Current opinion: What is a nanoplastic?
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Article de revue
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Environmental Pollution. 2018-04-01, vol. 235, p. 1030-1034
English Abstract
With the large amount of attention being given to microplastics in the environment, several researchers have begun to consider the fragmentation of plastics down to lower scales (i.e., the sub-micrometer scale). The term ...Read more >
With the large amount of attention being given to microplastics in the environment, several researchers have begun to consider the fragmentation of plastics down to lower scales (i.e., the sub-micrometer scale). The term “nanoplastics” is still under debate, and different studies have set the upper size limit at either 1000 nm or 100 nm. The aim of the present work is to propose a definition of nanoplastics, based on our recently published and unpublished research definition of nanoplastics. We define nanoplastics as particles unintentionally produced (i.e. from the degradation and the manufacturing of the plastic objects) and presenting a colloidal behavior, within the size range from 1 to 1000 nm.Read less <
English Keywords
Characterization
Colloids
Environment
Nanomaterials
Nanoplastics
Pollution
ANR Project
Nanoparticules de plastiques dans l'environnement: source, impact et prédiction - ANR-17-CE34-0008