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Solid Binding: Metal Attraction of C60, Fullerene, in Soils
Citation:
Varner, K. Solid Binding: Metal Attraction of C60, Fullerene, in Soils. Environmental Nanotechnology Gordon Research Conference, Newry, ME, June 02 - 07, 2019.
Impact/Purpose:
We have found that the environmental transport of materials depends upon environmental media, parameters and interactions. This study addresses the concern of (a) identifying the transport of (b) buckminsterfullerene micro and nanomaterials with the binding affinity to metals weathered in soil via scanning electron microscopy. Results of the weathered C60 experiment show that the fullerenes do interact or to be more specific bind with metals found in the soil samples and this, regardless of soil types. This suggest that plants grown on soils contaminated with fullerenes could have carbon and metal-based micro and nanoparticles available for uptake, which is of environmental concern and of agricultural significance.
Description:
There is an explosive growth in the applications of engineered micro and nanomaterials, there is also a likewise explosive growth of implications for new and emerging products, which lead to the many challenges of protecting the environment. The applied solution to the challenge of recognizing binding affinity and uptake of micro and nanomaterial has been identified via STEM SEM imaging.
