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ArticleJournal of molecular modeling2025

Understanding the co-adsorption mechanism between nanoplastics and neonicotinoid insecticides from an atomistic perspective.

Erwin García-Hernández, F Javier Torres, Diego Cortés-Arriagada, Jorge Nochebuena

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Erwin García-HernándezTecnológico Nacional de México / Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Zacapoaxtla, 73680, Zacapoaxtla, Puebla, México. erwin.gh@zacapoaxtla.tecnm.mx.
F Javier TorresGrupo de Química Computacional y Teórica (QCT-USFQ), Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Diego de Robles y Vía Interoceánica, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, 17 - 1200 - 841, Ecuador. jtorres@usfq.edu.ec.
Diego Cortés-ArriagadaInstituto Universitario de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDT), Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Ignacio Valdivieso 2409, 8940577, San Joaquín, Santiago, Chile.
Jorge NochebuenaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Science and Mathematics, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.

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Tecnológico Nacional de México 20174.24-PD
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextDensity functional theory calculations were applied to elucidate the co-adsorption mechanism of different nanoplastic-neonicotinoid insecticides (NP-NEO) complexes where polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene (PE), and polystyrene (PS) are tested as adsorbents, and imidacloprid (IMI) and clothianidin (CLO) are considered adsorbates. HOMO energies indicate all nanoplastics (NPs) tend to donate electrons, while LUMO analysis shows PET and CLO favor electron acceptance, while PE, PS, and IMI are unstable, the last one due to resonance effects. Complex formation slightly increases HOMO energies but maintains trends, while LUMO energies improve only in PET due to its carbonyl groups. The LUMO-HOMO gap (G

methodsCalculations of density functional theory at the wB97XD/def2-SVP level of theory in Gaussian16 were implemented. PCM, BSSE, and dispersion effects were considered. To gain insights into the nature of the interaction, ALMO-EDA and IGMH analyses were performed. Finally, the structures were visualized in the VMD program.

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Co-transportDFT calculationsNanoplasticsNeonicotinoid insecticides

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