Fabrication of Nylon-6 and Nylon-11 Nanoplastics and Evaluation in Mammalian Cells.

ABSTRACT: Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) exist in certain environments, beverages, and food products. However, the ultimate risk and consequences of MPs and NPs on human health remain largely unknown. Studies involving the biological effects of small-scale plastics have predominantly used commercially available polystyrene beads, which cannot represent the breadth of globally dominant plastics. Nylon is a commodity plastic that is used across various industry sectors with substantial global production. Here, a series of well-characterized nylon-11 and nylon-6 NPs were successfully fabricated with size distributions of approximately 100 nm and 500 nm, respectively. The facile fabrication steps enabled the incorporation of fluorescent tracers in these NPs to aid the intracellular tracking

SUBMITTER: Krovi SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9370135 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature