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From Micro-Plastic to Nano-Plastic in Wastewater: A Study of Their Potentials to Impact Biogeochemical Processes Using Electron Microscope
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Using electron microscopy, researchers examined how microplastics in wastewater degrade into nanoplastics and affect key biological and chemical processes in water systems. The study found that nanoplastics can disrupt nitrogen cycling and other biogeochemical processes critical to healthy ecosystems.
Journal Article From Micro-Plastic to Nano-Plastic in Wastewater: A Study of Their Potentials to Impact Biogeochemical Processes Using Electron Microscope Get access Linduo Zhao, Linduo Zhao The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States Corresponding author: zhao117@illinois.edu Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John W Scott, John W Scott The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Andres F Prada Andres F Prada The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Microscopy and Microanalysis, Volume 29, Issue Supplement_1, 1 August 2023, Pages 1239–1240, https://doi.org/10.1093/micmic/ozad067.636 Published: 22 July 2023
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