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Title: Mechanisms of Polyethylene Terephthalate Pellet Fragmentation into Nanoplastics and Assimilable Carbons by Wastewater Comamonas

Journal Article · · Environmental Science and Technology
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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
  2. Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
  3. Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
  4. Northwestern Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
  5. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States, Northwestern Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States

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Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
2455044
Journal Information:
Environmental Science and Technology, Journal Name: Environmental Science and Technology Journal Issue: 43 Vol. 58; ISSN 0013-936X
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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