contaminants in wastewater treatment plants and analysis, fate and risk of emerging contaminants and nanomaterials in the aquatic environment. He published over 900 papers, 200 book chapters and has h index 91. He was a coordinator of several national and EU projects and at the moment he coordinates two EU projects: GLOBAQUA, on multiple stressors in the aquatic environment and SEA-on-a-CHIP, on the development of sensor technolgies for emerging contamaints in marine aquaculture. He is CoEditor in Chief of the journal Science of Total Environment and the book series Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry, both form Elsevier.