title: Environmental nano-pollutants (ENP) and aquatic micro-interfacial processes.
abstract: The concepts of nano-science and technology are penetrating into the aspects of environmental science and technology. Environmental nano-pollutants (ENP) is suggested. as a specific category of pollutants that presents many common critical characters impacting the natural and social ecosystems. The outstanding properties are the various reactions in the macro-interfacial processes. Several examples as the adsorption of rare-earth metals on Chinese loess, the adsorption of PAHs on aquatic sediments with humic substances and the speciation of nano-flocculants in the water and wastewater treatment are discussed in the paper.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. tanghx@mail.rcees.ac.cn
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ge
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D005427:Flocculation; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry; D006812:Humic Substances / Q000032:analysis; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth / Q000032:analysis; D036103:Nanotechnology; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014871:Water Microbiology; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D006812:Humic Substances; D008674:Metals, Rare Earth; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons