Chad W. Cuss, Enrica Alasonati, Marc Benedetti, Claire M. Churchill, Salani Fernando, Rocco Gasco, Aaron Goodman, Claudia Moens, Manuel David Montaño, Vera I Slaveykova, Mickael Tharaud, Isabelle A. M. Worms
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Abstract
Recent application of sophisticated instrumentation and novel experimental techniques to environmental systems has driven the study of natural nanoparticles and nanoparticle systems towards new horizons. Moving beyond the detection of engineered nanoparticles in natural systems, these technologies create new knowledge about the composition, behaviour, and functions of natural nanoparticles both as individual entities and particle systems. In this first part of a two-part Perspective article, we define the emerging field of environmental nanobiogeochemistry and describe the fundamentals, optimization, and advantages/disadvantages of field-flow fractionation and ICP-MS-based techniques for advancing our understanding of natural nanoscale particles and particle systems. The companion paper, Exploring environmental nanobiogeochemistry with field-flow fractionation and ICP-MS-based tools: Progress and frontiers, describes progress and frontiers in this research area using case studies drawn from a range of published and unpublished data cutting across environmental systems. By combining necessary background with the most recent findings and key challenges, these contributions provide key knowledge for both new and established researchers entering this exciting field, and lay the groundwork for future research.
期刊介绍:
Environmental Science: Nano serves as a comprehensive and high-impact peer-reviewed source of information on the design and demonstration of engineered nanomaterials for environment-based applications. It also covers the interactions between engineered, natural, and incidental nanomaterials with biological and environmental systems. This scope includes, but is not limited to, the following topic areas:
Novel nanomaterial-based applications for water, air, soil, food, and energy sustainability
Nanomaterial interactions with biological systems and nanotoxicology
Environmental fate, reactivity, and transformations of nanoscale materials
Nanoscale processes in the environment
Sustainable nanotechnology including rational nanomaterial design, life cycle assessment, risk/benefit analysis