DOI: 10.1039/d3en00150d ISSN: 2051-8153
Fate of polystyrene and polyethylene nanoplastics exposed to UV in water
Gireeshkumar Balakrishnan, Fabienne Lagarde, Christophe Chassenieux, Arnaud Martel, Elise Deniau, Taco Nicolai- General Environmental Science
- Materials Science (miscellaneous)
UV irradiation leads to the degradation of PS or PE nanoplastics dispersed in water. They initially become porous, then fragment and finally degrade completely.