NanoImpactPub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2025.100556
Ricardo M.S. Sendão , Joaquim C.G. Esteves da Silva , Luís Pinto da Silva
{"title":"Comparative life cycle assessment of the fabrication of visible-light-driven photocatalytic TiO2 – Carbon dots nanocomposites for wastewater treatment","authors":"Ricardo M.S. Sendão , Joaquim C.G. Esteves da Silva , Luís Pinto da Silva","doi":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100556","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100556","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>TiO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticles are promising photocatalysts due to their oxidizing strength and inertness. However, their inability to efficiently absorb visible light limits industrial applications that could use sunlight. The addition of carbon dots to TiO<sub>2</sub> has been recently shown to have the potential to address this issue by enhancing the visible-light-driven photocatalytic efficiency of the resulting nanocomposites. However, concrete data on their sustainable development and fabrication is lacking. Herein, we performed a life cycle assessment (LCA) study to understand the environmental impacts of different TiO<sub>2</sub>‑carbon dots nanocomposites with enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity. It was found that the nanocomposites with the highest photocatalytic activity were the ones whose synthesis was associated with lower environmental impacts. Furthermore, the carbon dots generally have little to moderate contributions to most impact categories, except for marine eutrophication. Finally, the most critical parameter was found to be the source of TiO<sub>2</sub> for the nanocomposites.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18786,"journal":{"name":"NanoImpact","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 100556"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143776664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanoImpactPub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2025.100557
Merve Tunali , Matthias C. Rillig
{"title":"Vertical distribution of microplastics in soil affects plant response to microplastics.","authors":"Merve Tunali , Matthias C. Rillig","doi":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100557","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100557","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The impacts of microplastics on plants have been extensively researched, yielding a variety of responses: promoting growth, limiting growth, or causing no change in plants. Experimental studies, following basic principles of ecotoxicology, typically use a homogeneous distribution of microplastics in soils, where soil and microplastic are well-mixed. However, in the environment, plastic is not homogeneously distributed. Therefore, we tested whether the distribution of microplastics in soils affects the impact observed on plants. For this purpose, we tested the effect of homogeneously distributed microplastics and heterogeneously distributed microplastics (at different levels) on the growth of spring onions. In addition, the presence of drought was also included in our greenhouse experiment. The results show that the distribution of microplastics (whether it is homogeneous or heterogeneous) affects the growth of spring onions differently, especially the shoot and root mass. First, differences of 21–22 % in shoot mass and 29–38 % in root mass were observed between heterogeneously distributed treatments and the homogeneous treatment. Second, under drought conditions, the effects -particularly on shoot mass and the C:N (carbon:nitrogen) ratio- may differ compared to non-drought. Differences of 30–37 % in shoot mass, and up to 16 % in the carbon/nitrogen ratio were observed between different heterogeneously distributed treatments and the homogeneous treatment in the drought case. In addition, shoot mass and the C:N ratio varied depending on drought conditions. Our results strongly suggest that future experiments on microplastic effects in soil should consider at least vertically heterogeneity of the pollutant to arrive at more realistic effect estimates.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18786,"journal":{"name":"NanoImpact","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 100557"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143816433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanoImpactPub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2025.100559
Yuan-Yuan Liu, Jie Liu, Yuan Guo, Qiangqiang Zhang, Aoneng Cao, Haifang Wang
{"title":"Interactions between polystyrene nanoparticles and human intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cells","authors":"Yuan-Yuan Liu, Jie Liu, Yuan Guo, Qiangqiang Zhang, Aoneng Cao, Haifang Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100559","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100559","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nanoplastics enter the human body mainly by ingestion through the gastrointestinal tract and thus the uptake and release of nanoplastics in intestinal cells have been studied. However, the fate of nanoplastics in intestinal cells remains poorly understood, particularly how they are exocytosed. Herein, we investigated the uptake, distribution, and exocytosis of nanoplastics in Caco-2 cells using 70 nm red fluorescent polystyrene (R70PS) as a nanoplastic model. The results show that R70PS readily enters Caco-2 cells and the content per cell peaks at around 24 h, but the total intracellular content in all cells increases continuously over 72 h. In addition, the uptake mechanisms change over incubation time, i.e. R70PS entered Caco-2 cells via both the energy-independent pathway and the energy-dependent caveolae-mediated endocytosis and macropinocytosis at 4 h incubation, but almost all R70PS entered cells in an energy-dependent manner via caveolae-mediated endocytosis, macropinocytosis, and clathrin-mediated endocytosis at 12 h incubation. Most of the intracellular R70PS accumulated in lysosomes, but R70PS also entered the mitochondria and its level increased over time. Approximately 45 % of the intracellular R70PS could be cleared from the cells within 12 h, mainly via the lysosomal pathway. Exocytosis was also associated with autophagy and was facilitated by the increase in the number of mitochondria and lysosomes, but inhibited by serum in the medium. Our findings deepen the understanding of the interaction between nanoplastics and intestinal cells, which is helpful for the risk assessment of nanoplastics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18786,"journal":{"name":"NanoImpact","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 100559"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143828568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanoImpactPub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2025.100555
Claudio Natale , Francesca Tombolini , Riccardo Ferrante , Francesca Sebastiani , Andrea Gordiani , Maurizio Manigrasso , Antonio Esau Del Rio Castillo , Francesco Bonaccorso , Stefania Sabella , Fabio Boccuni
{"title":"Scaling up the graphene production from R&D to the pilot plant stage: Implications for workers' exposure to airborne nano-objects","authors":"Claudio Natale , Francesca Tombolini , Riccardo Ferrante , Francesca Sebastiani , Andrea Gordiani , Maurizio Manigrasso , Antonio Esau Del Rio Castillo , Francesco Bonaccorso , Stefania Sabella , Fabio Boccuni","doi":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100555","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100555","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Given the exceptional thermal, electrical, and mechanical properties of graphene, the interest is now shifting from scientific and technological application to industrial deployment, testified by the significant increase in demand for graphene-based products. Consequently, it is paramount that occupational safety and health (OSH) research now places utmost importance on ensuring the well-being of workers at every stage of graphene production. The present study evaluates workers' exposure potential during the production cycle of few-layer graphene (FLG) by liquid-phase exfoliation, incorporating the Prevention-through-Design approach in the transition from the laboratory scale to the pilot plant production. A measurement campaign was conducted according to the multi-metric approach proposed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and European Committee for Standardization guidelines. Multi-metric real-time instruments were used to determine particle number concentration (PNC), particle size distribution and lung deposited surface area (LDSA) along with time-integrated instrumentation to collect airborne ultrafine dust for off-line gravimetric analysis and chemical and morphological characterization. The obtained data indicate that the FLG powders storage, including the cleaning of equipment and surfaces, is the most critical step for exposed workers, with higher levels of PNC and LDSA compared to the other production phases. Recommendations for OSH risk mitigation strategies in the scaling up of the FLG production process have been proposed according to OSH principles for nano and advanced materials development. In particular, production and storage of FLG in liquid suspension or bound to a solid matrix should be preferred rather than in powder form. When not possible, a closed system with local exhaust ventilation is recommended. Finally, if the particles transport towards other areas of the plant is not properly mitigated, the sole use of personal protective equipment during the powder handling phases will be not sufficient for protecting workers from the potential exposure.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18786,"journal":{"name":"NanoImpact","volume":"38 ","pages":"Article 100555"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143673335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanoImpactPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2024.100539
Michael J. Burgum , Víctor Alcolea-Rodríguez , Hanna Saarelainen , Raquel Portela , Julián J. Reinosa , José F. Fernández , Verónica I. Dumit , Julia Catalán , Felice C. Simeone , Lara Faccani , Martin J.D. Clift , Stephen J. Evans , Miguel A. Bañares , Shareen H. Doak
{"title":"The dispersion method does not affect the in vitro genotoxicity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes despite inducing surface alterations","authors":"Michael J. Burgum , Víctor Alcolea-Rodríguez , Hanna Saarelainen , Raquel Portela , Julián J. Reinosa , José F. Fernández , Verónica I. Dumit , Julia Catalán , Felice C. Simeone , Lara Faccani , Martin J.D. Clift , Stephen J. Evans , Miguel A. Bañares , Shareen H. Doak","doi":"10.1016/j.impact.2024.100539","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.impact.2024.100539","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are a desirable class of high aspect ratio nanomaterials (HARNs) owing to their extensive applications. Given their demand, the growing occupational and consumer exposure to these materials has warranted an extensive investigation into potential hazards they may pose towards human health. This study utilised both the <em>in vitro</em> mammalian cell gene mutation and the cytokinesis-blocked micronucleus (CBMN) assays to investigate genotoxicity in human lymphoblastoid (TK6) and 16HBE14o<sup>−</sup> human lung epithelial cells, following exposure to NM-400 and NM-401 MWCNTs for 24 h. To evaluate the potential for secondary genotoxicity, the CBMN assay was applied on a co-culture of 16HBE14o<sup>−</sup> with differentiated human monocytic (dTHP-1) cells. In addition, two dispersion methods (NanoGenoTox <em>vs.</em> high shear mixing) were utilised prior to exposures and in acellular experiments to assess the effects on MWCNT oxidative potential, aspect ratio and surface properties. These were characterized <em>in chemico</em> as well as by electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. Structural damage of NM-400 was observed following both dispersion approaches; Raman spectra highlighted greater oxidative transformation under probe sonication as opposed to high shear mixing. Despite the changes to the oxidative potential of the MWCNTs, no statistically significant genotoxicity was observed under the conditions applied. There was also no visible signs of cellular internaliation of NM-400 or NM-401 into either cell type under the test conditions, which may support the negative genotoxic response. Whilst these HARNs may have oxidative potential, cells have natural protective mechanisms for repairing transient DNA damage. Therefore, it is crucial to evaluate biological endpoints which measure fixed DNA damage to account for the impact of DNA repair mechanisms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18786,"journal":{"name":"NanoImpact","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 100539"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142882467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanoImpactPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2025.100544
Julien Gigault , Mélanie Davranche
{"title":"Nanoplastics in focus: Exploring interdisciplinary approaches and future directions","authors":"Julien Gigault , Mélanie Davranche","doi":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100544","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100544","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nanoplastics (NPs) are gaining increasing attention due to their widespread distribution and potential environmental and biological impacts. Spanning a variety of ecosystems – from soils and rivers to oceans and polar ice – NPs interact with complex biological and geochemical processes, posing risks to organisms across multiple trophic levels. Despite their growing presence, understanding the behavior, transport, and toxicity of nanoplastics remains challenging due to their diverse physical and chemical properties as well as the heterogeneity of environmental matrices. Currently, nanoplastics are often studied alongside microplastics as a single, homogeneous group, which obscures the nuanced behavior of NPs, particularly in terms of their colloidal properties and interactions within ecosystems. This perspective aims to highlight the critical gaps in nanoplastics research, stressing the importance for field studies and advanced detection/quantification methods to better capture their behavior across environmental interfaces. We advocate for a more integrated approach that account for the dynamic interactions between nanoplastics and surrounding biological, chemical, and physical environments, especially across key ecological gradients. Furthermore, long-term and transgenerational studies are essential to assess the chronic impacts of low-concentration nanoplastics exposure. Innovative and appropriate methodologies are needed to explore NP fate, transport, and toxicity in realistic environmental conditions. By combining advanced experimental tools, field studies, and ecological modeling frameworks, this paper outlines provides a roadmap for advancing our understanding of nanoplastics and their broader ecological impacts, ultimately shaping more effective environmental monitoring and mitigation strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18786,"journal":{"name":"NanoImpact","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 100544"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143029008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanoImpactPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2025.100543
Filip Kunc , Xiaomei Du , Andre Zborowski , Linda J. Johnston , David C. Kennedy
{"title":"Titanium dioxide nanoparticles - physicochemical characterization and cytotoxic risk","authors":"Filip Kunc , Xiaomei Du , Andre Zborowski , Linda J. Johnston , David C. Kennedy","doi":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100543","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100543","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Titanium dioxide (TiO<sub>2</sub>) nanoparticles (NPs) are incorporated into numerous consumer products yet data as to potential adverse health effects remains inconclusive. In this paper we physically characterize 16 nanoforms of TiO<sub>2</sub> from different manufacturers of different size, crystalline structure and surface chemistry. Physical measurements of the particles were performed and compared with those provided by manufacturers revealing several discrepancies. We then examined the biological effects of these particles in cell culture in 3 commonly used cell lines for testing materials. We were unable to validate that anatase particles are more cytotoxic than rutile particles as has been reported, and generally found that the particles produced few effects and no significant production of reactive oxygen species under the conditions used. While some particles do exhibit a dose dependent cytotoxicity that increases over time in some cell lines, the effects were not consistent between cell lines and do not appear to be linked to crystalline structure or any of the specific physical characteristics that were measured including, size, charge and surface composition, nor a correlation with the production of reactive oxygen species.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18786,"journal":{"name":"NanoImpact","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 100543"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143040298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanoImpactPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2025.100550
Shihao Zhao , Ruihao Xu , Xiangying Liu , Yifan Wang , Yanji Jiang
{"title":"Effect of carbon chain length and concentration of perfluorinated compounds on polytetrafluoroethylene microplastics transport behavior","authors":"Shihao Zhao , Ruihao Xu , Xiangying Liu , Yifan Wang , Yanji Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100550","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100550","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA), as important components of perfluorinated compounds (PFAS), are not only ecologically hazardous, but also have surfactant properties that can alter the transport behavior of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) in porous media. In this experiment, the effect of PFAS on the transport of PTFE in porous media under different pH, ionic strength (IS) and ion valence states was studied. The results showed that the recovery rate of PTFE decreased gradually with the decrease of pH and the increase of IS and ion valence states. When the above conditions change, the double electron layer on the microplastic surface is compressed, the absolute value of zeta potential decreases, the repulsion between each other decreases, and aggregation and deposition are more likely. In addition, it was found that the recovery rate of PTFE co-transported with long chain PFOA was higher than that of short chain PFPeA. This phenomenon may be caused by the adhesion ability of PFOA with long carbon chain on the surface of PTFE is greater than that of PFPeA with short carbon chain. On the other hand, PFAS with different carbon chain lengths produce different spatial site resistance effects after binding with particles, and the spatial site resistance produced by the long-chain PFOA is larger than that of the short-chain PFPeA, leading to a decrease in particle-to-particle aggregation and a better transport effect. This study will help to understand the effects of PFAS with different carbon chain lengths on the transport of microplastics in porous media, as well as the transport rule of PTFE under different conditions, and provide reference value for the calculation of its flux in soil.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18786,"journal":{"name":"NanoImpact","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 100550"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143488925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impacts of polyglycolic acid and analogues on glycolipid metabolism and circadian behavior in zebrafish","authors":"Liang Wen , Shuhui Zhang , Jialu Luan , Tian Yin , Xizeng Feng","doi":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100546","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100546","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>For the past few years, new biodegradable polymers, such as polyglycolic acid (PGA) and polylactic acid (PLA), have been promising materials to solve the remarkable environmental issue, of microplastics (MPs) pollution. In this research, the impacts of five MPs, including PGA, PLA, polybutylene succinate (PBS), polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), and polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT), were analyzed on zebrafish with different concentrations. We found that PGA and PLA at 1 mg/L did not have obvious effects on liver function, glucose level, and circadian rhythm in larvae. However, Exposure to PBS, PHA, and PBAT at 1 mg/L could cause mild pathological injury of the liver and decreased glucose levels. Furthermore, exposure to PBS, PHA, and PBAT at 100 mg/L caused abnormal early development and pathological injury of the liver, increased ALT and TG levels, as well as decreased glucose levels. The molecular explanation of this was the variational expression levels of genes related to many aspects of biochemical pathways, such as oxidative stress, apoptosis, endoplasmic reticulum stress, fatty acid oxidation, and glucose metabolism. Meanwhile, larvae exposed to PBS, PHA, and PBAT at 100 mg/L showed chaos in circadian behaviors, accompanied by the disturbed expression of clock genes. Overall, we observed a greater adverse effect of PBS, PHA, and PBAT relative to PLA and PGA when we compared the effects induced by five MPs at the same exposure concentration. Our study provided important data to evaluate the ecological risk of new biodegradable polymers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18786,"journal":{"name":"NanoImpact","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 100546"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143123386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanoImpactPub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2025.100547
Yuchao Song , Surendra Balraadjsing , Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg , Martina G. Vijver
{"title":"Predicting the dissolution of metal-based nanoparticles by means of QSPRs and the effect of data augmentation","authors":"Yuchao Song , Surendra Balraadjsing , Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg , Martina G. Vijver","doi":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100547","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.impact.2025.100547","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Particle dissolution is a critical process in the environmental fate assessment of metal-based nanoparticles (MNPs). Numerous attempts have been made previously to adequately quantify dissolution (kinetics), however, existing dissolution data and models are generally limited to a few nanomaterials or specific time points. Hence, they only capture phases of the process. This study aimed to develop a Quantitative Structure-Property Relationship (QSPR) model to predict the ion release (in %) of MNPs for different time points and water chemistry conditions. Furthermore, many machine learning models are frequently plagued by a lack of data and recently data augmentation has been suggested as a method to mitigate this issue. Therefore, we also investigated the effects of data augmentation on QSPRs. Following data collection from literature, QSPR models were generated and results indicate models with adequate performance (R<sup>2</sup> > 0.7). Results also demonstrated significant improvements in model performance with increasing amounts of applied data augmentation. However, a deeper evaluation of the results also highlighted that data augmentation can lead to misleading and overoptimistic model evaluation. Thus, proper model assessment is necessary when evaluating QSPRs. Variable importance analysis results revealed that the “initial concentration” and features related to the size and shape of MNPs were the most critical factors in the dissolution process. The predictive models generated here for MNP dissolution can improve nanomaterial testing efficiency and guide experimental design.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18786,"journal":{"name":"NanoImpact","volume":"37 ","pages":"Article 100547"},"PeriodicalIF":4.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143378928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}