Includes index.

Challenges facing the environmental nanotechnology research enterprise / Stacey M. Louie, Amy L. Dale, Elizabeth A. Casman and Gregory V. Lowry -- Engineered nanoparticles for water treatment application / Jeehye Byun and Cafer T. Yavuz -- Mass spectrometric methods for investigating the influence of surface chemistry on the fate of core-shell nanoparticles in biological and environmental samples / S. GokhanElci, Alyssa L. M. Marsico, Yuqing Xing, Bo Yan and Richard W. Vachet -- Separation and analysis of nanoparticles (NP) in aqueous environmental samples / Ralf Kaegi -- Nanocatalysts for groundwater remediation / Kimberly N. Heck, Lori A. Pretzer and Michael S. Wong -- Properties, sources, pathways and fate of nanoparticles in the environment / Yon Ju-Nam and Jamie Lead -- Environmental exposure modeling methods for engineered nanomaterials / Niall J. O'Brien and Enda J. Cummins -- Aggregation kinetics and fractal dimensions of nanomaterials in environmental systems / Navid B. Saleh, A.R.M. Nabiul Afrooz, Nirupam Aich and Jaime Plazas-Tuttle -- Adsorption of organic compounds by engineered nanoparticles / Bo Pan and Baoshan Xing -- Sorption of heavy metals by engineered nanomaterials / Gangfen Miao, Kun Yang and Daohui Lin -- Emission, transformation and fate of nanoparticles in the atmosphere / Prashant Kumar and Abdullah N. Al-Dabbous -- Nanoparticle aggregation and deposition in porous media / Yao Xiao and Mark R. Wiesner -- Interfacial charge transfers of surface-modified TiO2 nanoparticles in photocatalytic water treatment / Hyunwoong Park -- Chemical transformations of metal, metal oxide, and metal chalcogenide nanoparticles in the environment / T.R. Kuech, R.J. Hamers and J.A. Pedersen -- Fate, behavior and biophysical modeling of nanoparticles in living systems / Emppu Salonen, Feng Ding and Pu Chun Ke -- Subchronic inhalation toxicity study in rats with carbon nanofibers : need for establishing a weight-of-evidence approach for setting no observed adverse effect levels (NOAELs) / D.B. Warheit, K.L. Reed and M.P. DeLorme -- Toxicity of manufactured nanomaterials to microorganisms / Yuan Ge, Allison M. Horst, Junyeol Kim, John H. Priester, Zoe S. Welch and Patricia A. Holden -- Toxicity of engineered nanoparticles to fish / Wei Liu, Yanmin Long, Nuoya Yin, Xingchen Zhao, Cheng Sun, Qunfang Zhou and Guibin Jiang -- Toxicity of engineered nanoparticles to aquatic invertebrates / Denisa Cupi, Sara N. Sörensen, Lars M. Skjolding and Anders Baun -- Effects and uptake of nanoparticles on plants / Arnab Mukherjee, Jose R. Peralta-Videa, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey and Jason C. White -- Feasibility and challenges of human health risk assessment for engineered nanomaterials / Karin Aschberger, Frans M. Christensen, Kirsten Rasmussen and Keld A. Jensen -- Ecotoxicological risk of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) for the health of the marine environment / Xiaoshan Zhu, Shengyan Tian, Chao Wang, Lihong Zhao, Jin Zhou and Zhonghua Cai.

Details the source, release, exposure, adsorption, aggregation, bioavailability, transport, transformation, and modeling of engineered nanoparticles found in many common products and applications -Covers synthesis, environmental application, detection, and characterization of engineered nanoparticles -Details the toxicity and risk assessment of engineered nanoparticles -Includes topics on the transport, transformation, and modeling of engineered nanoparticles -Presents the latest developments and knowledge of engineered nanoparticles -Written by world leading experts from prestigious universities and companies.