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Nanoplastics
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Soap- and metal-free polystyrene latex particles as a nanoplastic model
Environmental Science Nano
2019
55 citations
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Laurence Pessoni,
Cloé Veclin,
Hind El Hadri,
Cyril Cugnet,
Mélanie Davranche,
Anne‐Catherine Pierson‐Wickmann,
Julien Gigault,
Bruno Grassl,
Stéphanie Reynaud
Summary
Researchers designed additive-free polystyrene nanoparticles as a cleaner model system for studying how nanoplastics interact with metals in the environment. Cleaner experimental models reduce confounding factors from plastic additives, allowing more accurate assessment of nanoplastic environmental behavior.
Polymers
Additive free, morphology control, and ageing surface mimicking, are the key parameters defining the alternative NPT models and their effects towards the NPT-trace metals interactions for environmental applications.