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Effect of Nanoplastic Type and Surface Chemistry on Particle Agglomeration over a Salinity Gradient

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2021 38 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 40 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
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Summary

Researchers investigated agglomeration behavior of four nanoplastic types differing in polymer composition and surface chemistry across a salinity gradient, finding that carboxylated PMMA remained stable at all salinities while plain PMMA and polystyrene nanoplastics agglomerated at elevated salt concentrations.

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Agglomeration of nanoplastics in waters can alter their transport and fate in the environment. Agglomeration behavior of 4 nanoplastics differing in core composition (red- or blue-dyed polystyrene) and surface chemistry (plain or carboxylated poly[methyl methacrylate] [PMMA]) was investigated across a salinity gradient. No agglomeration was observed for carboxylated PMMA at any salinity, whereas the plain PMMA agglomerated at only 1 g/L. Both the red and the blue polystyrene agglomerated at 25 g/L. Results indicate that both composition and surface chemistry can impact how environmental salinity affects plastic nanoparticle agglomeration. Environ Toxicol Chem 2021;40:1822-1828. © 2021 The Authors. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of SETAC.

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