ChemospherePub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-28DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143862
Ming Li, Yang Wang, Zhangfeng Shen, Mingshu Chi, Chen Lv, Chenyang Li, Li Bai, Hamdy Khamees Thabet, Salah M El-Bahy, Mohamed M Ibrahim, Lai Fatt Chuah, Pau Loke Show, Xiaolin Zhao
{"title":"Retraction notice to \"Investigation on the evolution of hydrothermal biochar\"[Chemosphere 307 (2022) 135774].","authors":"Ming Li, Yang Wang, Zhangfeng Shen, Mingshu Chi, Chen Lv, Chenyang Li, Li Bai, Hamdy Khamees Thabet, Salah M El-Bahy, Mohamed M Ibrahim, Lai Fatt Chuah, Pau Loke Show, Xiaolin Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143862","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143862","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal).<This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors-in-Chief. A journal-wide investigation by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team identified violations of the journal's policies on authorship and conflict of interest related to the submission and review of this paper. Multiple authorship changes were made during the revision of this paper; two authors were removed and the authors Hamdy Khamees Thabet, Salah M. El-Bahy, Mohamed M. Ibrahim were added to the revised paper without validation or authorisation. In addition, review of this submission was handled by Guest Editor Kuan Shiong Khoo despite an extensive record of collaboration, including co-publication, with one of the paper co-authors (Pau Loke Show). This compromised the editorial process and breached the journal's policies. The authors disagree with this retraction and dispute the grounds for it.>.</p>","PeriodicalId":93933,"journal":{"name":"Chemosphere","volume":" ","pages":"143862"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142904389","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}
ChemospherePub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-31DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.144042
Sunmi Yang, Jiyun Gwak, Mungi Kim, Jihyun Cha, Youngnam Kim, Yeonjung Lee, Hyo-Bang Moon, Seongjin Hong
{"title":"Spatial and vertical distribution of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the water columns of the regional seas of South Korea.","authors":"Sunmi Yang, Jiyun Gwak, Mungi Kim, Jihyun Cha, Youngnam Kim, Yeonjung Lee, Hyo-Bang Moon, Seongjin Hong","doi":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.144042","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.144042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study focused on analyzing the spatial and vertical distributions of 28 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), which comprised five precursors and three alternatives, in the water columns of the regional seas surrounding South Korea, such as the Yellow Sea (YS, Y1-Y10), East China Sea (ECS, EC1-EC6), South Sea (SS, S1-S5), and East Sea (ES, E1-E7). The concentrations of these PFASs detected in 204 seawater samples varied from below the limit of detection (<LOD) to 17 ng L<sup>-1</sup> in the YS, 0.26-17 ng L<sup>-1</sup> in the ECS, 0.08-3.4 ng L<sup>-1</sup> in the SS, and <LOD to 1.4 ng L<sup>-1</sup> in the ES, with perfluorooctanoic acid being identified as the most abundant compound. Principal component analysis grouped water masses and regions based on PFASs concentrations and compositions, enabling the identification of PFASs sources and their fate. PFASs are mainly derived from land and are transported via ocean currents, where their compositions tend to remain conservative. PFASs entering the YS are likely conveyed to the ES through ECS and SS, following the northward movement of the Taiwan Warm Current and Kuroshio Current. The ECS serves as a mixing zone for PFASs from various sources. This study provides valuable baseline data for understanding PFASs transport and the characteristics of water masses in the regional seas around South Korea.</p>","PeriodicalId":93933,"journal":{"name":"Chemosphere","volume":" ","pages":"144042"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142904405","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}
ChemospherePub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-15DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143903
Megan Liu, Sicco H Brandsma, Erika Schreder
{"title":"Corrigendum to 'From e-waste to living space: Flame retardants contaminating household items add to concern about plastic recycling' [Chemosphere 365 (2024) 143319].","authors":"Megan Liu, Sicco H Brandsma, Erika Schreder","doi":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143903","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143903","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93933,"journal":{"name":"Chemosphere","volume":" ","pages":"143903"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142831085","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}
ChemospherePub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-14DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143823
Nguyen-Sy Toan, Do Hong Hanh, Nguyen Thi Dong Phuong, Phan Thi Thuy, Pham Duy Dong, Nguyen Thanh Gia, Le Duc Tam, Tran Thi Ngoc Thu, Do Thi Van Thanh, Kuan Shiong Khoo, Pau Loke Show
{"title":"Retraction notice to \"Effects of burning rice straw residue on-field on soil organic carbon pools: Environment-friendly approach from a conventional rice paddy in central Viet Nam\"[Chemosphere 294 (2022) 133596].","authors":"Nguyen-Sy Toan, Do Hong Hanh, Nguyen Thi Dong Phuong, Phan Thi Thuy, Pham Duy Dong, Nguyen Thanh Gia, Le Duc Tam, Tran Thi Ngoc Thu, Do Thi Van Thanh, Kuan Shiong Khoo, Pau Loke Show","doi":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143823","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143823","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93933,"journal":{"name":"Chemosphere","volume":" ","pages":"143823"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142824551","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}
ChemospherePub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-22DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143966
Wenbo You, Linyunuo Lai, Jiahui Li, Yingying Zhao, Jie Tian, Liwu Zhang, Jia Hong Pan
{"title":"Encapsulation of fluorescent carbon dots into mesoporous SiO<sub>2</sub> colloidal spheres by surface functionalization-assisted cooperative assembly for high-contrast latent fingerprint development.","authors":"Wenbo You, Linyunuo Lai, Jiahui Li, Yingying Zhao, Jie Tian, Liwu Zhang, Jia Hong Pan","doi":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143966","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143966","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Exploiting solid powder fluorescence holds significant potential in diverse domains including medicine and forensics. Conventional fingerprint detection methods often fall short due to low contrast, sensitivity, and high toxicity. To addressing these challenges, we present a novel method for latent fingerprint detection using fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) encapsulated into conventional or mesoporous SiO<sub>2</sub> colloidal spheres (CD@SiO<sub>2</sub> or CDs@m-SiO<sub>2</sub>) through a surface functionalization-assisted cooperative assembly process. The synthesized monodisperse CDs@SiO<sub>2</sub> and CDs@m-SiO<sub>2</sub> spheres, with tuning particle size, adjustable porosity and pore size, and highly dispersed CDs, exhibit improved fingerprint visibility and contrast on various substrates such as glass, stainless steel, and plastic. CDs located in SiO<sub>2</sub> with excellent affinity effectively avoids their solid-state self-quenching phenomenon, which, coupling with mesoporous SiO<sub>2</sub> shell, maximumly retains their fluorescence properties. Our method demonstrates a high contrast, selectivity, and sensitivity in fingerprint detection, offering an environmentally friendly and healthy alternative to conventional techniques, and showcasing a facile route to novel solid-state CDs-based fluorescent materials for forensic analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":93933,"journal":{"name":"Chemosphere","volume":" ","pages":"143966"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142873146","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}
{"title":"Retraction notice to \"Advanced insights on removal of antibiotics by microalgae-bacteria consortia: A state-of-the-art review and emerging prospects\"[Chemosphere 307 (2022) 136117].","authors":"Zeyuan Wang, Yuhao Chu, Haixing Chang, Peng Xie, Chaofan Zhang, Fanghua Li, Shih-Hsin Ho","doi":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143865","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143865","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal). <This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors-in-Chief. A journal-wide investigation by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team identified violations of the journal's policies on conflict of interest related to the submission and review of this paper. Review of this submission was handled by Guest Editor Pau Loke Show despite an extensive record of collaboration, including co-publication, with one of the paper co-authors (Shih-Hsin Ho). There was a significant increase of citations of papers authored by the Guest Editor between the original submission and the revised version. In summary, 2 papers by Show were cited in the original version of the paper. This increased to 8 papers in the revised version. Acceptance of the article was partly based upon the positive advice of a reviewer who was closely linked to one of the authors (Ho). This compromised the editorial process and breached the journal's policies. The authors have not responded to this retraction.>.</p>","PeriodicalId":93933,"journal":{"name":"Chemosphere","volume":" ","pages":"143865"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142901102","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}
ChemospherePub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-20DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143961
Norfarina Bahari, Norhashila Hashim, Khalina Abdan, Abdah Mohd Akim, Bernard Maringgal, Laith Al-Shdifat
{"title":"Green-synthesised silver and zinc oxide nanoparticles from stingless bee honey: Morphological characterisation, antimicrobial action, and cytotoxic assessment.","authors":"Norfarina Bahari, Norhashila Hashim, Khalina Abdan, Abdah Mohd Akim, Bernard Maringgal, Laith Al-Shdifat","doi":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143961","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143961","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) and zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) using an aqueous extract of stingless bee honey (SBH) as a reducing and stabilising agent. The rich compositions of SBH containing flavonoids, phenolics, organic acids, sugars, and enzymes makes the SBH extract an ideal biocompatible precursor for the NPs synthesis. Physicochemical characterisation of the synthesised NPs was performed using UV-Vis spectroscopy, FESEM, TEM, XRD, and FTIR spectroscopy. The results revealed that the Ag-NPs and ZnO-NPs exhibited polydispersity, with size ranges between 25-50 nm and 15-30 nm, respectively. A majority of the NPs possessed a spherical morphology. Furthermore, the study evaluated the antimicrobial activity of the SBH-based NPs against gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus, ATCC 43300) and gram-negative (Escherichia coli, ATCC 25922) bacteria. The findings demonstrated significantly higher antimicrobial efficacy of the Ag-NPs with a zone of inhibition (ZOI) of 16.91 mm against S. aureus, and 17.43 mm against E. coli compared to the ZnO-NPs which having a ZOI of 13.05 mm and 14.01 mm, respectively. Notably, cytotoxicity assays revealed no adverse effects of the synthesised NPs on normal mouse fibroblast (3T3) and human lung fibroblast (MRC5) cells up to 100 μg/ml of concentration. These findings suggest the potential of SBH-based Ag-NPs and ZnO-NPs as safe and effective antibacterial agents for various applications, including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, ointments, and lotions.</p>","PeriodicalId":93933,"journal":{"name":"Chemosphere","volume":" ","pages":"143961"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142857333","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}
ChemospherePub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-20DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143967
Natalia Bulawska, Anita Sosnowska, Dominika Kowalska, Maciej Stępnik, Tomasz Puzyn
{"title":"PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances) as EDCs (endocrine-disrupting chemicals) - Identification of compounds with high potential to bind to selected terpenoids NHRs (nuclear hormone receptors).","authors":"Natalia Bulawska, Anita Sosnowska, Dominika Kowalska, Maciej Stępnik, Tomasz Puzyn","doi":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143967","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143967","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective of the subsequent study was to examine the probability of PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances) binding to various NHRs (nuclear hormone receptors) and to identify their structural features that contribute most to the binding score (BS). We evaluated the BS for PFAS in relation to 7 selected NHRs - 4 with additional antagonist forms (Retinoid X receptor alpha - RXRα, Liver X receptor alpha - LXRα, Liver X receptor beta - LXRβ, Estrogen receptor alpha - ERα, Estrogen receptor alpha antagonist - anti-ERα, Estrogen receptor beta - ERβ, Estrogen receptor beta antagonist - anti-ERβ, Glucocorticoid receptor - GR, Glucocorticoid receptor antagonist - anti-GR, Androgen receptor - AR, Androgen receptor antagonist - anti-AR). We based our study on the results of molecular docking, which we used to develop MLR-QSAR (Multiple Linear Regression - Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship) models. The models we developed allowed us to predict the BS for an extensive set of PFAS compounds from the NORMAN database (more than 4000) - virtual screening. The probability of PFAS binding to selected receptors was determined by structural features such as particle size, branching, and fluorine content. These variables were also identified in the literature reports of experimental studies as the most important for this group of compounds. The research focused on receptors from the terpenoid group. The RXRα, LXRα and β, GR, and anti-GR receptors were shown to be the group less likely to be affected by PFAS. Sex hormones such as AR, anti-AR, ERα and ERβ with their antagonist forms are the most affected.</p>","PeriodicalId":93933,"journal":{"name":"Chemosphere","volume":" ","pages":"143967"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142857357","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}
ChemospherePub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-28DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143828
Gizem Tiris, Mohammad Mehmandoust, Hayam M Lotfy, Nevin Erk, Sang-Woo Joo, Elena-Niculina Dragoi, Yasser Vasseghian
{"title":"Retraction notice to \"Simultaneous determination of hydrochlorothiazide, amlodipine, and telmisartan with spectrophotometric and HPLC green chemistry applications\"[Chemosphere 303 (2022) 135074].","authors":"Gizem Tiris, Mohammad Mehmandoust, Hayam M Lotfy, Nevin Erk, Sang-Woo Joo, Elena-Niculina Dragoi, Yasser Vasseghian","doi":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143828","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143828","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies/article-withdrawal). <This article has been retracted at the request of the Editors-in-Chief. A journal-wide investigation by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team identified violations of the journal's policies on conflict of interest related to the submission and review of this paper. Review of this submission was handled by Guest Editor Fateme Karimi despite an extensive record of collaboration, including co-publication, with two of the paper co-authors (Yasser Vasseghian, Nevin Erk). Acceptance of the article was partly based upon the positive advice of a reviewer who was closely linked to one of the authors (Vasseghian). This compromised the editorial process and breached the journal's policies. The authors disagree with this retraction and dispute the grounds for it.>.</p>","PeriodicalId":93933,"journal":{"name":"Chemosphere","volume":" ","pages":"143828"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142782138","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}