Removal of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from water and wastewater by adsorption and electrocoagulation process

FE Titchou, H Zazou, H Afanga, J El Gaayda… - Groundwater for …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The intensification of industrial activities significantly increases the distribution of toxic
substances and other non-biodegradable pollutants from industrial wastewater to the …

Next-generation multifunctional carbon–metal nanohybrids for energy and environmental applications

D Wang, NB Saleh, W Sun, CM Park… - … science & technology, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Nanotechnology has unprecedentedly revolutionized human societies over the past
decades and will continue to advance our broad societal goals in the coming decades. The …

Size-dependent transport and retention of micron-sized plastic spheres in natural sand saturated with seawater

Z Dong, Y Qiu, W Zhang, Z Yang, L Wei - Water research, 2018‏ - Elsevier
A series of one-dimensional column experiments were conducted to investigate the
transport and retention of micron-sized plastic spheres (MPs) with diameters of 0.1–2.0 μm …

Role of ripening in the deposition of fragments: the case of micro-and nanoplastics

A Pradel, N Delouche, J Gigault… - Environmental science & …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Particulate contaminants, such as microplastics (1 μm to 5 mm) and nanoplastics (< 1 μm),
are disseminated in many terrestrial environments. However, it is still unclear how particles' …

Fate and transport of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) discharge sites: A review

JT McGarr, EG Mbonimpa, DC McAvoy, MR Soltanian - Soil Systems, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Per-and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are an environmentally persistent group of
chemicals that can pose an imminent threat to human health through groundwater and …

Protein corona-mediated transport of nanoplastics in seawater-saturated porous media

Z Dong, Y Hou, W Han, M Liu, J Wang, Y Qiu - Water Research, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The offshore aquaculture environment is a potential water area with high concentrations of
tiny plastics and feeding proteins. In this study, the negatively charged bovine serum …

Transport of nanoparticles in porous media and its effects on the co-existing pollutants

X Ling, Z Yan, Y Liu, G Lu - Environmental Pollution, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Nanomaterials are widely used in daily life owing to their superior characteristics. The
release and transport of nanoparticles (NPs) in the environment is inevitable during their …

Role of surface functionalities of nanoplastics on their transport in seawater-saturated sea sand

Z Dong, L Zhu, W Zhang, R Huang, XW Lv, X **g… - Environmental …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The transport and retention of nanoplastics (NP, 200 nm nanopolystyrene) functionalized
with surface carboxyl (NPC), sulfonic (NPS), low-density amino (negatively charged, NPA−) …

Cotransport of nanoplastics (NPs) with fullerene (C60) in saturated sand: Effect of NPs/C60 ratio and seawater salinity

Z Dong, W Zhang, Y Qiu, Z Yang, J Wang, Y Zhang - Water research, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Nanoplastics (NPs) have been identified as newly emerging particulate contaminants. In
marine environments, the interaction between NPs and other engineered nanoparticles …

Vertical transport and retention behavior of polystyrene nanoplastics in simulated hyporheic zone

X Ling, Z Yan, G Lu - Water Research, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The ecological risk of microplastics (MPs) usually depends on their environmental behavior,
however, few studies focused on the impact of hydrodynamic perturbations on the fate of …