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Estimating Attachment of Nano- and Submicrometer-particles Coated with Organic Macromolecules in Porous Media: Development of an Empirical Model
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Assessing the environmental transport and fate of manufactured nanoparticles (NPs) and potential exposure risks requires models for predicting attachment of NPs coated with organic macromolecules in porous media. The objective of this study was to determine the properties of coated nanoparticles that control their attachment behavior. Deposition data for a variety of nanoparticles with different types of anionic organic coatings, including natural organic matter (NOM)-coated latex and hematite nanoparticles, and poly(styrenesulfonate)-, carboxymethylcellulose-, and polyaspartate-coated hematite and titanium dioxide nanoparticles (80 data points), were used to develop an empirical correlation between measurable NP properties and their sticking coefficient (alpha) under a variety of electrolyte conditions and flow velocities. Available semiempirical correlations used to predict the attachment efficiency of electrostatically stabilized (uncoated) NPs overestimate the attachment efficiency of nanoparticles coated with NOM or synthetic polyelectrolytes because the correlations neglect electrosteric repulsions and the decreased friction afforded by such coatings that can inhibit attachment to surfaces. Adding a dimensionless parameter (N(LEK)) representing steric repulsions and the decreased friction force afforded by adsorbed NOM or anionic polyelectrolytes in the correlation significantly improves the correlation. This establishes the importance of including the adsorbed NOM- or polyelectrolyte layer properties for estimating the attachment efficiency of NPs in the environment. The form of N(LEK) suggests that limiting unintended transport and exposure to NPs could be achieved by using coatings with the smallest adsorbed mass and polymer density, shortest extended layer thickness, and largest molecular weight that would still afford the desired functionality of the coating.
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- Phenrat, T., Song, J. E., Cisneros, C. M., Schoenfelder, D. P., Tilton, R. D., & Lowry, G. V.
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- Environmental Science & Technology
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- American Chemical Society (ACS)
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- 2010-05-13
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- 44
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 4531-4538
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- 0013-936X (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5851
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- W2024660624
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- 158
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- 8.19
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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