Journal Pre-proof Smart synthetic maghemite nanoparticles with unique surface properties encode binding specificity toward AsIII Simone Molinari, Massimiliano Magro, Davide Baratella, Gabriella Salviulo, Juri Ugolotti, Jan Filip, Martin Petr, Jiri Tucek, Giorgio Zoppellaro, Radek Zboril, Fabio Vianello PII: S0048-9697(20)33696-2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140175 Reference: STOTEN 140175 To appear in: Science of the Total Environment Received date: 30 March 2020 Revised date: 9 June 2020 Accepted date: 10 June 2020 Please cite this article as: S. Molinari, M. Magro, D. Baratella, et al., Smart synthetic maghemite nanoparticles with unique surface properties encode binding specificity toward AsIII, Science of the Total Environment (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.scitotenv.2020.140175 This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2020 Published by Elsevier.