Synthetic polymer nanoparticles: effects of size and composition on uptake, toxicity and interactions with environmental contaminants
Project Information
| Principal Investigator | |
| Institution | University of East Anglia |
| Project URL | View |
| Relevance to Implications | High |
| Class of Nanomaterial | Engineered Nanomaterials |
| Impact Sector | Environment |
| Broad Research Categories |
Hazard Generation, Dispersion, Transformation etc. Characterization |
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Funding Information
| Country | UK |
| Anticipated Total Funding | $125,002.00 |
| Annual Funding | $125,002.00 |
| Funding Source | NERC |
| Funding Mechanism | |
| Funding Sector | |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Anticipated End Year | 2008 |
Abstract/Summary
To make nanoparticles of three different sizes and three different chemical compositions and to determine their toxicity to a fungus, an aquatic alga and a freshwater invertebrate
