SEARCH Articles Figures Tables Three potential environmental implications of research to date regarding bacterial interactions with CdSe QDs. Activation ions or CdSe QDs are transported with cells when the metals or particles would otherwise stick to stationary inorganic surfaces in the environment. Lastly migration of primary particles could be enhanced if aggregated CdSe QDs distribute onto cells as primary particles wherein cellular, and thus QD, transport could occur. Reproduced with permission from V. H. Grassian, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology [Publishers Imprint]