Synthesis of metal-doped nanoplastics and their utility to investigate fate and behaviour in complex environmental systems

Current opinion: What is a nanoplastic?

(2018) Julien Gigault et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Aquatic Environments: Aggregation, Deposition, and Enhanced Contaminant Transport

(2018) Olubukola S. Alimi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Incorporation and distribution of noble metal atoms in polyacrylonitrile colloidal particles using different polymerization strategies

(2018) Anna Beltzung et al.   POLYMER

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

(2018) Stephan Wagner et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Heteroaggregation of nanoplastic particles in the presence of inorganic colloids and natural organic matter

(2018) Olena Oriekhova et al.   Environmental Science-Nano

Closing the gap between small and smaller: towards a framework to analyse nano- and microplastics in aqueous environmental samples

(2018) S. M. Mintenig et al.   Environmental Science-Nano

Ingestion of micro- and nanoplastics in Daphnia magna – Quantification of body burdens and assessment of feeding rates and reproduction

(2017) Sinja Rist et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2017) Ellen Besseling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Quantification of Element Fluxes in Wastewaters: A Nationwide Survey in Switzerland

(2017) Bas Vriens et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Measuring Nanoparticle Attachment Efficiency in Complex Systems

(2017) Nicholas K. Geitner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Nanoplastic in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

(2017) Alexandra Ter Halle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Envisioning Nano Release Dynamics in a Changing World: Using Dynamic Probabilistic Modeling to Assess Future Environmental Emissions of Engineered Nanomaterials

(2017) Tian Yin Sun et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Risks of Plastic Debris: Unravelling Fact, Opinion, Perception, and Belief

(2017) Albert A. Koelmans et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Prediction of the glass transition temperature and design of phase diagrams of butadiene rubber and styrene–butadiene rubber via molecular dynamics simulations

(2017) Myung Shin Ryu et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Wear and Tear of Tyres: A Stealthy Source of Microplastics in the Environment

(2017) Pieter Jan Kole et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Characterisation of nanoplastics during the degradation of polystyrene

(2016) Scott Lambert et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) as a Source of Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment

(2016) Fionn Murphy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

(Nano)plastics in the environment – Sources, fates and effects

(2016) João Pinto da Costa et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Transport and fate of microplastic particles in wastewater treatment plants

(2016) Steve A. Carr et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Marine plastic litter: the unanalyzed nano-fraction

(2016) Julien Gigault et al.   Environmental Science-Nano

Heteroaggregation, transformation and fate of CeO2 nanoparticles in wastewater treatment

(2015) Lauren E. Barton et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Scientific Evidence Supports a Ban on Microbeads

(2015) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The Impact of Polystyrene Microplastics on Feeding, Function and Fecundity in the Marine Copepod Calanus helgolandicus

(2015) Matthew Cole et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Uptake and toxicity of methylmethacrylate-based nanoplastic particles in aquatic organisms

(2015) Andy M. Booth et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Novel biocompatible nanocapsules for slow release of fragrances on the human skin

(2015) Baharak Hosseinkhani et al.   New Biotechnology

Theory and Methodology for Determining Nanoparticle Affinity for Heteroaggregation in Environmental Matrices Using Batch Measurements

(2014) Lauren E. Barton et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE

Large Accumulation of Micro-sized Synthetic Polymer Particles in the Sea Surface Microlayer

(2014) Young Kyoung Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic is an Abundant and Distinct Microbial Habitat in an Urban River

(2014) Amanda McCormick et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Fabric Softener Technology: A Review

(2014) Dennis S. Murphy   JOURNAL OF SURFACTANTS AND DETERGENTS

Suspended microplastics in the surface water of the Yangtze Estuary System, China: First observations on occurrence, distribution

(2014) Shiye Zhao et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Tracking Trace Amounts of Submicrometer Silica Particles in Wastewaters and Activated Sludge Using Silica-Encapsulated DNA Barcodes

(2014) Robert N. Grass et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of the Methods Used for Identification and Quantification

(2012) Valeria Hidalgo-Ruz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Behavior of Metallic Silver Nanoparticles in a Pilot Wastewater Treatment Plant

(2011) Ralf Kaegi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Occurrence and removal of titanium at full scale wastewater treatment plants: implications for TiO2 nanomaterials

(2011) Paul Westerhoff et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Smart Polymer Nanoparticles Designed for Environmentally Compliant Coatings

(2011) Mohsen Soleimani et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Spatial Patterns of Plastic Debris along Estuarine Shorelines

(2010) Mark A. Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Chemical modification of poly(vinyl chloride)—Still on the run

(2009) S. Moulay   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Multi-membrane hydrogel fabricated by facile dynamic self-assembly

(2009) Hongjun Dai et al.   Soft Matter

Core−Shell Nanoparticles:  Characterization and Study of Their Use for the Encapsulation of Hydrophobic Fluorescent Dyes

(2008) Jorge L. Chávez et al.   LANGMUIR