Environmental Impacts of Nanoparticles
Jyoti Chawla, Rajeev Kumar
Nanomaterials due to their unique properties offered many new opportunities for technological developments in different industries. Diverse ranges of nanomaterials have been developed for different applications and further tailoring of their structure and surface area for desirable utility is a priority area of researchers. These materials are very promising and have become part of everyday life. Nano materials are chemically and biologically active due to high surface area and due to their increasing demand, production and utilization concerns have been raised about the fate in the environment as well as their impact on environment quality. Nevertheless, nanomaterials also offer great potential for environmental remediation. In the present chapter, environmental impact of nanomaterials has been discussed and related challenges have been analyzed in terms of monitoring, risk assessment and fate.
Keywords
Nanomaterials, Environment, Carbon Nanotubes, Remediation, Risk Assessment
Published online 1/5/2026, 10 pages
Citation: Jyoti Chawla, Rajeev Kumar, Environmental Impacts of Nanoparticles, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 185, pp 154-163, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903858-7
Part of the book on Nanomaterials in Biological Systems
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