Session: Nanotechnology and the Environment: Focus on Green Nanotechnology


I&EC		Tuesday, March 27, 2007

8:30 AM-11:35 AM McCormick Place North -- Room N227B, Level 2, Oral
Nanotechnology and the Environment: Focus on Green Nanotechnology
Applications of Nanomaterials for a Greener Environment
Sponsored by:	I&EC
Cosponsored by:	INOR
Presiding:	Nora F. Savage
8:30 AM		Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM	64	Assessing environmental exposure to engineered nanoparticles Alistair B. A. Boxall, Karen Tiede, Steve Tear, Qasim Chaudhry, John Lewis, Helen David
9:05 AM	65	Nanoscale zero-valent iron for environmental remediation: Materials and engineering aspects Wei-xian Zhang
9:35 AM	66	Self-assembly of carbon nanotubes to serve as nanosorbents Roman Brukh, Mahesh Karwa, Chutarat Saridara
10:05 AM	67	Targeted removal of bioavailable metal in carbon nanotubes Daniel G. Morris, Lin Guo, Xinyuan Liu, Volkan Gurel, David Murray, Charles Vaslet, Anatoly Zhitkovich, Agnes B. Kane, Robert H. Hurt
10:35 AM	68	Visible light-activated mesoporous titanium dioxide photocatalysts synthesized via sol-gel method employing nitrogen-containing surfactant templates Hyeok Choi, Maria G. Antoniou, Dionysios D. Dionysiou
11:05 AM	69	Effects of fullerenes (nC60 or C60) on soil microbiological functions Ronald F. Turco, Zhonghua Tong, Marianne Bischoff, Leila M. Nyberg, Loring F. Nies, Pradnya P. Kulkarni, Chad T. Jafvert, Bruce Applegate

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