A critical review on the interactions of microplastics with heavy metals: Mechanism and their combined effect on organisms and humans

Y Cao, M Zhao, X Ma, Y Song, S Zuo, H Li… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although individual toxicity of microplastics (MPs) to organism has been widely studied,
limited knowledge is available on the interactions between heavy metals and MPs, as well …

Interfacial interactions between collected nylon microplastics and three divalent metal ions (Cu (II), Ni (II), Zn (II)) in aqueous solutions

S Tang, L Lin, X Wang, A Yu, X Sun - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
In water environments, nylon microplastics (MPs) and heavy metals are two kinds of
common pollutants. This study investigated the adsorption of three divalent metals (Cu (II) …

Adsorption of fulvic acid onto polyamide 6 microplastics: Influencing factors, kinetics modeling, site energy distribution and interaction mechanisms

S Tang, L Lin, X Wang, X Sun, A Yu - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Information on the interactions of microplastics (MPs) with dissolved organic matter
(DOM) is essential for understanding their environmental impacts. This study selected fulvic …

Understanding the adsorption of Pb2+, Hg2+ and Zn2+ from aqueous solution on a lignocellulosic biomass char using advanced statistical physics models and …

L Sellaoui, DI Mendoza-Castillo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study reports the combination of new statistical physics models and density functional
theory (DFT) for the analysis and understanding of the adsorption of heavy metals on a …

Highly selective and efficient adsorption of Hg2+ by a recyclable aminophosphonic acid functionalized polyacrylonitrile fiber

G Xu, L Wang, Y Xie, M Tao, W Zhang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Mercury ions, even an ultra-trace amount in water, present a serious environmental concern.
Hence, searching for cost-effective and high-performance Hg 2+ adsorbents has acquired …

Removal of lead (Pb (II)) and zinc (Zn (II)) from aqueous solution using coal fly ash (CFA) as a dual-sites adsorbent

W Astuti, A Chafidz, AS Al-Fatesh… - Chinese Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Coal fly ash (CFA) is composed of minerals containing some oxides in crystalline phase (ie,
quartz and mullite), as well as unburned carbon as mesoporous material, thus enabling CFA …

Efficient removal of lead ions from water by magnetic nanosorbents based on manganese ferrite nanoparticles capped with thin layers of modified biopolymers

T Perez, D Pasquini, A de Faria Lima, EV Rosa… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study we report findings on the elaboration of magnetic nanosorbents based on
manganese ferrite nanoparticles (MNPs) capped with carboxymethylated biopolymers …

Efficient adsorption of Pb (II) from aqueous solutions by metal organic framework (Zn-BDC) coated magnetic montmorillonite

J Shen, N Wang, YG Wang, D Yu, X Ouyang - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Composite adsorption materials combine the advantages of various adsorptive materials
and compensate for the defects of single adsorbents. Magnetic montmorillonite (MMMT) …

Microwave hydrothermal synthesis of gallotannin/carbon nanotube composites for the recovery of gallium ion

Y Xiong, X Cui, M Zhang, Y Wang, Z Lou… - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Ultrafast and facile microwave hydrothermal approach was applied to synthesize gallotannin
modified carbon nanotube composites (CNT-GT) for effective recovery of Ga (III) from …

Efficient and environmentally friendly adsorbent based on β-ketoenol-pyrazole-thiophene for heavy-metal ion removal from aquatic medium: a combined experimental …

S Tighadouini, S Radi, M El Massaoudi, Z Lakbaibi… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A new sustainable and environmentally friendly adsorbent based on a β-ketoenol-pyrazole-
thiophene receptor grafted onto a silica surface was developed and applied to the removal …