Weathering pathways and protocols for environmentally relevant microplastics and nanoplastics: what are we missing?

OS Alimi, D Claveau-Mallet, RS Kurusu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
To date, most studies of microplastics have been carried out with pristine particles. However,
most plastics in the environment will be aged to some extent; hence, understanding the …

The aggregation of natural inorganic colloids in aqueous environment: A review

Y Guo, N Tang, J Guo, L Lu, N Li, T Hu, Z Zhu, X Gao… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural inorganic colloids (NICs) are the most common and dominant existence in the
ecosystem, with high concentration and wide variety. In spite of the low toxicity, they can …

Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles: Effective Agricultural Antibacterial Agent Against Ralstonia solanacearum

L Cai, J Chen, Z Liu, H Wang, H Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Magnesium (Mg) is an essential mineral element for plants and is nontoxic to organisms. In
this study, we took advantage of nanotechnologies to systematically investigate the …

Nanoplastics display strong stability in aqueous environments: Insights from aggregation behaviour and theoretical calculations

Y Mao, H Li, X Huangfu, Y Liu, Q He - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanoplastics are inevitably released into aquatic environments due to their extensive use
and the continuous fragmentation of plastics. Therefore, it is imperative to understand the …

UV-induced aggregation of polystyrene nanoplastics: effects of radicals, surface functional groups and electrolyte

X Wang, Y Li, J Zhao, X **a, X Shi, J Duan… - Environmental Science …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Aggregation behavior determines the fate and bioavailability of nanoparticles in aquatic
environments. This study investigated the effect of UV irradiation and salts (NaCl, Na2SO4 …

Aggregation of carboxyl-modified polystyrene nanoplastics in water with aluminum chloride: Structural characterization and theoretical calculation

Y Gong, Y Bai, D Zhao, Q Wang - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoplastics (NPs) pollution of aquatic systems is becoming an emerging environmental
issue due to their stable structure, high mobility, and easy interactions with ambient …

A simple approach for simultaneous detection of cadmium (II) and lead (II) based on glutathione coated magnetic nanoparticles as a highly selective electrochemical …

M Baghayeri, A Amiri, B Maleki, Z Alizadeh… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2018 - Elsevier
We introduce the synthesis and electrochemical application of a glutathione functionalized
magnetic nanocomposite (GSH@ Fe 3 O 4) for the development of a simple, stable and …

Simultaneous electrochemical detection of multiple heavy metal ions in milk based on silica-modified magnetic nanoparticles

M Zhang, W Guo - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
A sensitive and simple analytical method integrated with Fe 3 O 4@ SiO 2-based extraction
with direct electrochemical detection was applied to individually and simultaneously analyze …

Co-precipitation synthesis of (Zn-Mn)-co-doped magnetite nanoparticles and their application in magnetic hyperthermia

LB de Mello, LC Varanda, FA Sigoli… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, a series of zinc-and manganese-co-doped magnetite nanoparticles was
synthesized by co-precipitation method and their magnetization and magnetic hyperthermia …

Coprecipitation of Fe/Cr hydroxides with organics: Roles of organic properties in composition and stability of the coprecipitates

N Deng, Z Li, X Zuo, J Chen, S Shakiba… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Iron hydroxides are important scavengers for dissolved chromium (Cr) via coprecipitation
processes; however, the influences of organic matter (OM) on Cr sequestration in Fe/Cr-OM …