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Emerging environmental contaminants at the air/aqueous and biological soft interfaces
Summary
This study used computational chemistry and experimental methods to investigate how emerging contaminants behave at air-water and biological interfaces at the molecular level. Understanding these interfacial interactions is important for predicting how microplastics and associated chemicals move between environmental compartments.
Emerging contaminants at the air/aqueous and model biological interfaces.
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