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Fluorescent plastic nanoparticles to track their interaction and fate in physiological environments

Environmental Science Nano 2020 38 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Jessica Caldwell, Roman Lehner, Sandor Balog, Christian Rhême, Xin Gao, Dedy Septiadi, Christoph Weder, Alke Petri‐Fink, Barbara Rothen‐Rutishauser

Summary

This study developed fluorescently labeled plastic nanoparticles made from PET, polypropylene, and polystyrene that can be tracked in biological environments to study how nanoplastics are taken up and processed by living organisms. Having trackable model nanoplastics is an important tool for understanding how these particles move through tissues and food chains.

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This work aims to establish a production and characterization protocol for fluorescent plastic nanoparticles of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), polypropylene (PP), and polystyrene (PS) that can be tracked in biological environments.

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