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Effect of UV-exposure on size, morphology, and chemical structure of polystyrene nanospheres in suspension

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2024
Adriaan J. A. Duijndam, Kirsten B. Siebers, Laurens Mandemaker, Florian Meirer, Florian Meirer, Bert Weckhuysen

Summary

Researchers studied how UV exposure alters the size, morphology, and chemical structure of polystyrene nanospheres in suspension, providing mechanistic insight into nanoplastic weathering. The results showed that UV irradiation progressively changes particle surface chemistry and size distribution in ways relevant to environmental fate and toxicity.

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Over the past years, concern about the toxic effects of nanoplastics ( Also see: https://micro2024.sciencesconf.org/554808/document

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