A review of the occurrence, transformation, and removal of poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in wastewater treatment plants

SP Lenka, M Kah, LP Padhye - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) comprise more than 4,000 anthropogenically
manufactured compounds with widescale consumer and industrial applications. This critical …

Short-chain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aquatic systems: Occurrence, impacts and treatment

F Li, J Duan, S Tian, H Ji, Y Zhu, Z Wei… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of anthropogenic compounds
comprised of a perfluoroalkyl backbone and a terminal functional group. As our knowledge …

PFAS concentrations in soils: Background levels versus contaminated sites

ML Brusseau, RH Anderson, B Guo - Science of the Total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are contaminants of critical concern due to their
persistence, widespread distribution in the environment, and potential human-health …

Biofilms enhance the adsorption of toxic contaminants on plastic microfibers under environmentally relevant conditions

G Bhagwat, TKA Tran, D Lamb… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microplastics (MPs) exposed to the natural environment provide an ideal surface for biofilm
formation, which potentially acts as a reactive phase facilitating the sorption of hazardous …

A review of the emerging treatment technologies for PFAS contaminated soils

R Mahinroosta, L Senevirathna - Journal of environmental management, 2020 - Elsevier
Contamination of soils with poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has become a
challenging issue due to the adverse effects of these substances on both the environment …

A review of PFAS destruction technologies

JN Meegoda, B Bezerra de Souza… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a family of highly toxic emerging
contaminants that have caught the attention of both the public and private sectors due to …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing ionic strength and valency of cations enhance sorption through hydrophobic interactions of PFAS with soil surfaces

W Cai, DA Navarro, J Du, G Ying, B Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effect of soluble cations on sorption in soils of a range of anionic PFAS is not well
studied. We investigated the role of three common cations (Na+, Ca 2+, and Mg 2+) at …

A critical analysis of published data to discern the role of soil and sediment properties in determining sorption of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)

Y Li, DP Oliver, RS Kookana - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Widespread usage of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) has caused major
environmental contamination globally. The hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties of PFASs …

The fluorination effect of fluoroamphiphiles in cytosolic protein delivery

Z Zhang, W Shen, J Ling, Y Yan, J Hu… - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Direct delivery of proteins into cells avoids many drawbacks of gene delivery, and thus has
emerging applications in biotherapy. However, it remains a challenging task owing to limited …

A review of the applications, environmental release, and remediation technologies of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances

JN Meegoda, JA Kewalramani, B Li… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are pollutants that have demonstrated a high
level of environmental persistence and are very difficult to remediate. As the body of …