Polystyrenes

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Polymerized forms of styrene used as a biocompatible material, especially in dentistry. They are thermoplastic and are used as insulators, for injection molding and casting, as sheets, plates, rods, rigid forms and beads.

Descriptor ID	D011137
MeSH Number(s)	D02.455.426.559.389.150.750.800.830 D05.750.716.579 D25.720.716.579 J01.637.051.720.716.579
Concept/Terms	Polystyrenes Polystyrenes Polystyrene Polystyrol Polystyrols

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Organic Chemicals [D02]
Hydrocarbons [D02.455]
Hydrocarbons, Cyclic [D02.455.426]
Hydrocarbons, Aromatic [D02.455.426.559]
Benzene Derivatives [D02.455.426.559.389]
Benzylidene Compounds [D02.455.426.559.389.150]
Styrenes [D02.455.426.559.389.150.750]
Styrene [D02.455.426.559.389.150.750.800]
Polystyrenes [D02.455.426.559.389.150.750.800.830]
Macromolecular Substances [D05]
Polymers [D05.750]
Plastics [D05.750.716]
Polystyrenes [D05.750.716.579]
Biomedical and Dental Materials [D25]
Polymers [D25.720]
Plastics [D25.720.716]
Polystyrenes [D25.720.716.579]
Technology, Industry, Agriculture [J]
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture [J01]
Manufactured Materials [J01.637]
Biomedical and Dental Materials [J01.637.051]
Polymers [J01.637.051.720]
Plastics [J01.637.051.720.716]
Polystyrenes [J01.637.051.720.716.579]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	1	0	1
2007	1	1	2
2008	1	0	1
2009	0	2	2
2011	0	1	1
2012	1	2	3
2013	1	1	2
2014	1	1	2
2018	0	1	1
2024	1	1	2
2025	1	0	1

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Marques AL, Weingrill R, Ospina-Prieto S, Pires K, Cavalcante I, Sousa AK, Cavalcante IC, Oliveira L, Souza S, Fonseca EJ, Garcia J, Lee MJ, Urschitz J, Borbely A. Polystyrene microplastics internalization by term placental chorionic villi explants. Placenta. 2026 Jan; 173:102-110.

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de Sousa AKA, Pires KSN, Cavalcante IH, Cavalcante ICL, Santos JD, Queiroz MIC, Leite ACR, Crispim AC, da Rocha Junior ER, Aquino TM, Weingrill RB, Urschitz J, Ospina-Prieto S, Borbely AU. Polystyrene microplastics exposition on human placental explants induces time-dependent cytotoxicity, oxidative stress and metabolic alterations. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2024; 15:1481014.

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Karim A, Yadav A, Sweety UH, Kumar J, Delgado SA, Hernandez JA, White JC, Vukovic L, Narayan M. Interfacial Interactions between Nanoplastics and Biological Systems: toward an Atomic and Molecular Understanding of Plastics-Driven Biological Dyshomeostasis. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2024 May 22; 16(20):25740-25756.

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Date AA, Halpert G, Babu T, Ortiz J, Kanvinde P, Dimitrion P, Narayan J, Zierden H, Betageri K, Musmanno O, Wiegand AA, Huang X, Gumber S, Hanes J, Ensign LM. Mucus-penetrating budesonide nanosuspension enema for local treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. Biomaterials. 2018 12; 185:97-105.

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Mewborn L, Benitez JA, Silva AJ. Flagellar motility, extracellular proteases and Vibrio cholerae detachment from abiotic and biotic surfaces. Microb Pathog. 2017 Dec; 113:17-24.

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Miriani M, Iametti S, Kurtz DM, Bonomi F. Rubredoxin refolding on nanostructured hydrophobic surfaces: evidence for a new type of biomimetic chaperones. Proteins. 2014 Nov; 82(11):3154-62.

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Bhakta SA, Benavidez TE, Garcia CD. Immobilization of glucose oxidase to nanostructured films of polystyrene-block-poly(2-vinylpyridine). J Colloid Interface Sci. 2014 Sep 15; 430:351-6.

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Pudasaini PR, Ruiz-Zepeda F, Sharma M, Elam D, Ponce A, Ayon AA. High efficiency hybrid silicon nanopillar-polymer solar cells. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2013 Oct 09; 5(19):9620-7.

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Hu W, Fan Q, Tonaki W, Ohta AT. Bubble-driven light-absorbing hydrogel microrobot for the assembly of bio-objects. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2013; 2013:5303-6.

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Hu W, Ishii KS, Fan Q, Ohta AT. Hydrogel microrobots actuated by optically generated vapour bubbles. Lab Chip. 2012 Oct 07; 12(19):3821-6.

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