Significant contribution of metastable particulate organic matter to natural formation of silver nanoparticles in soils

• Main Authors: Huang, Ying-Nan, Qian, Ting-Ting, Dang, Fei, Yin, Yong-Guang, Li, Min, Zhou, Dong-Mei
• Other Authors: Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Silver Nanoparticles; Particulate Organic Matter
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89747; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49893
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Particulate organic matter (POM) is distributed worldwide in high abundance. Although insoluble, it could serve as a redox mediator for microbial reductive dehalogenation and mineral transformation. Quantitative information on the role of POM in the natural occurrence of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)...