Many important discoveries have been made in the field of nanotechnology last 40 years. Since then, nanoparticles became nearly ubiquitous. With their spreading use, safety concerns warranted extensive research nanotoxicity. This paper offers information about occurrence, transport, and behaviour metallic aquatic environment. It further summarizes details parameters that dictate toxicity discus...

Franco Chiaravalloti,1 Gérald Dujardin,1 Damien Riedel,1,* Henry P. Pinto,2 and Adam S. Foster3,4 1Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d’Orsay, UMR 8214, Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France 2Interdisciplinary Center for Nanotoxicity, Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi 39217-0510, USA 3Department of Applied Physics, Aalto Scool of Science, P.O. Box...

The key role of protein-nanoparticle interactions in nanomedicine and nanotoxicity has begun to emerge recently with the development of the idea of the nanoparticle-protein ‘corona’. This dynamic layer of proteins (and other biomolecules) adsorbs to nanoparticle surfaces immediately upon contact with living systems. While within the biomaterials field the role of adsorbed molecules in cellular ...