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NanoFATE - Nanoparticle Fate Assessment and Toxicity in the Environment
C. Taylor, Professor C.R.M. Grovenor, Dr. A. Crossley, Dr. K. Jurkschat, Dr. C. Johnston
Nanotechnology is a major growth industry which faces the risk of not realising its full economic and societal benefits due to public concerns over the safety of nanoparticles. Concerns are largely based around uncertainties about what the human and environmental costs of their use may be. NanoFATE is an EU FP VII funded multipartner collaborative project led by the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. NanoFATE has been conceived to fill knowledge and methodological gaps currently impeding sound assessment of environmental risks posed by engineered nanoparticles (ENPs). Our vision is to assess environmental ENP fate and risk in for example high volume products for which recycling is not an option, namely; fuel additives, polishing agents, personal care products and antibacterial products. To represent these products commercial ENPs of CeO2 ,ZnO and Ag will be followed through their postproduction life cycles, i.e. from environmental entry as 'spent product', through waste treatment to their final fates and potential toxic effects. This will test the applicability of current fate and risk assessment methods and identify improvements required for assessment of ENPs at an early stage. Programme FP7-NMP Project Reference: 247739

Oxford Materials Charaterisation Services
Dr. A. Crossley
Oxford Materials Characterisation Service (OMCS) deals with the commercial services offered by the Department of Materials. A dedicated team of experts provide fast and reliable turnaround of confidential and quality assured services, including: Consultancy with access to expertise within the Department of Materials; Materials analysis and problem solving; Training and access to state-of-the-art equipment.

2 public active projects

Lozzi, Luca; Picozzi, Pietro; Zema, Nicola; Grazioli, Cesare; Crossley, Alison; Northover, Peter; La Rosa, Salvatore; Paparazzo, Ernesto., “A multitechnique study of archaeological bronzes: part II.”Surf. Interface Anal. 43 (8) 1120-1127, 2011

Panchompoo, Janjira; Aldous, Leigh; Downing, Clive; Crossley, Alison; Compton, Richard G., “Facile synthesis of Pd nanoparticle modified carbon black for electroanalysis: Application to the detection of hydrazine”Electroanalysis 23 (7) 1568-1578, 2011

Mandel, Karl; Dillon, Frank; Koos, Antal A.; Aslam, Zabeada; Jurkschat, Kerstin; Cullen, Frank; Crossley, Alison; Bishop, Hugh; Moh, Karsten; Cavelius, Christian; Arzt, Eduard; Grobert, Nicole., “Facile, fast, and inexpensive synthesis of monodisperse amorphous nickel-phosphide nanoparticles of predefined size.”Chem. Commun. 47 (14) 4108-4110, 2011

Andrew C. Johnson, Michael J. Bowes, Alison Crossley, Helen P. Jarvie, Kerstin Jurkschat, Monika D. Jürgens, Alan J. Lawlor, Barry Park, Phillip Rowland, David Spurgeon, Claus Svendsen, Ian P. Thompson, Robert J. Barnes, Richard J. Williams, Nan Xu “An assessment of the fate, behaviour and environmental risk associated with sunscreen TiO2 nanoparticle in UK field scenarios”. Science of the Total Environment 409 (2011) 2503-2510

Zhao, Xin; Johnston, Colin; Crossley, Alison; Grant, Patrick S., “Printable magnetite and pyrrole treated magnetite based electrodes for supercapacitors”J. Mater. Chem., 20 (36) 7637-7644, 2010

Koos AA (Koos, Antal A.)1, Dillon F (Dillon, Frank)1, Obraztsova EA (Obraztsova, Ekaterina A.)1,2, Crossley A (Crossley, Alison)1, Grobert N (Grobert, Nicole) “Comparison of structural changes in nitrogen and boron-doped multi-walled carbon nanotubes” CARBON   Volume: 48   Issue: 11   Pages: 3033-3041   Published: SEP 2010

Dancer CEJ (Dancer, C. E. J.)1, Prabhakaran D (Prabhakaran, D.)2, Crossley A (Crossley, A.)1, Todd RI (Todd, R. I.)1, Grovenor CRM (Grovenor, C. R. “The effects of attrition and ball milling on the properties of magnesium diboride “SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY   Volume: 23   Issue: 6 Article Number: 065015   Published: JUN 2010

Ye JJ (Ye, Junju)1, Abiman P (Abiman, Poobalasingam)1, Crossley A (Crossley, Alison)2, Jones JH (Jones, John H.)3, Wildgoose GG (Wildgoose, Gregory G.)1, Compton RG (Compton, Richard G.) “Building Block Syntheses of Gallic Acid Monomers and Tris-(O-gallyl)-gallic Acid Dendrimers Chemically Attached to Graphite Powder: A Comparative Study of Their Uptake of Al(III) Ions “
LANGMUIR   Volume: 26   Issue: 3   Pages: 1776-1785   Published: FEB 2 2010

Gimenez-Lopez MD (Gimenez-Lopez, Maria del Carmen)1, Gardener JA (Gardener, Jules A.)2, Shaw AQ (Shaw, Adam Q.)2, Iwasiewicz-Wabnig A (Iwasiewicz-Wabnig, Agnieszka)2, Porfyrakis K (Porfyrakis, Kyriakos)2, Balmer C (Balmer, Claire)2, Dantelle G (Dantelle, Geraldine)2, Hadjipanayi M (Hadjipanayi, Maria)3, Crossley A (Crossley, Alison)2, Champness NR (Champness, Neil R.)1, Castell MR (Castell, Martin R.)2, Briggs GAD (Briggs, G. Andrew D.)2, Khlobystov AN (Khlobystov, Andrei N.) “Endohedral metallofullerenes in self-assembled monolayers “PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS   Volume: 12   Issue: 1   Pages: 123-131   Published: 2010

Chen, Longfei; Braisher, Mike; Crossley, Alison; Stone, Richard; Richardson, Dave., “The Influence of Ethanol Blends on Particulate Matter Emissions from Gasoline Direct Injection Engines”
Soc. Automot. Eng., [Spec. Publ.] SP, SP-2289, Emissions Measurement and Testing, 85-100, 2010

Al-Saadi A (Al-Saadi, Ali)1, Yu CH (Yu, Chih Hao)1, Khutoryanskiy VV (Khutoryanskiy, Vitaliy V.)2, Shih SJ (Shih, Shao-Ju)3, Crossley A (Crossley, Alison)3, Tsang SC (Tsang, Shik Chi) “Layer-by-Layer Electrostatic Entrapment of Protein Molecules on Superparamagnetic Nanoparticle: A New Strategy to Enhance Adsorption Capacity and Maintain Biological Activity  JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C   Volume: 113   Issue: 34   Pages: 15260-15265   Published: AUG 27 2009

Abiman P (Abiman, Poobalasingam), Crossley A (Crossley, Allison), Wildgoose GG (Wildgoose, Gregory G.), Jones JH (Jones, John H.), Compton RG (Compton, Richard G.) “Investigating the Thermodynamic Causes Behind the Anomalously Large Shifts in pK(a) Values of Benzoic Acid-Modified Graphite and Glassy Carbon Surfaces” LANGMUIR   Volume: 25   Issue: 13   Pages: 7768-7768   Published: JUL 7 2009

Matthias Werner, Hans-Jörg Fecht, Peter Gluche, Leif Brand, Andreas Leson, Colin Johnston, Alison Crossley “Applications and Economical Aspects of Thin Films and Nanomaterials:  A Focus on Carbon Based (Nano-) Materials“

Crossley A, Johnston C “Characterising Smart Materials for improved Microsystems”, Micromaterials and Nanomaterials (A publication series of the Micro Materials Center at Fraunhofer IZM and Fraunhofer ENAS Chemnitz) 9, 2009 P 34- 37

Qingguo Xu, Alison Crossley, Jan Czernuszka “Preparation and characterization of negatively charged poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microspheres.” Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Volume 98, Issue 7, Date: July 2009, Pages: 2377-2389

Xiao L, Wildgoose GG, Crossley A, et al “The electroreduction of "C-60" films in aqueous electrolyte does not lead to alkali metal ion insertion-Evidence for the involvement of adventitious poly-epoxidated C-60 (C60On)” SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL Volume: 138 Issue: 2 Pages: 397-401 Published: MAY 6 2009

Poobalasingam Abiman, Gregory G. Wildgoose, Alison Crossley, Richard G. Compton “Quantitative Studies of Metal Ion Adsorption on a Chemically Modified Carbon Surface: Adsorption of Cd(II) and Hg(II) on Glutathione Modified Carbon” Electroanalysis Volume21, Issue 8, Date:April 2009, Pages:897-903

Koos AA, Dowling M, Jurkschat K, et al.”Effect of the experimental parameters on the structure of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes produced by aerosol chemical vapour deposition “CARBON Volume: 47 ssue: 1 Pages: 30-37 Published: JAN 2009

 Abiman P, Wildgoose GG, Crossley A, et al. “REmoval of palladium ions from aqueous systems by chemically modified cysteine carbon powder” JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY Volume: 18 Issue: 33 Pages: 3948-3953 Published: SEP 7 2008

Holloway AF, Toghill K, Wildgoose GG (Wildgoose, , Compton RG, Ward MAH Tobias G  Llewellyn SA, Ballesteros B, Green MLH, Crossley A “Electrochemical opening of single-walled carbon nanotubes filled with metal halides and with closed ends “ JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C   Volume: 112 Issue: 28 Pages: 10389-10397 Published: JUL 17 2008

Peter Northover, Alison Crossley, Cesare Grazioli, Nicola Zema, Salvatore La Rosa, Luca Lozzi, Pietro Picozzi, Ernesto Paparazzo.”A multitechnique study of archeological bronzes” Surface and Interface Analysis Volume 40, Issue 3-4, Date: March - April 2008, Pages: 464-468

Philip Howes, Mark Green, Colin Johnston and Alison Crossley “Synthesis and Shape Control of Mercury Selenide (HgSe) Quantum Dots” Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2008, Volume 18, Issue 29