PMID- 29257886
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190917
LR  - 20190917
IS  - 1520-5851 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 52
IP  - 2
DP  - 2018 Jan 16
TI  - Emissions of Secondary Formed ZnO Nano-Objects from the Combustion of Impregnated 
      Wood. An Online Size-Resolved Elemental Investigation.
PG  - 895-903
LID - 10.1021/acs.est.7b03584 [doi]
AB  - The release of secondary nano-objects formed during waste combustion processes is 
      becoming a matter of concern, considering their known toxicity and the fact that 
      the 100% efficiency of filtering systems is not always ensured. An increased 
      cytotoxicity and genotoxicity on human peripheral blood lymphocytes is known 
      particularly in the case of ZnO, which is often contained in paints and 
      waterproof agents, heading to a relevant quantity present in the waste wood 
      material. In this study, the behavior of ZnO nanoparticles during wood combustion 
      and the effect of the reduction potential of generated carbon species on the 
      release of secondarily formed ZnO-containing nano-objects were investigated. By 
      hyphenating a modified scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS) and inductively 
      coupled mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), it was possible to obtain simultaneously 
      size-resolved and chemical information on the emitted nanoparticles. Through the 
      established correlation between SMPS and ICP-MS signals, Zn-containing particles 
      were efficiently resolved from the combustion generated particles. Transmission 
      electron microscopy (TEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) on 
      size-selected particles confirmed the SMPS and ICP-MS data. The use of electron 
      diffraction allowed determining the structure of the crystalline materials as 
      hexagonal ZnO. A possible mechanism of reduction of ZnO to Zn and further 
      reformation as secondary nano-objects is proposed.
FAU - Foppiano, Debora
AU  - Foppiano D
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3263-3569
AD  - Environmental Engineering Institute (IIE), School of Architecture, Civil and 
      Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) 
      , CH 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
FAU - Tarik, Mohamed
AU  - Tarik M
FAU - Muller Gubler, Elisabeth
AU  - Muller Gubler E
FAU - Ludwig, Christian
AU  - Ludwig C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0718-8195
AD  - Environmental Engineering Institute (IIE), School of Architecture, Civil and 
      Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) 
      , CH 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20180104
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - SOI2LOH54Z (Zinc Oxide)
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
MH  - *Nanoparticles
MH  - Particle Size
MH  - Wood
MH  - *Zinc Oxide
EDAT- 2017/12/20 06:00
MHDA- 2019/09/19 06:00
CRDT- 2017/12/20 06:00
PHST- 2017/12/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/09/19 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/12/20 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1021/acs.est.7b03584 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2018 Jan 16;52(2):895-903. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b03584. 
      Epub 2018 Jan 4.