The presence of nanoplastics in the environment has been proven. There is now an urgent
need to determine how nanoplastics behave in the environment and to assess the risks they …

Aims Oral mucosal diseases can lead to pain, difficulty speaking and eating, psychological
distress, and cancer. Topical drug delivery using biological macromolecules, specifically …

The analysis of microplastics (MPs) in terrestrial environments and the evaluation of their
environmental risk has gained great attention, owing to the increasing evidence for their …

Material-binding peptides (MBPs) have emerged as a diverse and innovation-enabling class
of peptides in applications such as plant-/human health, immobilization of catalysts …

Nanoplastics (NPs) aggregation determines their bioavailability and risks in natural aquatic
environments, which is driven by multiple environmental and polymer factors. The back …

Nanoplastics are pieces of plastic debris of mixed shape and chemical composition, which
can be present in the air, soil, freshwater bodies, seas, biota, and our diet. We know little …

Abstract Nanoplastics (NPs), small (< 1 μm) polymer particles formed from bulk plastics, are
a potential threat to human health and the environment. Orders of magnitude smaller than …

Abstract Nanoplastic (< 1 µm) pollution in the marine environment is a cause of growing
concern due to the current difficulties in measuring their occurrence in abiotic and biotic …

The co-occurrence of microplastics (MPs) and organic contaminants in aquatic environment
can complexify their environmental fate via sorption interactions, especially when the …

With the increasing amounts of microplastic (MP) deposited in soil from various agricultural
activities, crop plants can become an important source of MP in food products. The last three …