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Capillary Electrophoresis for Assessing Static Adsorption/Desorption of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds onto/from Transition Metal Oxide Nanoparticles - Central Composite Design of Response Surface Methodology
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Researchers used capillary electrophoresis to study how pharmaceutical compounds adsorb onto and release from metal oxide nanoparticles. Understanding adsorption behavior is relevant to how microplastics and nanoplastics bind pharmaceutical pollutants and carry them through water systems.
Capillary Electrophoresis for Assessing Static Adsorption/Desorption of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds onto/from Transition Metal Oxide Nanoparticles - Central Composite Design of Response Surface Methodology
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