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Nathalie Tufenkji

Nathalie Tufenkji

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Chemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
22978
World Ranking
7157
National Ranking
188

Research.com Recognitions

  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Nathalie Tufenkji is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has a research focus primarily in environmental science and materials science. Their work spans several significant subfields, including pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and water science and technology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas related to environmental and material technologies. These include microplastics and plastic pollution, recycling and waste management techniques, nanoparticles synthesis and applications, graphene and nanomaterials applications, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, and carbon and quantum dots applications.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Nathalie Tufenkji include:

  • Mathieu Lapointe
  • Laura M. Hernandez
  • Jun-Ray Macairan
  • Jeffrey M. Farner
  • Subhasis Ghoshal

Their recent published papers represent contributions to a variety of journals, indicating multidisciplinary engagement. Representative recent papers are:

  • Nanoplastics are neither microplastics nor engineered nanoparticles, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Technology readiness and overcoming barriers to sustainably implement nanotechnology-enabled plant agriculture, 2020, Nature Food
  • Understanding and Improving Microplastic Removal during Water Treatment: Impact of Coagulation and Flocculation, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Weathering pathways and protocols for environmentally relevant microplastics and nanoplastics: What are we missing?, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Green synthesis of carbon dots and their applications, 2021, RSC Advances

Nathalie Tufenkji has multiple publications in the following scientific venues, demonstrating a consistent output in recognized journals:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Environmental Science Nano
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances

Their contributions have been formally recognized with an award from The Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Aquatic Environments: Aggregation, Deposition, and Enhanced Contaminant Transport

    Olubukola S. Alimi;Jeffrey Farner Budarz;Laura M. Hernandez;Nathalie Tufenkji

  • Correlation equation for predicting single-collector efficiency in physicochemical filtration in saturated porous media.

    Nathalie Tufenkji;Menachem Elimelech

  • Aggregation and deposition of engineered nanomaterials in aquatic environments: role of physicochemical interactions.

    Adamo R. Petosa;Deb P. Jaisi;Ivan R. Quevedo;Menachem Elimelech

  • Plastic Teabags Release Billions of Microparticles and Nanoparticles into Tea.

    Laura M. Hernandez;Elvis Genbo Xu;Hans C. E. Larsson;Rui Tahara

  • Nano-enabled strategies to enhance crop nutrition and protection.

    Melanie Kah;Nathalie Tufenkji;Jason C. White

  • Nanoplastics are neither microplastics nor engineered nanoparticles

    Julien Gigault;Hind El Hadri;Brian Nguyen;Bruno Grassl

  • Are There Nanoplastics in Your Personal Care Products

    Laura M. Hernandez;Nariman Yousefi;Nathalie Tufenkji

  • Characterizing Manufactured Nanoparticles in the Environment: Multimethod Determination of Particle Sizes

    Rute F Domingos;Mohamed A Baalousha;Yon Ju-Nam;M Marcia Reid

  • Separation and Analysis of Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Complex Environmental Samples

    Brian Nguyen;Dominique Claveau-Mallet;Laura M. Hernandez;Elvis Genbo Xu

  • Aggregation of titanium dioxide nanoparticles: role of a fulvic acid.

    Rute F. Domingos;Nathalie Tufenkji;Kevin J. Wilkinson

  • Deviation from the classical colloid filtration theory in the presence of repulsive DLVO interactions.

    Nathalie Tufenkji;Menachem Elimelech

  • Breakdown of colloid filtration theory: role of the secondary energy minimum and surface charge heterogeneities.

    Nathalie Tufenkji;Menachem Elimelech

  • Technology readiness and overcoming barriers to sustainably implement nanotechnology-enabled plant agriculture

    Thilo Hofmann;Gregory Victor Lowry;Subhasis Ghoshal;Nathalie Tufenkji

  • Understanding and Improving Microplastic Removal during Water Treatment: Impact of Coagulation and Flocculation

    Mathieu Lapointe;Jeffrey M. Farner;Laura Maria Hernandez;Nathalie Tufenkji

  • Environmental performance of graphene-based 3D macrostructures

    Nariman Yousefi;Xinglin Lu;Menachem Elimelech;Nathalie Tufenkji

  • The promise of bank filtration.

    Nathalie Tufenkji;Joseph N. Ryan;Menachem Elimelech

  • Effect of particle size and natural organic matter on the migration of nano- and microscale latex particles in saturated porous media

    Andrew J. Pelley;Nathalie Tufenkji

  • The Swarming Motility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Is Blocked by Cranberry Proanthocyanidins and Other Tannin-Containing Materials

    Che O'May;Nathalie Tufenkji

  • Transport of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Porous Media: Role of Straining and Physicochemical Filtration

    Nathalie Tufenkji;Garrett F Miller;Joseph N Ryan;Ronald W Harvey

  • Amendment of Agricultural Soil with Metal Nanoparticles: Effects on Soil Enzyme Activity and Microbial Community Composition.

    Bahareh Asadishad;Shawninder Chahal;Ali Akbari;Vanessa Cianciarelli

  • Interpreting deposition patterns of microbial particles in laboratory-scale column experiments.

    Nathalie Tufenkji;Jeremy A Redman;Menachem Elimelech

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin J. Wilkinson
Kevin J. Wilkinson University of Montreal
Menachem Elimelech
Menachem Elimelech Rice University
Theo G. M. van de Ven
Theo G. M. van de Ven McGill University
Benoit Barbeau
Benoit Barbeau Polytechnique Montréal
Yves Comeau
Yves Comeau Polytechnique Montréal
Md. Saifur Rahaman
Md. Saifur Rahaman Reveau Technologies and Solutions Inc
Pierre Servais
Pierre Servais Université Libre de Bruxelles
Sasha Omanovic
Sasha Omanovic McGill University
Eric Déziel
Eric Déziel Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Showan N. Nazhat
Showan N. Nazhat McGill University

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