Improved methods for evaluating the environmental impact of nanoparticle synthesis†.

ABSTRACT: With the market for products containing nanoparticles growing, improvements in the efficiency of nanoparticle synthesis are poised to have significant positive economic and environmental impacts. While many metrics have been designed for measuring the efficiency of small molecule synthesis, the use of these metrics for evaluating nanoparticle preparation has not been optimized. Here a critical evaluation of various green chemistry metrics is provided as they are applied to a common set of nanoparticle synthetic methods. The effect of the nanoparticle polydispersity on the relative greenness of different synthetic methods is also examined. Using metrics modified to account for polydispersity, a case study of gold nanoparticle syntheses is provided and three different methods of preparing mo

SUBMITTER: Reid BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5393458 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature