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ArticlePolymers2025

Preparation of Polystyrene Nanoparticles with Environmental Relevance Using a Gradual Degradation Method.

Hisayuki Nakatani, Mika Asano, Masaki Sakamoto, Suguru Motokucho, Anh Thi Ngoc Dao, Hee-Jin Kim, Mitsuharu Yagi, Yusaku Kyozuka

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 · The registry

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Hisayuki NakataniChemistry and Materials Engineering Program, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4216-8536
Mika AsanoChemistry and Materials Engineering Program, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan.
Masaki SakamotoChemistry and Materials Engineering Program, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan.
Suguru MotokuchoChemistry and Materials Engineering Program, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6627-2194
Anh Thi Ngoc DaoChemistry and Materials Engineering Program, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan.
Hee-Jin KimFisheries Bioresources Program, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan.
Mitsuharu YagiFisheries Bioresources Program, Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1974-3280
Yusaku KyozukaOrganization for Marine Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0913-9768

Funding

Environment Research and Technology Development Fund 1MF-2204Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 23K04822
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigates the environmental degradation of polystyrene (PS) microparticles and flakes using a gradual degradation method. The concentration of SO

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degradation methodenvironmental relevancemechanismmicroplasticspolystyrenesea

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PMID40574243
PMCPMC12197181

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