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Now in Ukraine with huge artillery shelling and missile attacks, a large amount of pollution consisting of carbon particles with heavy metals-iron, copper etc. and remains of organic molecules are formed. This is why modeling these particles and collecting them is important for understanding how they affect human health. Here the data on physical, chemical and neuroactive properties of the particles are presented. Earlier a method for obtaining nanohybrids based on carbon particles was developed in the Palladin Institute of Biochemistry NAS of Ukraine and applied for biochemical tasks [1].
The spectroscopic data showed that carbon particles with Cu and Fe of both valences are similar to property of carbon quantum dots with specific features. Size of particles are registered in wide regions from nm to tens of µm. Different molecular groups belonging to hazard aromatic molecules was observed. The data obtained allow us to conclude about the potential toxicity of these nanoparticles for human health not only in Ukraine and Europe but everywhere.
- Tarasenko, A., Pozdnyakova, N., Paliienko, K. et al. A comparative study of wood sawdust and plastic smoke particulate matter with a focus on spectroscopic, fluorescent, oxidative, and
neuroactive properties. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 38315–38330 (2022).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-18741-x
Acknowledgement
This work was supported by the Polish Academy of Sciences in collaboration with U.S. National Academy of Sciences within the “Long-term program to support Ukrainian research teams”, Project “War_derived air pollution nanohybrids composed of carbon-containing smoke nanoparticles and metal compounds: FTIR/Raman spectroscopic, fluorescent and membrane-active properties, their potential neurotoxicity and its prevention”. Project PAN.BFB.S. BWZ.380.022.2023
