Effects of alginate on stability and ecotoxicity of nano-TiO2 in artificial seawater LLER CL, 1993, COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTSSYMP ON

• The large-scale use of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nano-TiO2) in consumer and industrial applications raised environmental health and safety concerns. Potentially impacted ecosystems include estuarine and coastal organisms. Results from ecotoxicological studies with nano-TiO2 dispersed in salt exposure media are difficult to interpret due to fast flocculation and sedimentation phenomena affecting the dispersion stability. The goal of this study was to investigate the stabilisation effect of alginate on uncoated nano-TiO2 in artificial seawater dispersions used in ecotoxicity bioassays. The most effective stabilisation was obtained at alginate concentration of 0.45 g/L after sonicating dispersions for 20 min (100 W). The size distribution remained constant after re-suspension, indicating that no agglomeration occurred after deposition. Ecotoxicity tests on Anemia franciscana and Phaeodactylum tricornutum did not show any adverse effects related to the presence of alginate in the exposure media, and provided evidence on possible reduced bioavailability of nano-TiO2. The suitable concentration of alginate is recommended to occur on a case-by-case basis. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Ekologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Ecology (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Nano-TiO2

Stabilisation

Alginate

Artificial seawater

Marine ecotoxicology

METAL-OXIDE NANOPARTICLES

DISSOLVED ORGANIC-MATTER

ATOMIC-FORCE

MICROSCOPY

TITANIUM-DIOXIDE

MANUFACTURED NANOPARTICLES

CHEMICAL

CHARACTERISTICS

TRANSMISSION ELECTRON

SILVER NANOPARTICLES

SUSPENDED

PARTICLES

SURFACE-CHARGE

Environmental Sciences

Toxicology

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