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Eco-Friendly fabrication of nanoplastic particles and fibrils using polymer blends as templates
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6071-6241
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Bioeconomy and Health, Material and Surface Design.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9585-1961
China University of Petroleum, China.
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2024 (English)In: Chemical Engineering Journal, ISSN 1385-8947, E-ISSN 1873-3212, Vol. 495, article id 153615Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Plastic pollution poses a critical global environmental challenge, and within this context, nanoplastics (NPs), the smallest plastic fragments, remain poorly understood. The progress in studying NP toxicity and developing analytical methods highly depends on access to well-defined NP materials. Herein, a straightforward and eco-friendly method for fabricating NP particles and fibrils using polymer blends as templates is presented. The process began with blending plastics with a water-soluble polymer (polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)), followed by the dissolution of the PVA matrix in water and the isolation of the NPs through a two-stage filtration process. NP materials from three widely used plastics, polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene, were prepared, underscoring the versatility of this method. The resulting NPs were primarily submicron in size, and their size distribution was tuned by varying the blend ratio. Furthermore, by incorporating a stretch operation during the extrusion, the NP shape could be varied, enabling the fabrication of NP fibril materials. This method, which does not rely heavily on specialized equipment and avoids the use of harsh solvents, offers a viable and eco-friendly approach to fabricating NP samples suitable for a broad range of research applications. 

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Elsevier BV , 2024. Vol. 495, article id 153615
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Blending, Elastomers, Environmental protection, Plastic products, Polymer blends, Polypropylenes, Water filtration, Analytical method, Eco-friendly, Environmental challenges, Filtration process, matrix, Microplastics, Nano-fibrils, Nanoplastics, Plastic pollutions, Watersoluble polymers, Fabrication
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Textile, Rubber and Polymeric Materials
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-74712DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.153615Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85197135252OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-74712DiVA, id: diva2:1887615
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Swedish Research Council Formas, 2023-01416
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Financial support from the Formas Research Council [grant no. 2023-01416 to M. Hedenqvist and X. Wei], National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52002401 , to Z. Feng) and the Independent Innovation Research Project of China University of Petroleum (East China) (No. 20CX06003A , to Z. Feng) is gratefully acknowledged.

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