Contribution of Road Vehicle Tyre Wear to Microplastics and Ambient Air Pollution

B Giechaskiel, T Grigoratos, M Mathissen, J Quik… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Tyre particles are generated by shear forces between the tread and the road or by
volatilisation. Tyre abrasion (wear) contributes from one-third to half of microplastics …

Priorities to inform research on tire particles and their chemical leachates: A collective perspective

HE Obanya, FR Khan, V Carrasco-Navarro… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Concerns over the ecological impacts of urban road runoff have increased, partly due to
recent research into the harmful impacts of tire particles and their chemical leachates. This …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of fine and coarse tyre wear particles along a highway stormwater system and in receiving waters: Occurrence and transport

EL Gaggini, M Polukarova, M Bondelind… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tyre wear has been identified as a major road-related pollutant source, with road runoff
transporting tyre wear particles (TWP) to adjacent soil, watercourses, or further through …

Widespread p-Phenylenediamine Derivatives in Indoor and Outdoor Dust: Occurrence, Fate, and Exposure

S Zhang, R Jin, W Liu, Y Zhao, G Zhu… - … & Technology Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
p-Phenylenediamines (PPDs) are emerging pollutants in the environment due to their
extensive application in rubber-related products, yet their potential indoor exposure has …

Occurrence, Emission, and Transport of Tire and Road Wear Particles across Four Environmental Compartments along Ring Road Networks in Beijing

Y Ren, W Li, P Zhou, H Wu, L Yu, R Wang… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Tire and road wear particles (TRWPs) are an appreciable source of microplastics (MPs);
however, knowledge of their large-scale occurrence and mass flux based on robust …

A Digital Twin Framework Utilizing Machine Learning for Robust Predictive Maintenance: Enhancing Tire Health Monitoring

V Karkaria, J Chen, C Luey… - International …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
We introduce a novel digital twin framework for predictive maintenance of physical systems
with long term operations. Using monitoring tire health as an application, we show how the …

[HTML][HTML] EDT-STACK: A stacking ensemble-based decision trees algorithm for tire tread depth condition classification

M Rahman, N Kamal, NF Abdullah - Results in Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Tires serve as the critical interface between a vehicle and the road. Their condition
significantly impacts road safety, vehicle performance, fuel efficiency, and operational costs …

Combined contamination of tire and road wear microplastics with heavy metals in expressway tunnels: occurrence characteristics and risk assessment

Y Wang, N Xiao, J Zhao, Y Su, Z Guo, B Wang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tire and road wear microplastics (TRWMPs), as an important type of microplastics, have
attracted increasing attention. However, current studies on their contamination within …

Integrating Multiple Functional Moieties toward Environmentally Friendly and Highly Efficient Interfacial Mediator for Rubber/Silica Composites

Y Li, H Yang, S Yu, S Wu, Z Tang, B Guo… - ACS Materials …, 2025 - ACS Publications
The problems of high volatile organic compound (VOC) emission and low efficiency of silane
coupling agents (SCAs) used in the rubber/silica composites for “green tires” have been …

Hepatotoxicity, developmental toxicity, and neurotoxicity risks associated with co-exposure of zebrafish to fluoroquinolone antibiotics and tire microplastics: An in silico …

J Wen, Y Liu, B Xiao, Z Zhang, Q Pu, X Li, X Ding… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the differences in the mechanisms of microscopic
hepatotoxicity, developmental toxicity, and neurotoxicity in aquatic organisms co-exposed to …