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    <publishedYear>2023</publishedYear>
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    <issue>6</issue>
    <volume>44</volume>
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    <publisherName>Wiley-VCH</publisherName>
    <publisherPlace>Weinheim</publisherPlace>
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    <title language="eng">Aqueous Dispersions of Polypropylene: Toward Reference Materials for Characterizing Nanoplastics</title>
    <abstract language="eng">Microplastics and nanoplastics pollute the natural environment all over the world, but the full extent of the hazards posed by this waste is unclear. While research on microplastics is well advanced, little work has been done on nanoplastics. This discrepancy is mainly due to the lacking ability to detect nanoplastics in biologically and environmentally relevant matrices. Nanoplastics reference materials can help the development of suitable methods for identifying and quantifying nanoplastics in nature. The aim is to synthesize nanoplastics made from one of the most commonly used plastics, namely polypropylene. An easy way to produce long-term stable aqueous dispersions of polypropylene nanoparticles (nano polypropylene) is reported. The nanoplastic particles, prepared by mechanical breakdown, show a mean hydrodynamic diameter of D h = 180.5 ± 5.8 nm and a polydispersity index of PDI = 0.084 ± 0.02. No surfactant is needed to obtain dispersion which is stable for more than 6 months. The colloidal stability of the surfactant-free nano polypropylene dispersions is explained by their low zeta potential of 𝜻 = −43 ± 2 mV.</abstract>
    <parentTitle language="eng">Macromolecular Rapid Communications</parentTitle>
    <identifier type="doi">10.1002/marc.202200874</identifier>
    <identifier type="issn">1022-1336</identifier>
    <identifier type="urn">urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-571799</identifier>
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    <enrichment key="date_peer_review">21.03.2023</enrichment>
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    <licence>Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International</licence>
    <author>Jana Hildebrandt</author>
    <author>Andreas Thünemann</author>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Nanoparticles</value>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Reference Material</value>
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      <language>eng</language>
      <type>uncontrolled</type>
      <value>Nanoplastics</value>
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    <collection role="ddc" number="620">Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten</collection>
    <collection role="institutes" number="">6 Materialchemie</collection>
    <collection role="institutes" number="">6.5 Synthese und Streuverfahren nanostrukturierter Materialien</collection>
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    <collection role="unnumberedseries" number="">Wissenschaftliche Artikel der BAM</collection>
    <collection role="themenfelder" number="">Advanced Materials</collection>
    <thesisPublisher>Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)</thesisPublisher>
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