Environmental Fate and Effects of Nanomaterials in Aquatic Freshwater Environments

Biologically templated materials differ considerably from their more traditional counterparts in both their properties as well as in the way they are fabricated. They are generally constructed by exploiting self-assembly properties intrinsic to many biological molecules, are organized hierarchically, and feature highly non-uniform properties at the lengthscales of nanometers. One of the many challenges facing the development of such materials is the understanding of their assembly processes, which in turn requires sophisticated CONTENTS 3.