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ACS Omega 2020 Jun 20;5(21):12166-12173. Epub 2020 May 20.

Department of Biology, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, Maryland 21251, United States.

Efforts to enhance the transformative potential of biofuels is an important step to achieving an environment-friendly and sustainable energy source. is an ideal third-generation biofuel agent due to its ability to produce lipids and desirable essential fatty acids. In this study, the impact of Nanofer 25s nanoscale zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVIs) on total lipid content and fatty acid composition of strains SF33 and B481 was investigated. Read More

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020 Mar 8;27(9):9288-9296. Epub 2020 Jan 8.

Department of Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 842 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.

Contaminated clay soils pose problems to public health and the environment in several parts of the world. Very little is known about the transport of decontaminating agents used in remediation process under natural, undisturbed conditions. Nanomaterials, especially those made of nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI), have been most frequently used for remediation of contaminated soils because of their higher reactivity, lower toxicity, and lower cost than other metallic nanoparticles. Read More

Sci Total Environ 2019 Jul 13;675:165-175. Epub 2019 Apr 13.

IMIDRA, Finca "El Encín", 28800 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.

In the last decade, several laboratory-scale experiments have shown the use of nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) to be effective in reducing metal(loid) availability in polluted soils. The present study evaluates the capacity of nZVI for reducing the availability of As and Hg in brownfield soils at a pilot scale, and monitors the stability of the immobilization of these contaminants over a 32 month period. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to apply nZVI to metal(loid)-polluted soils under field conditions. Read More

Sci Total Environ 2018 Jan 17;610-611:709-719. Epub 2017 Aug 17.

BRGM, D3E/BGE, Avenue Claude Guillemin, BP 36009, 45060 Orléans Cedex 2, France.

Nanoparticles (NP) used as remediation agents for groundwater treatment may interact with biofilms naturally present, altering NP mobility and/or reactivity and thereby NP effectiveness. The influence of the presence of a multi species biofilm on the mobility of two types of zero-valent iron NP (nZVI; NANOFER 25S and optimized NANOFER STAR, NanoIron s.r. Read More

N Biotechnol 2016 Jan 9;33(1):144-52. Epub 2015 Oct 9.

University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Department of Biotechnology, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic.

Zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVI) are a relatively new option for the treatment of contaminated soil and groundwater. However, because of their apparent toxicity, nZVI in high concentrations are known to interfere with many autochthonous microorganisms and, thus, impact their participation in the remediation process. The effect of two commercially available nZVI products, Nanofer 25 (non-stabilized) and Nanofer 25S (stabilized), was examined. Read More