UV-degraded polyethylene exhibits variable charge and enhanced cation adsorption

• Ryan Bartnick ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ryan.bartnick@uni-bayreuth.de

  Affiliation Soil Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3053-8472

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• Shahin Shahriari,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Soil Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany

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• Günter K. Auernhammer,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Polymer Interfaces, Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Dresden, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1515-0143

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• Ulrich Mansfeld,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Keylab Electron and Optical Microscopy, Bavarian Polymer Institute, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany

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• Werner Reichstein,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Ceramic Materials Engineering, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany

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• Lisa Hülsmann,

  Roles Data curation, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ecosystem Analysis and Simulation, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany

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• Eva Lehndorff

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Soil Ecology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany

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