[HTML][HTML] An overview of the key topics related to the study of tire particles and their chemical leachates: From problems to solutions

FR Khan, ES Rødland, PJ Kole… - TrAC Trends in …, 2024 - Elsevier
The environmental contamination and biological impacts of tire particles and their
associated chemicals is of great concern. Variously termed as tire wear particles (TWP), tire …

Road markings and microplastics–a critical literature review

TE Burghardt, A Pashkevich - Transportation research part D: transport and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution became one of the most researched current environmental topics.
Road markings are often listed amongst important microplastic pollution sources, but there is …

A hierarchical framework for improving ride comfort of autonomous vehicles via deep reinforcement learning with external knowledge

Y Du, J Chen, C Zhao, F Liao… - Computer‐Aided Civil and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ride comfort plays an important role in determining the public acceptance of autonomous
vehicles (AVs). Many factors, such as road profile, driving speed, and suspension system …

Mass quantification of microplastic at wastewater treatment plants by pyrolysis-gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

ED Okoffo, C Rauert, KV Thomas - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are a central point of collection of plastic
particles from households and industry and for their re-distribution into the environment …

Microplastics and tire wear particles in urban stormwater: abundance, characteristics, and potential mitigation strategies

S Ziajahromi, HC Lu, D Drapper… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Stormwater has been identified as a pathway for microplastics (MPs), including tire wear
particles (TWPs), into aquatic habitats. Our knowledge of the abundance of MPs in urban …

Identification and quantification of micro-bioplastics in environmental samples by pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

ED Okoffo, CM Chan, C Rauert… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bioplastics are materials that are biobased and/or biodegradable, but not necessarily both.
Concerns about environmental plastic pollution are constantly growing with increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Refinement of a microfurnace pyrolysis-GC–MS method for quantification of tire and road wear particles (TRWP) in sediment and solid matrices

SL More, JV Miller, SA Thornton, K Chan… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tire and road wear particles (TRWP) are produced by abrasion at the interface of the
pavement and tread surface and contain tread rubber with road mineral encrustations …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of tire and road wear microplastic particle contamination in a road tunnel: From surface to release

ES Rødland, OC Lind, M Reid, LS Heier… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Road pollution is one of the major sources of microplastic particles to the environment. The
distribution of tire, polymer-modified bitumen (PMB) and tire and road wear particles (TRWP) …

High levels of tire wear particles in soils along low traffic roads

ES Rødland, LS Heier, OC Lind, S Meland - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Traffic pollution has been linked to high levels of metals and organic contaminants in road-
side soils, largely due to abrasion of tires, brake pads and the road surface. Although …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and quantification of tire wear particles by employing different cross-validation techniques: FTIR-ATR Micro-FTIR, Pyr-GC/MS, and SEM

B Rosso, E Gregoris, L Litti, F Zorzi, M Fiorini… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tire wear particles (TWPs) are one of the environment's most important emission sources of
microplastics. In this work, chemical identification of these particles was carried out in …