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ArticleScientific reports2017

Physicochemical characteristics and toxicity of surface-modified zinc oxide nanoparticles to freshwater and marine microalgae.

Mana M N Yung, Paul-Antoine Fougères, Yu Hang Leung, Fangzhou Liu, Aleksandra B Djurišić, John P Giesy, Kenneth M Y Leung

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Mana M N YungThe Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9627-859X
Paul-Antoine FougèresThe Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.
Yu Hang LeungDepartment of Physics, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.
Fangzhou LiuDepartment of Physics, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.
Aleksandra B DjurišićDepartment of Physics, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5183-1467
John P GiesyThe Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China.
Kenneth M Y LeungThe Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China. kmyleung@hku.hk.
University of Hong Kong · HKCity University of Hong Kong · HKUniversité de Bordeaux · FRUniversity of Saskatchewan · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Because of wide applications of surface-modified zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) in commercial sunscreens and their easiness of being released into water, concerns have been raised over their potential effects on aquatic organisms. This study compared physicochemical properties of silane-coated and uncoated ZnO-NPs to elucidate their toxic potencies toward three freshwater and three marine microalgae. Surfaces of ZnO-NPs (20 nm) were modified by coating with 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (A-ZnO-NPs) that provides the particles with a more hydrophilic surface, or dodecyltrichlorosilane (D-ZnO-NPs) that turns the particles to hydrophobic. Uncoated ZnO-NPs formed larger aggregates and released more Zn

Indexed as

Chemical PhenomenaFresh WaterAquatic OrganismsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationMicroalgaeNanoparticlesParticle SizePhotosynthesisSurface PropertiesZinc OxideZinc Oxide

Identifiers

PMID29162907
PMCPMC5698420
OpenAlexW2768939308

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