Accumulation of nanoparticles in “jellyfish” mucus: A bio-inspired route to decontamination of nanowaste

dc.contributor.author	Patwa, Amit
dc.contributor.author	Thiéry, Alain
dc.contributor.author	Lombard, Fabien
dc.contributor.author	Lilley, Martin K.S.
dc.contributor.author	Boisset, Claire
dc.contributor.author	Bramard, Jean-François
dc.contributor.author	Bottero, Jean-Yves
dc.contributor.author	Barthélémy, Philippe
dc.date.accessioned	2019-06-13T05:57:31Z
dc.date.available	2019-06-13T05:57:31Z
dc.date.issued	2015-06-22
dc.identifier.issn	2045-2322 (E-ISSN)
dc.identifier.other	10.1038/srep11387 (DOI)
dc.identifier.uri	http://27.109.7.66:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/575
dc.description	Scientific Reports, Vol-5 (11387), 2015, p. 1-5	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The economic and societal impacts of nano-materials are enormous. However, releasing such materials in the environment could be detrimental to human health and the ecological biosphere. Here we demonstrate that gold and quantum dots nanoparticles bio-accumulate into mucus materials coming from natural species such as jellyfish. One strategy that emerges from this finding would be to take advantage of these trapping properties to remove nanoparticles from contaminated water.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Scientific Reports	en_US
dc.subject	Decontamination	en_US
dc.subject	Nano-waste	en_US
dc.subject	Mucus	en_US
dc.subject	Jellyfish	en_US
dc.subject	Nanoparticles	en_US
dc.title	Accumulation of nanoparticles in “jellyfish” mucus: A bio-inspired route to decontamination of nanowaste	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US