However, the particle size of plastic particles in the environment continuously decreases due to physical stress and weathering, causing the particles to break into smaller fragments. This results in increasing particle numbers while the weight stays largely constant. Biofilm covering the surface of MPs...
The type and magnitude of these effects may differ between systems and is highly dependent on the size of the dam, whether hyper- or hypolimnetic discharge occurs, the purpose for which it was built, the type of river it is located on and the natural variability and function of rivers [...
A high-energy ball milling procedure is used to reduce the size of commercial phosphors to a size suitable for cellular uptake, while the homogeneous silica coating is obtained by a reverse micelle routine. In the obtained composites, the silica shield not only provides biocompatibility to the ...
2.8. Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC) The molecular weight (Mw) and molecular weight distribution (MWD) of PLA samples were measured using a size exclusion chromatograph instrument equipped with a triple detection system: a differential refractive index, light scattering, and on-line viscosity ...
Depositional struc- tures were mainly described by full-size thin-section imaging and polarized light mi- croscopy. Details about full-size large thin-section imaging and polarized light microscopy can be found in previous studies [29,47]. 4. Results 4.1. Mineral Compositions The Wufeng-Longmaxi...