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Fate of polystyrene and polyethylene nanoplastics exposed to UV in water

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Gireeshkumar Balakrishnan, Gireeshkumar Balakrishnan, Gireeshkumar Balakrishnan, Fabienne Lagarde Gireeshkumar Balakrishnan, Gireeshkumar Balakrishnan, Fabienne Lagarde Gireeshkumar Balakrishnan, Gireeshkumar Balakrishnan, Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Arnaud Martel, Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Taco Nicolaï, Fabienne Lagarde Christophe Chassenieux, Christophe Chassenieux, Christophe Chassenieux, Christophe Chassenieux, Christophe Chassenieux, Fabienne Lagarde Arnaud Martel, Arnaud Martel, Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Christophe Chassenieux, Taco Nicolaï, Elise Deniau, Elise Deniau, Elise Deniau, Christophe Chassenieux, Christophe Chassenieux, Christophe Chassenieux, Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Arnaud Martel, Arnaud Martel, Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Christophe Chassenieux, Christophe Chassenieux, Christophe Chassenieux, Christophe Chassenieux, Elise Deniau, Taco Nicolaï, Taco Nicolaï, Taco Nicolaï, Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Elise Deniau, Elise Deniau, Elise Deniau, Fabienne Lagarde Taco Nicolaï, Taco Nicolaï, Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde Fabienne Lagarde

Summary

Researchers found that UV irradiation progressively degrades polystyrene and polyethylene nanoplastics dispersed in water, causing them to become porous, fragment, and ultimately degrade completely, revealing the photochemical fate of nanoplastics in sunlit aquatic environments.

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UV irradiation leads to the degradation of PS or PE nanoplastics dispersed in water. They initially become porous, then fragment and finally degrade completely.

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