Characterization of Nanomaterials in Complex Environmental and Biological Media covers the novel properties of nanomaterials and their applications to consumer products and industrial processes.

Part I: Nanomaterials and characterization Chapter 1: Ecotoxicology of nanomaterials in aquatic systems, Victoria Jennings, Rhys Goodhead, Charles R. Tyler Chapter 2: Overview of nanomaterial characterization and metrology, David R. Holbrook, Anne A. Galyean, Justin M. Gorham, Andrew Herzing, John Pettibone Part II: Physicochemical characterization Chapter 3: Size distributions, James Ranville Chapter 4: Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy and Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Techniques for the Characterization of Nanomaterial Composition, Phase, and Crystallinity, Bojeong Kim and Michael F. Hochella, Jr. Chapter 5: Methods for measuring concentration (mass, surface area and number) of nanoparticles, Soubantika Palchoudhury, Mohammed Baalousha, Jamie Lead Chapter 6: Nanoparticles: Dispersion, dissolution and dose, Nicole Hondow, Andy Brown, Rik Brydson Chapter 7: Surface properties (physical and chemical) and related reactions: Characterization via a multi-technique approach, Jerome Rose  Part III: Case studies Chapter 8: Control of nanoparticles used in chemical mechanical polishing/planarization slurries during on-site industrial and municipal biological wastewater treatment, Xiangyu Bi, Robert Reed, Paul Westerhoff Chapter 9: Characterization of nanomaterials in food products, Karen Tiede, Agnieszka Dudkiewicz, Alistair Boxall, John Lewis