Although wastewater treatment plants can retain a high percentage of microplastics (MP)
arriving at the facilities, no method for extracting and characterizing these microparticles has …

Risk assessment of microplastic (MP) pollution requires understanding biodegradation
processes and related changes in polymer properties. In the environment, there are two-way …

Freshwater ecosystems play an important role in transporting and accumulating
microplastics. Spatial and temporal variability in microplastic pollution can create critical …

Solar UV radiation adversely affects the properties of organic materials used in construction,
such as plastics and wood. The outdoor service lifetimes of these materials are influenced …

EPDM rubber gaskets, as a water-proof sealing material installed in the tunnel segment
joints, were subjected to compressive stress-thermo oxidative ageing at different …

The influence of photo-oxidation on the quantification of isotactic polypropylene by Pyrolysis
Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (Pyr-GC/MS) was assessed. Beads (oval shape …

Polypropylene (PP) pellets exposed to solar radiation, ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation and heat
in four stimulated treatments: dry-air, seawater-air, seawater-darkness, and dry-darkness for …

This work aims to study the ageing of plastic materials suitable for manufacturing solar water
disinfection (SODIS) containers, such as PET, polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), and …

This work presented a novel strategy for enhancing foam compressive properties through
structuring orientated cells introduced by combining barrier film and supercritical CO 2 …

A novel polyhedral oligomeric sesquisiloxane (POSS) antioxidant based on amide-linked
hindered phenols (HPAm-POSS) was successfully synthesized via a nucleophilic …