Poly(lactic acid) nanoplastics through laser ablation: establishing a reference model for mimicking biobased nanoplastics in aquatic environments
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- 25 February 2025
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Environmental Science: Nano
- Vol. 12 (4) , 2395-2406
Abstract
In response to the limited environmentally relevant biobased nanoplastic models, the formation of poly(lactic acid) nanoplastics with comparable properties to the ones deriving from the environmental ageing of poly(lactic acid) debris, is presented.Keywords
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