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 …

Nanoparticle colloidal stability in cell culture media and impact on cellular interactions

TL Moore, L Rodriguez-Lorenzo, V Hirsch… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanomaterials are finding increasing use for biomedical applications such as imaging,
diagnostics, and drug delivery. While it is well understood that nanoparticle (NP) physico …

Sorption isotherms: A review on physical bases, modeling and measurement

G Limousin, JP Gaudet, L Charlet, S Szenknect… - Applied …, 2007 - Elsevier
The retention (or release) of a liquid compound on a solid controls the mobility of many
substances in the environment and has been quantified in terms of the “sorption isotherm” …

Per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in subsurface environments: Occurrence, fate, transport, and research prospect

X Lyu, F **ao, C Shen, J Chen, CM Park… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Per‐and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), also known as “forever chemicals,” are
manmade chemicals that have been increasingly detected in various geological settings …

Nanoscale zero valent iron and bimetallic particles for contaminated site remediation

D O'Carroll, B Sleep, M Krol, H Boparai… - Advances in Water …, 2013 - Elsevier
Since the late 1990s, the use of nano zero valent iron (nZVI) for groundwater remediation
has been investigated for its potential to reduce subsurface contaminants such as PCBs …

Physico-chemistry of initial microbial adhesive interactions–its mechanisms and methods for study

R Bos, HC Van der Mei… - FEMS microbiology …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
In this review, initial microbial adhesive interactions are divided into adhesion to substratum
surfaces, coaggregation between microbial pairs and co-adhesion between sessile and …

From fluid flow to coupled processes in fractured rock: Recent advances and new frontiers

HS Viswanathan, J Ajo‐Franklin… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative predictions of natural and induced phenomena in fractured rock is one of the
great challenges in the Earth and Energy Sciences with far‐reaching economic and …

Correlation equation for predicting single-collector efficiency in physicochemical filtration in saturated porous media

N Tufenkji, M Elimelech - Environmental science & technology, 2004 - ACS Publications
A new equation for predicting the single-collector contact efficiency (η0) in physicochemical
particle filtration in saturated porous media is presented. The correlation equation is …

Migration of plutonium in ground water at the Nevada Test Site

AB Kersting, DW Efurd, DL Finnegan, DJ Rokop… - Nature, 1999 - nature.com
Mobile colloids—suspended particles in the submicrometre size range—are known to occur
naturally in ground water, and have the potential to enhance transport of non-soluble …

Nanotechnologies for environmental cleanup

PG Tratnyek, RL Johnson - Nano today, 2006 - Elsevier
Among the many applications of nanotechnology that have environmental implications,
remediation of contaminated groundwater using nanoparticles containing zero-valent iron …