[HTML][HTML] Transformation pathways and fate of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in distinct interactive environmental compartments: A review

Q Abbas, B Yousaf, MU Ali, MAM Munir… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
The ever increasing production and use of nano-enabled commercial products release the
massive amount of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in the environment. An increasing …

The crucial role of environmental coronas in determining the biological effects of engineered nanomaterials

L Xu, M Xu, R Wang, Y Yin, I Lynch, S Liu - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In aquatic environments, a large number of ecological macromolecules (eg, natural organic
matter (NOM), extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), and proteins) can adsorb onto the …

Eco-Corona vs Protein Corona: Effects of Humic Substances on Corona Formation and Nanoplastic Particle Toxicity in Daphnia magna

OO Fadare, B Wan, K Liu, Y Yang… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite many studies on the toxicity of nanoplastic particles (NPPs) to aquatic invertebrates,
the effects of ecological constituents such as humic substances (HSs) are often neglected. In …

Eco-corona formation lessens the toxic effects of polystyrene nanoplastics towards marine microalgae Chlorella sp.

L Natarajan, S Omer, N Jetly, MA Jenifer… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Unabated use of nanoplastics (< 1 μm) in the consumer products and their consequent
release to the marine environment poses a substantial threat to the marine ecosystem. The …

Transcriptional response provides insights into the effect of chronic polystyrene nanoplastic exposure on Daphnia pulex

W Zhang, Z Liu, S Tang, D Li, Q Jiang, T Zhang - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanoplastic pollution is widespread and persistent across global water systems and can
cause a negative effect on aquatic organisms, especially the zooplankter which is the …

Interplay between extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from a marine diatom and model nanoplastic through eco-corona formation

G Grassi, E Gabellieri, P Cioni, E Paccagnini… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The occurrence of nanoplastics in oceans' surface waters is no more a hypothesis and it
could severely affect marine organisms from different trophic levels. Nanoscale particles …

Shift in Immune Parameters After Repeated Exposure to Nanoplastics in the Marine Bivalve Mytilus

M Auguste, T Balbi, C Ciacci, B Canonico… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bivalves are widespread in coastal environments subjected to a wide range of
environmental fluctuations: however, the rapidly occurring changes due to several …

Size-dependent oxidative stress effect of nano/micro-scaled polystyrene on Karenia mikimotoi

T Zhao, L Tan, X Zhu, W Huang, J Wang - Marine pollution bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
The effects of polystyrene (PS) of different sizes of diameter (65 nm, 100 nm and 1 μm) with
different treat concentrations (control, 1 mg L− 1 and 10 mg L− 1) on growth and oxidative …

Behavior and bio-interactions of anthropogenic particles in marine environment for a more realistic ecological risk assessment

I Corsi, E Bergami, G Grassi - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Owing to production, usage, and disposal of nano-enabled products as well as
fragmentation of bulk materials, anthropogenic nanoscale particles (NPs) can enter the …

Immunotoxicity of polystyrene nanoplastics in different hemocyte subpopulations of Mytilus galloprovincialis

M Sendra, MI Carrasco-Braganza, PM Yeste, M Vila… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Plastic represents 60-80% of litter in the ocean. Degradation of plastic to small
fragments leads to the formation of microplastics (MPs< 5 mm) and nanoplastics (NPs< 1 …