Microplastics and nanoplastics in aquatic environments: aggregation, deposition, and enhanced contaminant transport

OS Alimi, J Farner Budarz, LM Hernandez… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Plastic litter is widely acknowledged as a global environmental threat, and poor
management and disposal lead to increasing levels in the environment. Of recent concern is …

Electrochemical methods for landfill leachate treatment: A review on electrocoagulation and electrooxidation

Z Guo, Y Zhang, H Jia, J Guo, X Meng… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Landfill leachate is a kind of difficult-to-degrade wastewater with complex water qualities.
Waste filtrate cannot be thoroughly treated by traditional biological, physical and chemical …

Benchmarking cellulose nanocrystals Part II: New industrially produced materials

G Delepierre, OM Vanderfleet, E Niinivaara, B Zakani… - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
The demand for industrially produced cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) has been growing
since 2012, when CelluForce Inc. opened its inaugural demonstration plant with a …

Microplastic migration and distribution in the terrestrial and aquatic environments: A threat to biotic safety

S Zhang, W Wang, P Yan, J Wang, S Yan, X Liu… - Journal of environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastics production has been increasing over years, while their recycling rate is lower,
resulting in huge amounts of microplastics (MP) accumulating in the environment. Although …

Environmental factors-mediated behavior of microplastics and nanoplastics in water: A review

VK Sharma, X Ma, B Guo, K Zhang - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The release of plastics in nature is an increasing global concern due to their degradation
from microplastics (MPs) and even to nanoplastics (NPs), which are being recognized as a …

Aggregation and stability of nanoscale plastics in aquatic environment

M Shams, I Alam, I Chowdhury - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The widespread use and release of plastics in nature have raised global concerns about
their impact on public health and the environment. While much research has been …

Influence of environmental and biological macromolecules on aggregation kinetics of nanoplastics in aquatic systems

Y Liu, Z Huang, J Zhou, J Tang, C Yang, C Chen… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanoplastics derived from degradation of micro-or macroplastics are emerging
contaminants in aquatic environments, where their fate and transport as well as toxicity are …

Nanoplastics: From model materials to colloidal fate

S Reynaud, A Aynard, B Grassl, J Gigault - Current Opinion in Colloid & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoplastics are pieces of plastic debris of mixed shape and chemical composition, which
can be present in the air, soil, freshwater bodies, seas, biota, and our diet. We know little …

Effect of oxidation of carbon material on suspension electrodes for flow electrode capacitive deionization

KB Hatzell, MC Hatzell, KM Cook, M Boota… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
Flow electrode deionization (FCDI) is an emerging area for continuous and scalable
deionization, but the electrochemical and flow properties of the flow electrode need to be …

Specific ion effects on particle aggregation induced by monovalent salts within the Hofmeister series

T Oncsik, G Trefalt, M Borkovec, I Szilagyi - Langmuir, 2015 - ACS Publications
Ion specific effects of monovalent salts on charging and aggregation for two types of
polystyrene latex particles were investigated by electrophoresis and time-resolved light …