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Concentration analysis of metal-labeled nanoplastics in different water samples using electrochemistry
Summary
Researchers developed a low-cost electrochemical method to quantify polystyrene nanoplastics in water by attaching silver ions to their surfaces, reducing the silver to metal, and measuring the resulting signal via voltammetry, achieving 93–112% recovery rates across nanoplastic sizes in lake water and seawater.
Despite the threats posed by nanoplastics to the environment and human health, little was known about the occurrence, formation, migration, and environmental impacts of nanoplastics due to the lack of quantitative and sensitive detection techniques. In this work, an electrochemical strategy for the detection of nanoplastics based on Ag labeling was proposed. Positively charged silver ions were attached to negatively charged polystyrene nanoplastics (PSNPs), and then the silver ions on the surface of PSNPs were reduced to Ag by sodium borohydride. Subsequently, the concentration of PSNPs was determined by identifying the signal of Ag by differential pulse voltammetry. The method showed different sensitivity for PSNPs of different sizes (100, 367, 500 nm). For tap water samples, the reason for the change in Ag electrochemical signal was discussed. The sensitivity of the method to PSNPs in tap water was investigated. The feasibility of the method for environmental water samples was verified using spiked lake water and spiked seawater, and satisfactory recoveries (93-112 %) were obtained for PSNPs of different sizes and concentrations. This study provided a sensitive, low-cost, and simple method without complex instrumentation, which was important for the determination of PSNPs in environmental water samples.
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