Micro-and nanoplastics (MNPs) and their potential toxicological outcomes: State of science, knowledge gaps and research needs

Z Yang, GM DeLoid, H Zarbl, J Baw, P Demokritou - NanoImpact, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic waste has been produced at a rapidly growing rate over the past several decades.
The environmental impacts of plastic waste on marine and terrestrial ecosystems have been …

Airborne engineered nanomaterials in the workplace—a review of release and worker exposure during nanomaterial production and handling processes

Y Ding, TAJ Kuhlbusch, M Van Tongeren… - Journal of hazardous …, 2017 - Elsevier
For exposure and risk assessment in occupational settings involving engineered
nanomaterials (ENMs), it is important to understand the mechanisms of release and how …

Preparation, characterization, and in vitro dosimetry of dispersed, engineered nanomaterials

GM DeLoid, JM Cohen, G Pyrgiotakis, P Demokritou - Nature protocols, 2017 - nature.com
Evidence continues to grow of the importance of in vitro and in vivo dosimetry in the hazard
assessment and ranking of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs). Accurate dose metrics are …

Environmentally persistent free radicals: insights on a new class of pollutants

EP Vejerano, G Rao, L Khachatryan… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Environmentally persistent free radicals, EPFRs, exist in significant concentration in
atmospheric particulate matter (PM). EPFRs are primarily emitted from combustion and …

Comparative study of multiwall carbon nanotube nanocomposites by Raman, SEM, and XPS measurement techniques

Y Piao, VN Tondare, CS Davis, JM Gorham… - … Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Substantial research efforts are under way to optimize the production of composites
enhanced by the incorporation of nanomaterial fillers such as multiwall carbon nanotubes …

Incineration-Generated Polyethylene Micro-Nanoplastics Increase Triglyceride Lipolysis and Absorption in an In Vitro Small Intestinal Epithelium Model

GM DeLoid, X Cao, R Coreas, D Bitounis… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Despite mounting evidence of micro-nanoplastics (MNPs) in food and drinking water, little is
known of the potential health risks of ingested MNPs, and nothing is known of their potential …

Toxicity, uptake, and nuclear translocation of ingested micro-nanoplastics in an in vitro model of the small intestinal epithelium

GM DeLoid, X Cao, D Bitounis, D Singh… - Food and Chemical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite mounting evidence of increasing micro-and nanoplastics (MNPs) in natural
environments, food, and drinking water, little is known of the potential health hazards of …

Ingested polystyrene nanospheres translocate to placenta and fetal tissues in pregnant rats: Potential health implications

CM Cary, GM DeLoid, Z Yang, D Bitounis, M Polunas… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent studies in experimental animals found that oral exposure to micro-and nano-plastics
(MNPs) during pregnancy had multiple adverse effects on outcomes and progeny, although …

Protein corona: implications for nanoparticle interactions with pulmonary cells

NV Konduru, RM Molina, A Swami, F Damiani… - Particle and fibre …, 2017 - Springer
Background We previously showed that cerium oxide (CeO 2), barium sulfate (BaSO 4) and
zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) exhibited different lung toxicity and pulmonary …

A review on current trends in thermal analysis and hyphenated techniques in the investigation of physical, mechanical and chemical properties of nanomaterials

H Seifi, T Gholami, S Seifi, SM Ghoreishi… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The applications of nanomaterials have been a multidisciplinary active research area in
recent years because of their unique structure, surface chemistry, chemical and physical …