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Beyond Conventional DFT: Advanced Quantum Dynamical Methods for Understanding Degradation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

, 2023
Computational chemistry methods, such as density functional theory (DFT), have now become more common in environmental research, particularly for simulating the degradation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Bryan, Wong, Sohag, Biswas
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Binding of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances to β-Lactoglobulin from Bovine Milk

, 2023
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are known for their high environmental persistence and potential toxicity. The presence of PFAS has been reported in many dairy products.
P. Chi, Pham, Junming , Ho, William, Donald, Giang, Nguyen, Jeunesse, Beltran, Jack, Bennett, Mackenzie , Taylor   +6 more
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Integration of ultrashort-chain compounds into the biomonitoring of per- and polyfluorinated substances in human plasma and serum

Journal of Chromatography Open
Ultrashort-chain (USC) per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are small and very polar compounds with carbon chain lengths of shorter than C4. Their ubiquitous and high levels of occurrence in environmental aquatic systems have raised significant ...
Shun-Hsin Liang, Justin A. Steimling
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Chinese and German river water samples collected in 2018

, 2021
Legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) were measured in Chinese and German river water samples affected by industrial point sources.
Ebinghaus, Ralf, Guo, Chao, Tang, Jianhui, Schramm, Thekla-Regine, Joerss, Hanna, Sun, Linting   +5 more
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Microbial Cleavage of C‒F Bonds in Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances via Dehalorespiration

, 2019
Regarding the emerging concerns of the widely occurred and environmentally persistent per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), one intriguing and unsolved scientific question for environmental microbiologists, chemists, and engineers is that whether ...
Kunyang, Zhang, Yujie, Men, Zhong, Li, Jinyong, Liu, Yaochun, Yu, Changxu, Ren   +5 more
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Harnessing Semi-Supervised Machine Learning to Automatically Predict Bioactivities of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)

, 2022
Many per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) pose significant health hazards due to their bioactive and persistent bioaccumulative properties. However, assessing the bioactivities of PFASs is both time-consuming and costly due to the sheer number and
Zulfikhar, Ali, Bryan, Wong, Hyuna, Kwon
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Review of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) bioaccumulation in earthworms

Environmental Advances, 2023
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are widely used across the globe in commercial products such textiles, firefighting foams, and surface coatings.
Lawrence P. Burkhard, Lauren K. Votava
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Chinese surface waters: A review

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2023
The contamination of surface waters in China with Per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFASs) has been extensively studied in recent decades, however, almost all studies have been conducted in small areas and/or limited samples, which are not representative of the ...
Lucheng Zhang, Minyue Wang, Mingqing Zhang, Dejun Yang   +3 more
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From the Discovery of the Giant Magnetocaloric Effect to the Development of High‐Power‐Density Systems

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz, Yaroslav Mudryk, Jun Cui, Lucas Griffith, Duane D. Johnson, Julie Slaughter   +5 more
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Prenatal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances exposure and gut microbiota of infants: A prospective cohort study

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) has been reported to be linked to a series of adverse health outcomes in mothers and their children.
Honglei Ji, Min Guo, Fen Yang, Hong Liang, Ziliang Wang, Yao Chen, Huajun Zheng, Maohua Miao, Wei Yuan   +8 more
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