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Effect of UV-exposure on size, morphology, and chemical structure of polystyrene nanospheres in suspension
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Researchers investigated how UV exposure changes the size, morphology, and chemical structure of polystyrene nanospheres in suspension, simulating environmental weathering of nanoplastics. The study characterized how UV aging alters particle properties in ways relevant to their biological and environmental fate.
Over the past years, concern about the toxic effects of nanoplastics ( Also see: https://micro2024.sciencesconf.org/554808/document
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