Overcoming the challenges of plastic detection in plants has made it possible to transfer many of the lessons learned from plant–metal nanoparticle interactions to plastic nanoparticles.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
References
Hochella, M. F. Jr. et al. Science 363, eaau8299 (2019).
Schwab, F. et al. Nanotoxicology 10, 257–278 (2016).
Wang, P., Lombi, E., Zhao, F.-J. & Kopittke, P. M. Trends Plant Sci. 8, 699–712 (2016).
White, J. C. & Gardea-Torresdey, J. Nat. Nanotechnol. 13, 627–629 (2018).
Lehner, R., Weder, C., Petri-Fink, A. & Rothen-Rutishauser, B. Environ. Sci. Technol. 53, 1748–1765 (2019).
Sun, X.-D. et al. Nat. Nanotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-020-0707-4 (2020).
Avellan, A. et al. Environ. Sci. Technol. 51, 8682–8691 (2017).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Ethics declarations
Competing interests
F.S. was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (project no. 168187) and Innosuisse (project no. 38515.1 IP-EE). All authors were supported by the Adolphe Merkle Foundation.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Schwab, F., Rothen-Rutishauser, B. & Petri-Fink, A. When plants and plastic interact. Nat. Nanotechnol. 15, 729–730 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-020-0762-x
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-020-0762-x
- Springer Nature Limited
This article is cited by
-
Facile synthesis of nanomaterials as nanofertilizers: a novel way for sustainable crop production
Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2022)
-
Quantitative analysis of microplastics in coastal tidal-flat reclamation in Dongtai, China
Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering (2022)