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- 2024Influence of plastic shape on interim fragmentation of compostable materials during compostingcitations
- 2024Oxide-Perovskites for Automotive Catalysts Biotransform and Induce Multicomponent Clearance and Hazardcitations
- 2024Behaviour of advanced materials in environmental aquatic media – dissolution kinetics and dispersion stability of perovskite automotive catalystscitations
- 2023Fragmentation and Mineralization of a Compostable Aromatic–Aliphatic Polyester during Industrial Compostingcitations
- 2023Polymers of low concern? Assessment of microplastic particles used in 3D printing regarding their toxicity on Raphidocelis subcapitata and Daphnia magnacitations
- 2022Analytical and toxicological aspects of nanomaterials in different product groups:Challenges and opportunitiescitations
- 2022Analytical and toxicological aspects of nanomaterials in different product groupscitations
- 2022Analytical and toxicological aspects of nanomaterials in different product groups: challenges and opportunitiescitations
- 2022Effect of Polymer Properties on the Biodegradation of Polyurethane Microplasticscitations
- 2017Nanoscale Coloristic Pigments: Upper Limits on Releases from Pigmented Plastic during Environmental Aging, In Food Contact, and by Leachingcitations
- 2017Nanoscale Coloristic Pigments: Upper Limits on Releases from Pigmented Plastic during Environmental Aging, In Food Contact, and by Leachingcitations
- 2017Nanoscale Coloristic Pigments: Upper Limits on Releases from Pigmented Plastic during Environmental Aging, In Food Contact, and by Leachingcitations
- 2017Nano-object release during machining of polymer-based nanocomposites depends on process factors and the type of nanofillercitations
- 2017Airborne engineered nanomaterials in the workplace-a review of release and worker exposure during nanomaterial production and handling processescitations
- 2016Thermal decomposition of nano-enabled thermoplastics: Possible environmental health and safety implicationscitations
- 2016Meeting the Needs for Released Nanomaterials Required for Further Testing—The SUN Approachcitations
- 2015Measuring nanomaterial release from carbon nanotube composites: review of the state of the sciencecitations
- 2013Scenarios and methods that induce protruding or released CNTs after degradation of nanocomposite materialscitations
- 2013Scenarios and methods that induce protruding or released CNTs after degradation of nanocomposite materials Technology Transfer and Commercialization of Nanotechnologycitations
- 2013Elastic CNT-polyurethane nanocomposite:Synthesis, performance and assessment of fragments released during usecitations
- 2013Elastic CNT–polyurethane nanocomposite: synthesis, performance and assessment of fragments released during usecitations
- 2011On the Lifecycle of Nanocomposites: Comparing Released Fragments and their In-Vivo Hazards from Three Release Mechanisms and Four Nanocompositescitations
- 2010Analytical ultracentrifugation of latexes
- 2007Artificial Opals as Nanophotonic Materials for Optics Communicationscitations
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Thermal decomposition of nano-enabled thermoplastics: Possible environmental health and safety implications
Abstract
Nano-enabled products (NEPs) are currently part of our life prompting for detailed investigation of potential nano-release across their life-cycle. Particularly interesting is their end-of-life thermal decomposition scenario. Here, we examine the thermal decomposition of widely used NEPs, namely thermoplastic nanocomposites, and assess the properties of the byproducts (released aerosol and residual ash) and possible environmental health and safety implications. We focus on establishing a fundamental understanding on the effect of thermal decomposition parameters, such as polymer matrix, nanofiller properties, decomposition temperature, on the properties of byproducts using a recently-developed lab-based experimental integrated platform. Our results indicate that thermoplastic polymer matrix strongly influences size and morphology of released aerosol, while there was minimal but detectable nano-release, especially when inorganic nanofillers were used. The chemical composition of the released aerosol was found not to be strongly influenced by the presence of nanofiller at least for the low, industry-relevant loadings assessed here. Furthermore, the morphology and composition of residual ash was found to be strongly influenced by the presence of nanofiller. The findings presented here on thermal decomposition/incineration of NEPs raise important questions and concerns regarding the potential fate and transport of released engineered nanomaterials in environmental media and potential environmental health and safety implications.