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 …

Barriers, pathways and processes for uptake, translocation and accumulation of nanomaterials in plants–Critical review

F Schwab, G Zhai, M Kern, A Turner, JL Schnoor… - …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Uptake, transport and toxicity of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) into plant cells are
complex processes that are currently still not well understood. Parts of this problem are the …

Fate of nano-and microplastic in freshwater systems: A modeling study

E Besseling, JTK Quik, M Sun, AA Koelmans - Environmental pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
Riverine transport to the marine environment is an important pathway for microplastic.
However, information on fate and transport of nano-and microplastic in freshwater systems is …

[HTML][HTML] Plastic in agricultural soils–A global risk for groundwater systems and drinking water supplies?–A review

P Wanner - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The global plastic contamination is one of the major challenges facing mankind as plastic is
ubiquitously present in all environmental compartments. In contrast to freshwater and marine …

Tire wear particles in the aquatic environment-a review on generation, analysis, occurrence, fate and effects

S Wagner, T Hüffer, P Klöckner, M Wehrhahn… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Tire wear particles (TWP), generated from tire material during use on roads have gained
increasing attention as part of organic particulate contaminants, such as microplastic, in …

Modeling nanomaterial environmental fate in aquatic systems

AL Dale, EA Casman, GV Lowry, JR Lead, E Viparelli… - 2015 - ACS Publications
Mathematical models improve our fundamental understanding of the environmental
behavior, fate, and transport of engineered nanomaterials (NMs, chemical substances or …

Silver nanoparticles for water pollution monitoring and treatments: ecosafety challenge and cellulose-based hybrids solution

A Fiorati, A Bellingeri, C Punta, I Corsi, I Venditti - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are widely used as engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) in many
advanced nanotechnologies, due to their versatile, easy and cheap preparations combined …

Engineered nano particles: nature, behavior, and effect on the environment

L Goswami, KH Kim, A Deep, P Das… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Increased application of engineered nano particles (ENPs) in production of various
appliances and consumer items is increasing their presence in the natural environment …

Microplastic exposure assessment in aquatic environments: learning from similarities and differences to engineered nanoparticles

T Hüffer, A Praetorius, S Wagner, F Von der Kammer… - 2017 - ACS Publications
Microplastics (MPs) have been identified as contaminants of emerging concern in aquatic
environments and research into their behavior and fate has been sharply increasing in …

[HTML][HTML] Progress towards standardized and validated characterizations for measuring physicochemical properties of manufactured nanomaterials relevant to nano …

X Gao, GV Lowry - NanoImpact, 2018 - Elsevier
Managing the risks of manufactured nanomaterials requires the ability to accurately and
reproducibly measure the physical and chemical properties of these materials that are …