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Washington University in St. Louis

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Nanoplastics facilitate redox chemistry in the environment under light illumination. Polystyrene latex beads (PS-bare) without surface modification, carboxylate-modified polystyrene latex beads (PS-COOH), and amine-modified polystyrene latex beads (PS-NH2) superoxide radicals (O2•−), peroxyl radicals (ROO•).

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Jun lab, McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis

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