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Fluorogenic hyaluronan nanogels for detection of micro- and nanoplastics in water
Environmental Science Nano
2021
27 citations
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Matteo Cingolani,
Enrico Rampazzo,
Nelsi Zaccheroni,
Damiano Genovese,
Luca Prodi
Summary
Researchers developed fluorogenic hyaluronan nanogels that bind selectively to micro- and nanoplastic surfaces in water and become brightly emissive upon binding, enabling sensitive fluorescence-based detection of plastic particles in environmental water samples.
Nano- and microplastics are polluting the environment and their detection remains elusive. A fluorogenic hyaluronan shows high affinity toward their surfaces, turning brightly emissive, and its lifetime allows discrimination of plastics in nature.