title: Accumulation of nanoparticles in "jellyfish" mucus: a bio-inspired route to decontamination of nano-waste.
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.
authors.affiliation: 1] INSERM U869, Bordeaux, F-33076, France [2] Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, F-33076, France.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patwa
authors.affiliation: IMBE UMR CNRS 7263, Aix-Marseille Université, Aix en Provence F-13545, France.
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thiéry
authors.affiliation: Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7093, LOV, Observatoire océanologique, 06230, Villefranche sur mer, France.
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lombard
authors.affiliation: 1] IMBE UMR CNRS 7263, Aix-Marseille Université, Aix en Provence F-13545, France [2] Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7093, LOV, Observatoire océanologique, 06230, Villefranche sur mer, France.
authors.forename: Martin K S
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lilley
authors.affiliation: CERMAV, CNRS UPR 5301, Grenoble, F-38041, France.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boisset
authors.affiliation: Cambulle, 171C, av. de la Mounine, 13320 Bouc Bel-Air.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bramard
authors.affiliation: CEREGE Europole de l'Arbois BP 80, Aix en Provence F-13545, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Yves
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Bottero
authors.affiliation: 1] INSERM U869, Bordeaux, F-33076, France [2] Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, F-33076, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barthélémy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003666:Decontamination / Q000379:methods*; D017753:Ecosystem; D006046:Gold; D006801:Humans; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles; D009093:Mucus / Q000378:metabolism*; D045663:Quantum Dots; D037401:Scyphozoa / Q000378:metabolism; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D017744:Medical Waste Disposal; D012722:Sewage; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D006046:Gold