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}
ChemospherePub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-13DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143839
Sunil Kumar Sharma, Amit Kumar, Gaurav Sharma, Dai-Viet N Vo, Alberto García-Peñas, Omid Moradi, Mika Sillanpää
{"title":"Retraction notice to \"MXenes based nano-heterojunctions and composites for advanced photocatalytic environmental detoxification and energy conversion: A review\" [Chemosphere 291 (2022) 132923].","authors":"Sunil Kumar Sharma, Amit Kumar, Gaurav Sharma, Dai-Viet N Vo, Alberto García-Peñas, Omid Moradi, Mika Sillanpää","doi":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143839","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143839","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93933,"journal":{"name":"Chemosphere","volume":" ","pages":"143839"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142824581","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.2024.143968
Anara Omarova, Olga P Ibragimova, Madina Tursumbayeva, Bauyrzhan Bukenov, Kazbek Tursun, Ravkat Mukhtarov, Ferhat Karaca, Nassiba Baimatova
{"title":"Emerging threats in Сentral Asia: Comparative characterization of organic and elemental carbon in ambient PM<sub>2.5</sub> in urban cities of Kazakhstan.","authors":"Anara Omarova, Olga P Ibragimova, Madina Tursumbayeva, Bauyrzhan Bukenov, Kazbek Tursun, Ravkat Mukhtarov, Ferhat Karaca, Nassiba Baimatova","doi":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143968","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143968","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study (June 2022-July 2023) investigates the atmospheric concentrations of carbonaceous species, including organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC), in PM<sub>2.5</sub> in two major cities in Kazakhstan. Samples were collected from two sites in Almaty (Seifullin and KazNU) and one in Astana. The results showed that Almaty had significantly higher annual average concentrations of OC (10.8 and 10.5 μg/m<sup>3</sup>) and EC (1.68 and 1.87 μg/m<sup>3</sup>) compared to Astana (OC: 7.1 μg/m<sup>3</sup>, EC: 0.61 μg/m<sup>3</sup>). Both cities exhibited pronounced seasonal variations, with significantly elevated concentrations (1.5-3.4 times for OC, 2.1-4.8 times for EC) during the heating season compared to the non-heating season. This indicates a significant influence of coal and biomass combustion for heating on carbonaceous aerosol concentrations. Both cities' OC/EC ratios varied widely (2.6-39.4), showing strong positive correlations (0.61-0.94) across all seasons except summer, suggesting a common primary emission source. Primary organic carbon dominated OC levels in winter (71-74%), whereas secondary organic carbon contributed significantly to OC concentrations in summer (43-50%). Higher OC-EC concentrations correlated with lower atmospheric visibility values. The OC-EC contributions to the total light extinction coefficient were estimated to be 15.3-15.9% for Almaty and 12.0% for Astana stations.</p>","PeriodicalId":93933,"journal":{"name":"Chemosphere","volume":" ","pages":"143968"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142857329","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.2024.143869
Fuad Ameen, Rima Nour Elhouda Tiri, Muhammed Bekmezci, Fatemeh Karimi, Nihed Bennini, Fatih Sen
{"title":"Retraction notice to \"Microwave-assisted synthesis of Vulcan Carbon supported Palladium-Nickel (PdNi@VC) bimetallic nanoparticles, and investigation of antibacterial and Safranine dye removing effects\" [Chemosphere 339 (2023) 139630].","authors":"Fuad Ameen, Rima Nour Elhouda Tiri, Muhammed Bekmezci, Fatemeh Karimi, Nihed Bennini, Fatih Sen","doi":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143869","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143869","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 Elena Niculina Dragoi despite an extensive record of collaboration, including co-publication, with one of the paper co-authors (Fatemeh Karimi). Acceptance of the article was partly based upon the positive advice of a reviewer who was closely linked to one of the authors (Karimi). 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":"143869"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142904392","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}