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SUNSPACE, A Porous Material to Reduce Air Particulate Matter (PM) by Zanoletti, Alessandra, Bilo, Fabjola, Borgese, Laura, Depero, Laura E, Fahimi, Ario, Ponti, Jessica, Valsesia, Andrea, La Spina, Rita, Montini, Tiziano, Bontempi, Elza

“…The World Health Organization reports that every year several million people die prematurely due to air pollution. Poor air quality is a by-product of…”
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Label-Free Biosensor Detection of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds Using Engineered Estrogen Receptors by La Spina, Rita, Ferrero, Valentina E V, Aiello, Venera, Pedotti, Mattia, Varani, Luca, Lettieri, Teresa, Calzolai, Luigi, Haasnoot, Willem, Colpo, Pascal

“…Endocrine Disrupting Compounds (EDCs) are chemical substances shown to interfere with endogenous hormones affecting the endocrine, immune and nervous systems…”
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Zero-waste approach in municipal solid waste incineration: Reuse of bottom ash to stabilize fly ash by Assi, Ahmad, Bilo, Fabjola, Zanoletti, Alessandra, Ponti, Jessica, Valsesia, Andrea, La Spina, Rita, Zacco, Annalisa, Bontempi, Elza

“…In this paper a simple method for all waste recovery through municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) is presented. For the first time, MSWI fly ash (FA) is…”
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Controlling Network-Brush Interactions to Achieve Switchable Adhesion by La Spina, Rita, Tomlinson, Michael R, Ruiz-Pérez, Lorena, Chiche, Arnaud, Langridge, Sean, Geoghegan, Mark

“…Make up and break up: A pH‐responsive system that displays switchable adhesion in situ is described. Polyacid gels and polybases grafted to a substrate…”
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Preparation of a reference material for microplastics in water—evaluation of homogeneity by Seghers, John, Stefaniak, Elzbieta A., La Spina, Rita, Cella, Claudia, Mehn, Dora, Gilliland, Douglas, Held, Andrea, Jacobsson, Ulf, Emteborg, Håkan

“…Validation of analytical methods for measurements of microplastics (MP) is severely hampered because of a general lack of reference materials, RM. There is a…”
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HEMA-Lysine-Based Cryogels for Highly Selective Heparin Neutralization by Mecca, Tommaso, Spitaleri, Fabiola, La Spina, Rita, Gioria, Sabrina, Giglio, Valentina, Cunsolo, Francesca

“…Unfractionated heparin (UFH) and its low-molecular-weight fragments (LMWH) are widely used as anticoagulants for surgical procedures and extracorporeal blood…”
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Detecting Micro- and Nanoplastics Released from Food Packaging: Challenges and Analytical Strategies by Cella, Claudia, La Spina, Rita, Mehn, Dora, Fumagalli, Francesco, Ceccone, Giacomo, Valsesia, Andrea, Gilliland, Douglas

“…Micro- and nanoplastic (pMP and pNP, respectively) release is an emerging issue since these particles constitute a ubiquitous and growing pollutant, which not…”
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Microplastics from miscellaneous plastic wastes: Physico-chemical characterization and impact on fish and amphibian development by Bonfanti, Patrizia, Colombo, Anita, Saibene, Melissa, Motta, Giulia, Saliu, Francesco, Catelani, Tiziano, Mehn, Dora, La Spina, Rita, Ponti, Jessica, Cella, Claudia, Floris, Pamela, Mantecca, Paride

“…Microplastic pollution represents a global problem with negative impacts on aquatic environment and organisms’ health. To date, most of the laboratory…”
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Influence of different cleaning processes on the surface chemistry of gold nanoparticles by La Spina, Rita, Spampinato, Valentina, Gilliland, Douglas, Ojea-Jimenez, Isaac, Ceccone, Giacomo

“…In this paper, the authors have investigated the effects of different cleaning methods (centrifugation and dialysis) on the surface chemistry and composition…”
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Limitations of Nanoparticles Size Characterization by Asymmetric Flow Field‑Fractionation Coupled with Online Dynamic Light Scattering by Giorgi, Francesco, Curran, Judith M., Gilliland, Douglas, La Spina, Rita, Whelan, Maurice, Patterson, Eann A.

“…The development of reliable protocols suitable for the characterisation of the physical properties of nanoparticles in suspension is becoming crucial to assess…”
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Synthesis of Citrate-Stabilized Silver Nanoparticles Modified by Thermal and pH Preconditioned Tannic Acid by La Spina, Rita, Mehn, Dora, Fumagalli, Francesco, Holland, Margaret, Reniero, Fabiano, Rossi, François, Gilliland, Douglas

“…Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) may be synthesized by many different methods, with those based on the thermal reduction of silver salts by citric acid or citric…”
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Differences in Physico-Chemical Properties and Immunological Response in Nanosimilar Complex Drugs: The Case of Liposomal Doxorubicin by Lipsa, Dorelia, Magrì, Davide, Della Camera, Giacomo, La Spina, Rita, Cella, Claudia, Garmendia-Aguirre, Irantzu, Mehn, Dora, Ruiz-Moreno, Ana, Fumagalli, Francesco, Calzolai, Luigi, Gioria, Sabrina

“…This study aims to highlight the impact of physicochemical properties on the behaviour of nanopharmaceuticals and how much carrier structure and physiochemical…”
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Morphological and lipid metabolism alterations in macrophages exposed to model environmental nanoplastics traced by high-resolution synchrotron techniques by Zingaro, Federica, Gianoncelli, Alessandra, Ceccone, Giacomo, Birarda, Giovanni, Cassano, Domenico, La Spina, Rita, Agostinis, Chiara, Bonanni, Valentina, Ricci, Giuseppe, Pascolo, Lorella

“…The release of nanoplastics (NPs) in the environment is a significant health concern for long-term exposed humans. Although their usage has certainly…”
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Investigating the Cellular Uptake of Model Nanoplastics by Single-Cell ICP-MS by Cassano, Domenico, Bogni, Alessia, La Spina, Rita, Gilliland, Douglas, Ponti, Jessica

“…A synthetic route to producing gold-doped environmentally relevant nanoplastics and a method for the rapid and high-throughput qualitative investigation of…”
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Personalised Profiling of Innate Immune Memory Induced by Nano-Imaging Particles in Human Monocytes by Della Camera, Giacomo, Madej, Mariusz, Ferretti, Anna Maria, La Spina, Rita, Li, Yang, Corteggio, Annunziata, Heinzl, Tommaso, Swartzwelter, Benjamin J., Sipos, Gergö, Gioria, Sabrina, Ponti, Alessandro, Boraschi, Diana, Italiani, Paola

“…Engineered nanoparticles used for medical purposes must meet stringent safety criteria, which include immunosafety, i.e. , the inability to activate possibly…”
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Inorganic Species-Doped Polypropylene Nanoparticles for Multifunctional Detection by Cassano, Domenico, La Spina, Rita, Ponti, Jessica, Bianchi, Ivana, Gilliland, Douglas

“…Plastic debris accounts for the most substantial part of marine pollution and its degradation byproducts are omnipresent. Beyond representing a serious…”
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Dark Field Microscopy-Based Biosensors for the Detection of E. coli in Environmental Water Samples by La Spina, Rita, António, Diana C, Desmet, Cloe, Valsesia, Andrea, Bombera, Radoslaw, Norlén, Hedvig, Lettieri, Teresa, Colpo, Pascal

“…Development of sensitive methods for the determination of bacteria contamination in water distribution systems is of paramount importance to ensure the…”
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Detection of Microplastic Contamination in Commercial Insect Meals by Simona Rimoldi, Jessica Ponti, Andrea Valsesia, Giulio Saroglia, Rita La Spina, Francesco Fumagalli, Genciana Terova

“…Background: Escalating global plastic production, expected to reach 34,000 million tons by 2050, poses a significant threat to human and environmental…”
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Detection of Metal-Doped Fluorescent PVC Microplastics in Freshwater Mussels by Facchetti, Samantha V, La Spina, Rita, Fumagalli, Francesco, Riccardi, Nicoletta, Gilliland, Douglas, Ponti, Jessica

“…The large-scale production of plastic and the resulting release of waste is leading to a huge accumulation of micro-sized particles in the environment that…”
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New Detection Platform for Screening Bacteria in Liquid Samples by La Spina, Rita, António, Diana C, Bombera, Radoslaw, Lettieri, Teresa, Lequarré, Anne-Sophie, Colpo, Pascal, Valsesia, Andrea

“…The development of sensitive methods for the determination of potential bacterial contamination is of upmost importance for environmental monitoring and food…”
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