Nanoparticles in the Water Cycle

1. Introducing the “Nano-world”
Fritz H. Frimmel, Markus Delay

2. Nanoparticles Acting as Condensation Nuclei – Water Droplet Formation and Incorporation
Reinhard Niessner

3. Nanoparticles in Groundwater – Occurrence and Applications
Thomas Baumann

4. Composition and Transport Behavior of Soil Nanocolloids in Natural Porous Media
Anastasios D. Karathanasis

5. Removal of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants and Pathogens from Wastewater and Drinking Water Using Nanoparticles – A Review
Carsten Prasse, Thomas Ternes

6. Adsorption/Desorption Behavior of Charged Polymer Nanoparticles on a Mineral Surface in an Aqueous Environment
Hartmut Gliemann, Matthias Ballauff, Thomas Schimmel

7. X-Ray Spectromicroscopy Studies of Nanoparticles in Aqueous Media
Jürgen Thieme, Sophie-Charlotte Gleber, Julia Sedlmair, Jens Rieger, Jürgen Niemeyer, John Coates

8. In Situ Measurements on Suspended Nanoparticles with Visible Laser Light, Infrared Light, and X-Rays
Harald Zänker

9. Coupling Techniques to Quantify Nanoparticles and to Characterize Their Interactions with Water Constituents
Markus Delay, Luis A. Tercero Espinoza, George Metreveli, Fritz H. Frimmel

10. Nanoparticles: Interaction with Microorganisms
Heiko Schwegmann, Fritz H. Frimmel

11. Ecotoxicology of Engineered Nanoparticles
Karl Fent

12. Standardisation
Birgit C. Gordalla

Keywords: Environment, Environmental Monitoring/Analysis, Nanotechnology, Geochemistry, Analytical Chemistry