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Fluorogenic hyaluronan nanogels for detection of micro- and nanoplastics in water

Matteo Cingolani, Enrico Rampazzo, Nelsi Zaccheroni, Damiano Genovese, Luca Prodi

Environmental Science Nano · 2021 · 27 citations · 14 references

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Nano- and microplastics are polluting the environment and their detection remains elusive. A fluorogenic hyaluronan shows high affinity toward their surfaces, turning brightly emissive, and its lifetime allows discrimination of plastics in nature.

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