Origin, ecotoxicity, and analytical methods for microplastic detection in aquatic systems

V Kumar, M Umesh, P Chakraborty, P Sharma… - TrAC Trends in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the decades, interaction of microplastics with other pollutants in a dynamic
environmental set up was observed to increase their toxic effects. This scenario is worse in …

Role of mangrove forest in interception of microplastics (MPs): challenges, progress, and prospects

Y Wang, M Jiao, T Li, R Li, B Liu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Mangroves receive microplastics (MPs) from terrestrial, marine and atmospheric sources,
acting as a huge filter for environmental MPs between land and sea. Due to the high primary …

Shapes of hyperspectral imaged microplastics

F Liu, LA Rasmussen, NDR Klemmensen… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Shape matters for microplastics, but its definition, particularly for hyperspectral imaged
microplastics, remains ambiguous and inexplicit, leading to incomparability across data …

Toward carbon neutrality: Selective conversion of waste plastics into value-added chemicals

J Chen, L Zhang, L Wang, M Kuang, S Wang, J Yang - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
Due to the ever-expanding uses of plastics and shortage of rational waste management,
plastic wastes have accumulated in the global environment and reached 6,300 million …

Atmospheric microplastics at a southern China metropolis: occurrence, deposition flux, exposure risk and washout effect of rainfall

Z Yuan, C Pei, H Li, L Lin, S Liu, R Hou, R Liao… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Atmospheric microplastics (AMPs) have raised much concern for public health due to their
potential for exposure. In this study, temporal distribution, characteristics and exposure risk …

Occurrence of microplastics pollution in the Yangtze River: Distinct characteristics of spatial distribution and basin-wide ecological risk assessment

M Liu, X Cao, Z Liu - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The widespread presence of microplastics (MPs) in the Yangtze River, the third longest river
in the world, has drawn increasing attention. Although numerous studies have been …

Rapid detection of nanoplastics down to 20 nm in water by surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy

X Ruan, L **e, J Liu, Q Ge, Y Liu, K Li, W You… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution represents a pressing global environmental issue, with microplastics (MPs)
and nanoplastics (NPs) being ubiquitously found in both food and the environment …

Long-term application of organic compost is the primary contributor to microplastic pollution of soils in a wheat–maize rotation

J Zhang, Z Li, XL Zhou, W Ding, X Wang, M Zhao… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are posing new threats to soil ecosystems. Organic fertilizers are
considered as an emerging contributor to MPs accumulation in agricultural soils. However …

Atmospheric microplastic input into wetlands: Spatiotemporal patterns, drivers, and unique ecological impacts

L Xu, X Tian, X Bai, K Li, G Zhang, M Zhang, MC Rillig… - Water Research, 2025 - Elsevier
Wetlands are major microplastic sinks with a large atmospheric input. However, many
details of such deposited atmospheric microplastics entering into wetlands remain unclear …

[HTML][HTML] Suspended and deposited microplastics in the coastal atmosphere of southwest England

G Kyriakoudes, A Turner - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Atmospheric microplastics (MPs) have been sampled from coastal southwest England
during twelve periods over a 42-day timeframe in late autumn. MPs were dominated by …