Previous edition: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Nanotechnology and the environment / Mark R. Wiesner, Jean-Yves Bottero -- 2. Nanomaterials fabrication / Jean-Pierre Jolivet, Bernard Cathala, Andrew R. Barron, and Corinne Chaneac -- 3. Methods for structural and chemical characterization of nanomaterials / Jérôme Rose, Perrine Chaurand, Daniel Borschneck, Nicholas Geitner, Clément Levard, Armand Masion, Vladimir Vidal, Antoine Thill, Jonathan Brant, Manuel D. Montaño -- 4. Reactive oxygen species generation on nanoparticulate material / Michael Hoffman, Ernest (Matt) Hotze, Mark R. Wiesner -- 5. Ecotoxicology principles for manufactured nanomaterials / Catherine Mouneyrac, Jason M. Unrine, Laure Giamberini, Olga V. Tsyusko, Catherine Santaella, Richard T. Di Giulio, Fabienne Schwab -- 6. Physical chemical properties : transport, aggregation, and deposition / Jonathan Brant, Jérôme Labille, Jean-Yves Bottero, Mark R. Wiesner -- 7. Environmental transformations of nanomaterials and nano-enabled products / Clément Levard, Mélanie Auffan, Gregory V. Lowry -- 8. Nanomaterials for groundwater remediation / Gregory V. Lowry -- 9. Membrane processes / Mark R. Wiesner, Andrew R. Barron, Jérôme Rose -- 10. Nanomaterial-enabled sensors / Peter Vikesland, Haoran Wei -- 11. Toxicological impacts of nanomaterials / Sophie Lanone, Nany Ann Monteiro-Riviere -- 12. Nanomaterials in ecosystems / Mélanie Auffan, Fabienne Schwab, Alain Thiéry, Benjamin P. Colman, Jean-Yves Bottero, Mark R. Wiesner -- 13. Risk forecasting and life-cycle considerations / Christine Ogilvie Hendren, Mark R. Wiesner -- 14. Nanotechnology governance for sustainable science and policy / Sally Tinkle, Claire Auplat.