| This document was prepared by Beshoy Latif during an internship with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, sponsored by the Environmental Careers Organization. This document focuses on the use of nanomaterials in site remediation. Nine current EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) Science to Achieve Results (STAR) grants aim at increasing our understanding of the fate and transport of nanomaterials as they are used for desirable processes in the environment. The immediate question of concern becomes: do we understand the physiochemical properties of nanoscale materials well enough to effectively apply them towards remediation? This document will attempt to answer this question by providing information on recent research. |