Low-cost method removes micro- and nanoplastics from water (IMAGE)

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Low-cost method removes micro- and nanoplastics from water

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Summary of purification process: water polluted by microplastics (PET); addition of magnetic nanoparticles functionalized with polydopamine and lipase; removal of nanoparticles with microplastics using a magnet

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Henrique Eisi Toma

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