Natural microfibers may degrade differently to synthetic materials under simulated sunlight exposure in freshwater and seawater conditions, with implications for how such pollutants affect aquatic life
Article URL : http://plos.io/3HS46t5
Article title: Structural evolution of microfibers in seawater and freshwater under simulated sunlight: A small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering study
Author countries: Italy, Austria
Funding: This work was partially funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU, Project Code: ECS00000041, Project Title: Innovation, Digitalization and Sustainability for the Diffused Economy in Central Italy – VITALITY, and by the Italian Ministry of Health, Project Code: PLASTICON (RF-2019-12370587), Project Title: Microplastics in edible aquatic organisms: ecotoxicological effects, transfer of chemical and biological contaminants and susceptibility to bacteria biodegradation.
PLOS One
Structural evolution of microfibers in seawater and freshwater under simulated sunlight: A small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering study
10-Sep-2025
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.