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Browsing FAIR Transformation Product Information with FAIR-TPs 使用FAIR- tps浏览FAIR转化产品信息。
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ACS Environmental Au Pub Date : 2026-05-20 Epub Date: 2026-03-06 DOI: 10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00314
Bashir Mayahi, Emma H. Palm, Emma L. Schymanski
{"title":"Browsing FAIR Transformation Product Information with FAIR-TPs","authors":"Bashir Mayahi,&nbsp;Emma H. Palm,&nbsp;Emma L. Schymanski","doi":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00314","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00314","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Considering transformation products (TPs) in environmentalstudiesremains a huge challenge for scientists, from identification in samplesvia mass spectrometry to inclusion in chemical regulation. This articleintroduces FAIR-TPs, a Web site to browse openly available TP datacollated from literature sources. The data is sourced from severalcommunity-contributed environmental data sets on the NORMAN SuspectList Exchange (NORMAN-SLE), plus a data set from ChEMBL availablethrough PubChem, with links to templates and contact details to encouragefurther community contributions. The data are compiled regularly usingan open source workflow, archived and versioned on Zenodo under aCC-BY license, then processed and displayed on FAIR-TPs. FAIR-TPscurrently contains 11,190 reactions involving 9,435 compounds from11 sources, covering human and environmental transformations throughto high energy water treatment reactions. A graph-based representationof the transformations (compounds as nodes and reactions as edges)is stored in a Neo4j database as a Directed Graph and made publiclyaccessible online through a Django Web Application. Users can retrievethe shortest directed pathways between predecessors (parents) andsuccessors (transformation products/metabolites), search by SMARTSsubstructures, or explore local reaction neighborhood data on individualcompounds. Interactive network visualizations provide ways for usersto view multistep transformations in a smooth, user-friendly interface,while exploring transformation pathways. The compound/reaction metadataprovide links to further information about the chemicals and datasources. Key statistics, including number of reactions/compounds,top compounds, reaction types, and mass differences are summarizedfrom the current data set. FAIR-TPs is designed to be a public resourceto support suspect and nontarget screening workflows, helping scientistsidentify data gaps and interpret complex transformation reactions.The FAIR-TPs website is openly available at https://fairtps.lcsb.uni.lu.</p>","PeriodicalId":29801,"journal":{"name":"ACS Environmental Au","volume":"6 3","pages":"513–522"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148017757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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If We Build It, Will They Use It? Aligning Resource Recovery Design with Place-Based Social Systems 如果我们建造了它,他们会使用它吗?将资源恢复设计与基于地点的社会系统结合起来。
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ACS Environmental Au Pub Date : 2026-05-20 Epub Date: 2026-03-02 DOI: 10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00266
Jayce D. Sudweeks, Helen Rosko, Matthew R. Landsman, Francisco Cubas, Lewis S. Rowles
{"title":"If We Build It, Will They Use It? Aligning Resource Recovery Design with Place-Based Social Systems","authors":"Jayce D. Sudweeks,&nbsp;Helen Rosko,&nbsp;Matthew R. Landsman,&nbsp;Francisco Cubas,&nbsp;Lewis S. Rowles","doi":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00266","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00266","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recovering water,nutrients, energy, and critical materials fromwaste streams is essential for building resilient and circular watersystems. Yet many recovery technologies fail to achieve adoption orpersistence beyond pilot scales because they overlook the social andinstitutional contexts that shape implementation. This Perspectivereframes resource recovery as an adaptive challenge, i.e., one thatdepends as much on governance capacity, trust, and collective learningas on technical optimization. We propose a watershed- and place-basedframework that situates recovery systems within the ecological andinstitutional boundaries where communities, infrastructure, and governanceintersect. Within this discussion, the Community Capitals Frameworkoffers a practical tool to operationalize places and diagnose socialreadiness by mapping the human, social, financial, and political assetsthat enable or constrain system adoption. Finally, we highlight therole of the engineer as a boundary spanner, who bridges technicaland social domains to coproduce solutions that are legitimate, resilient,and locally grounded. This Perspective advances existing socio-technicalapproaches by integrating watershed-scale governance, place-baseddesign, and the Community Capitals Framework into a single, operationallens that helps engineers diagnose implementation barriers and intentionallydesign resource recovery systems for social legitimacy, resilience,and long-term adoption.</p>","PeriodicalId":29801,"journal":{"name":"ACS Environmental Au","volume":"6 3","pages":"358–374"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148017711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Ferroptosis and Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Triggered by Environmentally Relevant Nanoscale Polypropylene Plastics in Human Intestinal Models 环境相关纳米级聚丙烯塑料在人体肠道模型中引发的铁死亡和Wnt/β-Catenin信号传导
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ACS Environmental Au Pub Date : 2026-05-20 Epub Date: 2026-03-18 DOI: 10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00303
Sadman Sakib, Maohui Chen, Stephanie Skerrett, Daniel Prezgot, Magda Vandenberg, Adrian F. Pegoraro, Zygmunt J. Jakubek, Zeina Maan, Shan Zou
{"title":"Ferroptosis and Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Triggered by Environmentally Relevant Nanoscale Polypropylene Plastics in Human Intestinal Models","authors":"Sadman Sakib,&nbsp;Maohui Chen,&nbsp;Stephanie Skerrett,&nbsp;Daniel Prezgot,&nbsp;Magda Vandenberg,&nbsp;Adrian F. Pegoraro,&nbsp;Zygmunt J. Jakubek,&nbsp;Zeina Maan,&nbsp;Shan Zou","doi":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00303","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00303","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Nanoplastics generatedthrough environmental weatheringmay disruptepithelial barrier integrity by promoting oxidative damage and inflammation,yet most studies rely solely on pristine synthetic particles thatlack surface chemistries representative of real-world aged plastics.Here, we investigated the biological effects of environmentally relevantnanoscale polypropylene reference material (NPPP-1) produced by laserablation and evaluated its material-specific responses under matchedparticle-number exposure conditions, in comparison with pristine andultraviolet-aged synthetic polypropylene in human small intestinalorganoids (HSIOs) and human intestinal epithelial cells. NPPP-1 inducedoxidative stress, with elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS), lipidperoxidation, and DNA oxidation, accompanied by upregulation of genesand proteins associated with inflammation, ROS, and cell death pathways.Functional assays revealed concomitant activation of ferroptosis,apoptosis, and pyroptosis. Ferroptosis was the primary driver of celldeath, as evidenced by partial rescue of viability mediated by ferroptosisinhibitor ferrostatin-1. In HSIOs, NPPP-1 triggered nuclear translocationand accumulation of β-catenin and upregulated the Wnt targetgene <em>Axin2</em>. Ferroptosis inhibition reduced Wnt upregulation,suggesting activation of regenerative signaling that serves to mitigateferroptotic stress. Indeed, inhibition of this pathway increased lipidperoxidation and reduced viability, further indicating a compensatoryresponse to counter ferroptotic stress. Imaging and spectroscopicanalyses confirmed internalization of NPPP-1 within the epitheliallayers, linking the presence of particles to biological effects. Thesefindings demonstrate that environmentally relevant nanoscale plasticssuch as NPPP-1 elicit oxidative stress-driven cell death while simultaneouslyactivating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway as a protective response.The combined degenerative and compensatory dynamics highlight theimportance of using realistic nanoscale plastic materials and advanced3D organoid systems to assess human health risks under conditionsthat mimic real-world exposures.</p>","PeriodicalId":29801,"journal":{"name":"ACS Environmental Au","volume":"6 3","pages":"471–486"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148017719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Temporal and Spatial Effect Distribution on Soil Erosion from Nationwide Forest Restoration Policies in China Revealed by Causal Machine Learning 基于因果机器学习的全国森林恢复政策对土壤侵蚀的时空影响
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ACS Environmental Au Pub Date : 2026-03-18 Epub Date: 2026-02-16 DOI: 10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00218
Zhouyi Liu, Qi Zhou, Mimi Gong, Shen Qu
{"title":"Temporal and Spatial Effect Distribution on Soil Erosion from Nationwide Forest Restoration Policies in China Revealed by Causal Machine Learning","authors":"Zhouyi Liu,&nbsp;Qi Zhou,&nbsp;Mimi Gong,&nbsp;Shen Qu","doi":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00218","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00218","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Bonn Challenge and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restorationpromoteglobal forest restoration, while the implementation mechanisms andtheir ecological effects remain insufficiently understood. This studyfocuses on China’s Natural Forest Protection Program (NFPP)as a case study to address this gap. The study uses a causal machinelearning approach, i.e., the forest doubly robust learner, to investigatethe individual treatment effect by dividing the NFPP implementationinto three phases (1–5, 6–14, and 15–20 years)to capture short-term and long-term policy impacts. Provincial-levelpanel data (1998–2020), incorporating indicators of the naturalenvironment, socioeconomic factors, and ecological governance areused. The results show that the NFPP significantly reduced soil erosionafter 15 years of implementation. The policy’s effectivenessdiffered regionally, contingent on nonlinear thresholds that delineatespecific ″efficiency traps″ and ″safe operatingspaces″. Crucially, driving mechanisms underwent a structuraltransition, shifting from early anthropogenic disturbance dominanceto mature natural background regulation. Mitigation outcomes wereconstrained by stressors such as extreme rainfall and population density.Notably, excessive afforestation in specific regions failed to yieldbenefits, exemplifying the adverse trade-offs of violating ecologicalthresholds. These findings underscore the critical need for long-termcommitment and precision governance to ensure sustainable ecologicalresilience.</p>","PeriodicalId":29801,"journal":{"name":"ACS Environmental Au","volume":"6 2","pages":"261–272"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147499870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Upcycling Industrial Polyphenylsulfone Waste into a High-Performance, Non-fluorinated Photothermal Membrane for Sustainable Desalination 将工业聚苯砜废物升级为高性能、无氟光热膜用于可持续海水淡化。
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ACS Environmental Au Pub Date : 2026-03-18 Epub Date: 2026-01-15 DOI: 10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00231
Weerapong Bootluck, Michaela Olisha Lobregas, M. Rafli Habibillah, Ratthapol Rangkupan, Yu-Ming Tu, Sarawut Rimdusit, Chalida Klaysom
{"title":"Upcycling Industrial Polyphenylsulfone Waste into a High-Performance, Non-fluorinated Photothermal Membrane for Sustainable Desalination","authors":"Weerapong Bootluck,&nbsp;Michaela Olisha Lobregas,&nbsp;M. Rafli Habibillah,&nbsp;Ratthapol Rangkupan,&nbsp;Yu-Ming Tu,&nbsp;Sarawut Rimdusit,&nbsp;Chalida Klaysom","doi":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00231","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00231","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Photothermal membranedistillation (PMD) offers a sustainablepathwayfor freshwater production, yet its progress depends on developinghigh-performance membranes made from environmentally benign materials.To address the growing concern over the environmental persistenceof fluorinated polymers, this study utilizes non-fluorinated, postindustrialpolyphenylsulfone (w-PPSU) waste as a sustainable polymer source forfabricating photothermal membranes. Electrospun w-PPSU nanofiberswere surface-modified with magnetite/black titania (Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/b-TiO<sub>2</sub>) nanocomposites synthesized at varyingb-TiO<sub>2</sub> concentrations and subsequently sealed with a thinhydrophobic polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) coating. The best-performingmembrane (M-F/bT-50) demonstrated rapid solar-driven heating, elevatingits surface temperature to 91.1 °C within 120 s under 1 kWm<sup>–2</sup> irradiation. In desalination tests at a minimal temperaturedifference (Δ<em>T</em> = 15 °C), this membraneachieved a water flux of 3.27 Lm<sup>–2</sup>h<sup>–1</sup>, a salt rejection of 99.74%, and a photothermal conversion efficiencyof 69.87%. Furthermore, the membrane maintained performance over multipleacidic cleaning cycles, demonstrating high flux recovery and regenerability.This work not only introduces an effective material system for efficientdesalination but also establishes a viable pathway for valorizingindustrial polymer waste into advanced, environmentally responsibletechnologies, contributing directly to the principles of a circulareconomy.</p>","PeriodicalId":29801,"journal":{"name":"ACS Environmental Au","volume":"6 2","pages":"322–334"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147500007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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ACS Environmental Au Honors Rising Stars in Environmental Research in 2025 ACS环境Au在2025年表彰环境研究的新星。
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ACS Environmental Au Pub Date : 2026-03-18 DOI: 10.1021/acsenvironau.6c00057
Xiang-Dong Li, Ian T. Cousins, Xing-Fang Li, Kunal Gupta
{"title":"ACS Environmental Au Honors Rising Stars in Environmental Research in 2025","authors":"Xiang-Dong Li,&nbsp;Ian T. Cousins,&nbsp;Xing-Fang Li,&nbsp;Kunal Gupta","doi":"10.1021/acsenvironau.6c00057","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsenvironau.6c00057","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29801,"journal":{"name":"ACS Environmental Au","volume":"6 2","pages":"169–173"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147499962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Plastic Valorization into Added-Value Products via Microwave and Conventional Pyrolysis: A Review 微波与常规热解塑料增值产品研究进展
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ACS Environmental Au Pub Date : 2026-03-18 Epub Date: 2026-01-06 DOI: 10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00077
Emmanuel Dan, Alan J. McCue, Davide Dionisi, Claudia Fernández Martín
{"title":"Plastic Valorization into Added-Value Products via Microwave and Conventional Pyrolysis: A Review","authors":"Emmanuel Dan,&nbsp;Alan J. McCue,&nbsp;Davide Dionisi,&nbsp;Claudia Fernández Martín","doi":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00077","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00077","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Plastics are indispensabledue to their versatility andlow cost,but their accumulation poses major environmental challenges. Conventionalwaste management methods like landfilling, incineration, and mechanicalrecycling are inadequate, spurring interest in advanced valorizationtechniques. Pyrolysis offers a pathway to convert plastic waste intovalue-added products; however, traditional pyrolysis is energy-intensive,requiring high temperatures and long reaction times. Microwave-assistedpyrolysis (MAPP) has emerged as a superior alternative, enabling rapidheating (up to 50 °C/min), lower temperatures (≤500 °C),and shorter reaction times (∼10 min). MAP improves energy efficiency,yield, and selectivity toward valuable fractions such as bitumen,toluene, xylene (BTX), and medium-chain olefins. This review uniquelycompares conventional pyrolysis and MAP for plastic waste conversion,analyzing process fundamentals, reactor designs, catalyst innovations(hierarchical, metal-modified, regenerable types), and product outcomes.Life cycle assessment data reveal MAP’s lower greenhouse gasemissions and water use compared to conventional pyrolysis, landfilling,and incineration. This work also highlights emerging applications,including hydrogen, jet fuel analogues, carbon nanotubes, and CO<sub>2</sub> adsorbents from char, especially from underexplored plasticslike PET, PS, and PVC. This work also systematically compares literaturedata across multiple studies, presenting the results in tabular form,while the identified gaps in catalyst standardization and productoptimization delineate important directions for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":29801,"journal":{"name":"ACS Environmental Au","volume":"6 2","pages":"174–195"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147499887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Assessing the Feasibility of Bioscrubbing for Flue Gas Treatment and Sulfur Recovery: A Comparative Study Using Mathematical Modeling, Life Cycle Analysis, and Life Cycle Costing 评估生物洗涤对烟气处理和硫回收的可行性:使用数学模型、生命周期分析和生命周期成本的比较研究。
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ACS Environmental Au Pub Date : 2026-03-18 Epub Date: 2025-12-22 DOI: 10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00216
Alessio Castagnoli, Eric Valdés, Francesco Pasciucco, Isabella Pecorini, Daniel González Alé, Giulio Munz, David Gabriel
{"title":"Assessing the Feasibility of Bioscrubbing for Flue Gas Treatment and Sulfur Recovery: A Comparative Study Using Mathematical Modeling, Life Cycle Analysis, and Life Cycle Costing","authors":"Alessio Castagnoli,&nbsp;Eric Valdés,&nbsp;Francesco Pasciucco,&nbsp;Isabella Pecorini,&nbsp;Daniel González Alé,&nbsp;Giulio Munz,&nbsp;David Gabriel","doi":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00216","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00216","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Industrial flue gas emissions are treated with technologiessuchas wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) in chemical scrubbers, whichare costly. Two-step biological scrubbers have emerged as an alternativefor bio-FGD. However, no holistic technoeconomic and environmentalcomparison of both approaches is yet available. This study evaluatesa conventional chemical scrubber (CS) and a bioscrubber (BS) treatingsulfur-rich off-gas from a sulfur-based pigment plant. The bioscrubberintegrates anaerobic sulfate reduction and partial sulfide oxidationto recover elemental sulfur and biogas. Two BS variants were analyzed,differing in carbon source for sulfate reduction: fossil-derived pureglycerin (BS-PG) and purified crude glycerol (BS-PCG). Mathematicalmodels were integrated with life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cyclecosting (LCC). Bioscrubbing enables resource recovery but stronglydepends on the carbon source: BS-PG raises environmental impacts inmost categories and increases greenhouse gas emissions to about 7277tCO<sub>2</sub>eq per year, compared with 1379 tCO<sub>2</sub>eq forCS, whereas BS-PCG limits them to 1599 tCO<sub>2</sub>eq and performsbetter than CS in several impact categories. Nonetheless, the energyand chemical demands for glycerol purification remain challenging.Sensitivity analyses identified gas flow rate, purge fraction, anddistance to disposal sites as crucial parameters, indicating thatbioscrubbing may be suited for medium-to-small plants. Economic analysisindicates that carbon source purchase dominates costs (≈1.6M€/year for BS-PG and 1.2 M€/year for BS-PCG), so feasibilityhinges on lowering glycerol prices and valorizing biogas. Overall,the integrated assessment highlights key trade-offs and design leversfor enhancing the sustainability and viability of bioscrubber systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":29801,"journal":{"name":"ACS Environmental Au","volume":"6 2","pages":"247–260"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147499958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Medical X‑ray Radiation Drives Chemodiversity of Indoor Organic Aerosols 医用X射线辐射驱动室内有机气溶胶的化学多样性。
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ACS Environmental Au Pub Date : 2026-03-18 Epub Date: 2026-02-17 DOI: 10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00229
Rui Liu, Siyi Lu, Shihui Feng, Ning Yang, Li Wu, Wei Hu, Junjun Deng, Libin Wu, Mingyao Yao, Zhijun Wu, Zhuonan Sun, Hao Wang, Pingqing Fu
{"title":"Medical X‑ray Radiation Drives Chemodiversity of Indoor Organic Aerosols","authors":"Rui Liu,&nbsp;Siyi Lu,&nbsp;Shihui Feng,&nbsp;Ning Yang,&nbsp;Li Wu,&nbsp;Wei Hu,&nbsp;Junjun Deng,&nbsp;Libin Wu,&nbsp;Mingyao Yao,&nbsp;Zhijun Wu,&nbsp;Zhuonan Sun,&nbsp;Hao Wang,&nbsp;Pingqing Fu","doi":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00229","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00229","url":null,"abstract":"<p>While ultraviolet-drivenphotochemistry influences organic aerosolsin typical indoor environments, the impact of high-energy medicalX-rays<span></span>despite their greater energy and direct health relevance<span></span>remainsunexplored in radiotherapy rooms. Here, we employed Fourier-transformion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) to characterizethe organic molecular compositions of fine particles (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) in three radiotherapy rooms and adjacent waiting areas. Resultsrevealed a 1.3–2.3-fold increase in molecular formulas underX-ray exposure, driven by fragmentation-oligomerization cycles. Diurnaloxygen-to-carbon (O/C) ratios varied from 0.31 to 0.35 in the daytimeand from 0.53 to 0.61 at night in three radiotherapy rooms, whichindicate a light-modulated oxidation. Critically, PAH precursors,dominated by CHO/CHON species with double bond equivalence (DBE) ≥10, were enriched by 1.31–2.83-fold in radiotherapy environments.These compounds correlated strongly with oxidative stress biomarkers,implying potential health risks. Mechanistically, fragmentation andoligomerization prevail, likely enhancing gas-phase oxidation andparticle-phase dimerization. Our findings necessitate air purificationtargeting reactive organics in medical radiation facilities to mitigateexposure risks.</p>","PeriodicalId":29801,"journal":{"name":"ACS Environmental Au","volume":"6 2","pages":"310–321"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147500026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Characterizing Particulate Organic Carbon Isotopes from Typical Emission Sources and Ambient Air in Beijing 北京典型排放源和环境空气颗粒物有机碳同位素特征
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ACS Environmental Au Pub Date : 2026-03-18 Epub Date: 2025-12-15 DOI: 10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00243
Xinyue Zhao, Meng Zeng, Yuheng Jiang, Junjie Dong, Zhitao Cai, Lijuan Qi, Zhining Zhang, Zhenyu Luo, Kebin He, Huan Liu
{"title":"Characterizing Particulate Organic Carbon Isotopes from Typical Emission Sources and Ambient Air in Beijing","authors":"Xinyue Zhao,&nbsp;Meng Zeng,&nbsp;Yuheng Jiang,&nbsp;Junjie Dong,&nbsp;Zhitao Cai,&nbsp;Lijuan Qi,&nbsp;Zhining Zhang,&nbsp;Zhenyu Luo,&nbsp;Kebin He,&nbsp;Huan Liu","doi":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00243","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00243","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Compound-specific stable carbon isotope analysis is aneffectivetechnique for identifying sources of atmospheric organic aerosols,but there are still issues such as low responsiveness to certain organiccomponents and the lack of δ<sup>13</sup>C data for emittedorganic components from sources which limit the widespread application.This study optimized the analytical methodologies using compound-specificisotope analysis to construct a stable carbon isotope database fororganic components in PM<sub>2.5</sub> from four typical sources inChina<span></span>vehicle exhaust, coal burning, biomass burning, and residentialemissions. Results show that for <em>n</em>-alkanes, biomassburning is the most <sup>13</sup>C-enriched source (−26.06‰± 1.27‰), while residential emissions are the most depleted(−29.10‰ ± 1.04‰). For PAHs, δ<sup>13</sup>C exhibit a clear gradient across sources, varying in theorder. Fatty acids also show distinct source-specific signatures,with biomass burning being the most <sup>13</sup>C-enriched and theonly source containing long-chain components &gt;C<sub>22</sub>, whileresidential emissions exhibit a higher proportion of unsaturated acids,indicating a cooking-related origin. Application of a Bayesian mixingmodel to winter and summer aerosol samples from Beijing revealed that <em>n</em>-alkanes mainly originate from biomass burning (summer:60.7% ± 4.3%; winter: 62.8% ± 3.9%), with relatively stablesource contributions. In contrast, PAH sources showed significantseasonal variation: vehicle emissions dominated in summer (76.3% ±20.8%), while coal combustion increased to 34.9% ± 21.7% in winter.Fatty acids were primarily derived from biomass burning and residentialemissions. This study filled the critical gap in δ<sup>13</sup>C fingerprint data for fatty acids and <em>n</em>-alkanesfrom emission sources, laying a foundation for precise source apportionmentof atmospheric particulate matter. The observed shifts in source profilesreflect the effectiveness of energy structure transitions under coalcontrol policies, providing a scientific basis for targeted air pollutionmanagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":29801,"journal":{"name":"ACS Environmental Au","volume":"6 2","pages":"335–345"},"PeriodicalIF":9.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147500000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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