A review of microplastics aggregation in aquatic environment: Influence factors, analytical methods, and environmental implications

Nanoplastics Promote Microcystin Synthesis and Release from Cyanobacterial Microcystis aeruginosa

(2020) Li-Juan Feng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in seawater: sampling strategies, laboratory methodologies, and identification techniques applied to port environment

(2020) Laura Cutroneo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Separation, characterization and identification of microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment

(2020) Wanyi Fu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microscopic Structure of Swollen Hydrogels by Scanning Electron and Light Microscopies: Artifacts and Reality

(2020) Zhansaya Kaberova et al.   Polymers

Degradation Rates of Plastics in the Environment

(2020) Ali Chamas et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Methods for the analysis of submicrometer- and nanoplastic particles in the environment

(2019) Christian Schwaferts et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Are the primary characteristics of polystyrene nanoplastics responsible for toxicity and ad/absorption in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum?

(2019) Marta Sendra et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Separation and Analysis of Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Complex Environmental Samples

(2019) Brian Nguyen et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Influence of nanoplastic surface charge on eco-corona formation, aggregation and toxicity to freshwater zooplankton

(2019) Juan Saavedra et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Aging Significantly Affects Mobility and Contaminant-Mobilizing Ability of Nanoplastics in Saturated Loamy Sand

(2019) Jin Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in cosmetics: Environmental issues and needs for global bans

(2019) C. Guerranti et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Sampling techniques and preparation methods for microplastic analyses in the aquatic environment – A review

(2019) Friederike Stock et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: Detection, occurrence and removal

(2019) Jing Sun et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microbial Ecotoxicology of Marine Plastic Debris: A Review on Colonization and Biodegradation by the “Plastisphere”

(2019) Justine Jacquin et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Surface functionalization determines behavior of nanoplastic solutions in model aquatic environments

(2019) Kevin Tallec et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Marine vs freshwater microalgae exopolymers as biosolutions to microplastics pollution

(2019) César Cunha et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Fate and transport of nanoplastics in complex natural aquifer media: Effect of particle size and surface functionalization

(2019) Zefeng Song et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Wind erosion as a driver for transport of light density microplastics

(2019) Mahrooz Rezaei et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Analysis and Prevention of Microplastics Pollution in Water: Current Perspectives and Future Directions

(2019) Yolanda Picó et al.   ACS Omega

Aquatic behavior and toxicity of polystyrene nanoplastic particles with different functional groups: Complex roles of pH, dissolved organic carbon and divalent cations

(2019) Fan Zhang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastics and their possible sources: The example of Ofanto river in Southeast Italy

(2019) Claudia Campanale et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Organotin Release from Polyvinyl Chloride Microplastics and Concurrent Photodegradation in Water: Impacts from Salinity, Dissolved Organic Matter, and Light Exposure

(2019) Chunzhao Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Sources of microplastics pollution in the marine environment: Importance of wastewater treatment plant and coastal landfill

(2019) Maria Kazour et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Interactions between nano/micro plastics and suspended sediment in water: Implications on aggregation and settling

(2019) Yang Li et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Spatiotemporal distribution and annual load of microplastics in the Nakdong River, South Korea

(2019) Soeun Eo et al.   WATER RESEARCH

White and wonderful? Microplastics prevail in snow from the Alps to the Arctic

(2019) Melanie Bergmann et al.   Science Advances

Environmental occurrences, fate, and impacts of microplastics

(2019) Panfeng Wu et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

A sustainable solution to plastics pollution: An eco-friendly bioplastic film production from high-salt contained Spirulina sp. residues

(2019) Chaofan Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Plastic sources: A survey across scientific and grey literature for their inventory and relative contribution to microplastics pollution in natural environments, with an emphasis on surface water

(2019) Silvia Galafassi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Aggregation kinetics of UV irradiated nanoplastics in aquatic environments

(2019) Yanjun Liu et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Aggregation kinetics of different surface-modified polystyrene nanoparticles in monovalent and divalent electrolytes

(2019) Sujuan Yu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A preliminary study of the interactions between microplastics and citrate-coated silver nanoparticles in aquatic environments

(2019) Penghui Li et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Quantification of poly(ethylene terephthalate) micro- and nanoparticle contaminants in marine sediments and other environmental matrices

(2019) Valter Castelvetro et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Pollutants delivered every day: Phthalates in plastic express packaging bags and their leaching potential

(2019) Zhaoni Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Aggregation and stability of nanoscale plastics in aquatic environment

(2019) Mehnaz Shams et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Chemical composition and ecotoxicity of plastic and car tire rubber leachates to aquatic organisms

(2019) Marco Capolupo et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Removal of micron-sized microplastic particles from simulated drinking water via alum coagulation

(2019) Dorothy W. Skaf et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Fate of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants and their environmental dispersion with effluent and sludge

(2019) Carlos Edo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in the environment: Challenges in analytical chemistry - A review

(2018) Ana B. Silva et al.   ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA

Detection of nanoplastics in food by asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation coupled to multi-angle light scattering: possibilities, challenges and analytical limitations

(2018) Manuel Correia et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Instrumental analysis of microplastics—benefits and challenges

(2018) Sven Huppertsberg et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Phytoplankton response to polystyrene microplastics: Perspective from an entire growth period

(2018) Yufeng Mao et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Effects of inorganic ions and natural organic matter on the aggregation of nanoplastics

(2018) Li Cai et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Aggregation kinetics of microplastics in aquatic environment: Complex roles of electrolytes, pH, and natural organic matter

(2018) Shuocong Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Current opinion: What is a nanoplastic?

(2018) Julien Gigault et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution increases gene exchange in aquatic ecosystems

(2018) Maria Arias-Andres 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

Agglomeration of nano- and microplastic particles in seawater by autochthonous and de novo-produced sources of exopolymeric substances

(2018) Stephen Summers et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Application of hollow fiber flow field-flow fractionation with UV–Vis detection in the rapid characterization and preparation of poly(vinyl acetate) nanoemulsions

(2018) Yuqing Xiao et al.   MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Microplastics in a Marine Environment: Review of Methods for Sampling, Processing, and Analyzing Microplastics in Water, Bottom Sediments, and Coastal Deposits

(2018) M. B. Zobkov et al.   OCEANOLOGY

Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future?

(2018) Luís Carlos de Sá et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Toxicities of polystyrene nano- and microplastics toward marine bacterium Halomonas alkaliphila

(2018) Xuemei Sun et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Size-dependent transport and retention of micron-sized plastic spheres in natural sand saturated with seawater

(2018) Zhiqiang Dong et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic

(2018) Ilka Peeken et al.   Nature Communications

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

Marine litter plastics and microplastics and their toxic chemicals components: the need for urgent preventive measures

(2018) Frederic Gallo et al.   Environmental Sciences Europe

Field-Based Evidence for Microplastic in Marine Aggregates and Mussels: Implications for Trophic Transfer

(2018) Shiye Zhao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Measurement of the surface hydrophobicity of engineered nanoparticles using an atomic force microscope

(2018) Wanyi Fu et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Nano And Mciroplastic Analysis: Focus On Remediation Technologies And Occurrence In Freshwater Ecosystems

(2018) Yolanda Pico et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Investigation of microplastics in aquatic environments: An overview of the methods used, from field sampling to laboratory analysis

(2018) Wenfeng Wang et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Small Microplastic Sampling in Water: Development of an Encapsulated Filtration Device

(2018) Robin Lenz et al.   Water

Assessment of the sources and inflow processes of microplastics in the river environments of Japan

(2018) Tomoya Kataoka et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Occurrence, sources, human health impacts and mitigation of microplastic pollution

(2018) Samaneh Karbalaei et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Destabilization of polyethylene and polyvinylchloride structure by marine bacterial strain

(2018) Alka Kumari et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Methods for sampling and detection of microplastics in water and sediment: A critical review

(2018) Joana Correia Prata et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Effect of salinity and humic acid on the aggregation and toxicity of polystyrene nanoplastics with different functional groups and charges

(2018) Jiayi Wu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Joint toxicity of microplastics with triclosan to marine microalgae Skeletonema costatum

(2018) Zhi-lin Zhu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Influence of differently functionalized polystyrene microplastics on the toxic effects of P25 TiO2 NPs towards marine algae Chlorella sp.

(2018) Vignesh Thiagarajan et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Distribution and importance of microplastics in the marine environment: A review of the sources, fate, effects, and potential solutions

(2017) H.S. Auta et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Interactions between polystyrene microplastics and marine phytoplankton lead to species-specific hetero-aggregation

(2017) Marc Long et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Toxic effects of microplastic on marine microalgae Skeletonema costatum : Interactions between microplastic and algae

(2017) Cai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic contamination in Lake Winnipeg, Canada

(2017) Philip J. Anderson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic Exposure Assessment in Aquatic Environments: Learning from Similarities and Differences to Engineered Nanoparticles

(2017) Thorsten Hüffer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

International policies to reduce plastic marine pollution from single-use plastics (plastic bags and microbeads): A review

(2017) Dirk Xanthos et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics releasing from personal care and cosmetic products in China

(2017) Kun Lei et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics as a vector for the transport of the bacterial fish pathogen species Aeromonas salmonicida

(2017) Manca Kovač Viršek et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Impacts of Biofilm Formation on the Fate and Potential Effects of Microplastic in the Aquatic Environment

(2017) Christoph D. Rummel et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Interactions of microplastic debris throughout the marine ecosystem

(2017) Tamara S. Galloway et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Influence of wastewater treatment plant discharges on microplastic concentrations in surface water

(2016) Shirin Estahbanati et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Characterisation of nanoplastics during the degradation of polystyrene

(2016) Scott Lambert et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Flow cytometry: basic principles and applications

(2016) Aysun Adan et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in aquatic environments: Implications for Canadian ecosystems

(2016) Julie C. Anderson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic interactions with freshwater microalgae: Hetero-aggregation and changes in plastic density appear strongly dependent on polymer type

(2016) Fabienne Lagarde et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution in lakes and lake shoreline sediments – A case study on Lake Bolsena and Lake Chiusi (central Italy)

(2016) Elke Kerstin Fischer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

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

Nanoparticle tracking analysis of particle size and concentration detection in suspensions of polymer and protein samples: Influence of experimental and data evaluation parameters

(2016) Julia Gross et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS

Synthetic fibers in atmospheric fallout: A source of microplastics in the environment?

(2016) Rachid Dris et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Qualitative impact of salinity, UV radiation and turbulence on leaching of organic plastic additives from four common plastics — A lab experiment

(2016) Tim Jesper Suhrhoff et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine plastic litter: the unanalyzed nano-fraction

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

Microplastics in the aquatic and terrestrial environment: sources (with a specific focus on personal care products), fate and effects

(2016) Karen Duis et al.   Environmental Sciences Europe

Heteroaggregation of nanoparticles with biocolloids and geocolloids

(2015) Hongtao Wang et al.   ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Marine microplastic-associated biofilms – a review

(2015) Sonja Oberbeckmann et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Potential Health Impact of Environmentally Released Micro- and Nanoplastics in the Human Food Production Chain: Experiences from Nanotoxicology

(2015) Hans Bouwmeester et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Interaction Forces and Aggregation Rates of Colloidal Latex Particles in the Presence of Monovalent Counterions

(2015) F. Javier Montes Ruiz-Cabello et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Interactions between microplastics and phytoplankton aggregates: Impact on their respective fates

(2015) Marc Long et al.   MARINE CHEMISTRY

Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review of the emerging threats, identification of knowledge gaps and prioritisation of research needs

(2015) Dafne Eerkes-Medrano et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics profile along the Rhine River

(2015) Thomas Mani et al.   Scientific Reports

Evaluation of hydrodynamic chromatography coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry detector for analysis of colloids in environmental media – effects of colloid composition, coating and shape

(2014) A. Philippe et al.   Analytical Methods

Heteroaggregation of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles with Model Natural Colloids under Environmentally Relevant Conditions

(2014) Antonia Praetorius 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

Hydrodynamic chromatography and field flow fractionation in finite aspect ratio channels

(2014) T.N. Shendruk et al.   JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A

Dark field nanoparticle tracking analysis for size characterization of plasmonic and non-plasmonic particles

(2014) Thorsten Wagner et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH

Simplifying modeling of nanoparticle aggregation–sedimentation behavior in environmental systems: A theoretical analysis

(2014) Joris T.K. Quik et al.   WATER RESEARCH

High-Resolution Hydrodynamic Chromatographic Separation of Large DNA Using Narrow, Bare Open Capillaries: A Rapid and Economical Alternative Technology to Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis?

(2013) Lei Liu et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Field-Flow Fractionation and Hydrodynamic Chromatography on a Microfluidic Chip

(2013) Tyler N. Shendruk et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Colloidal Properties and Stability of Graphene Oxide Nanomaterials in the Aquatic Environment

(2013) Indranil Chowdhury et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Predicting Aggregation Rates of Colloidal Particles from Direct Force Measurements

(2013) F. Javier Montes Ruiz-Cabello et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

The power of light in polymer science: photochemical processes to manipulate polymer formation, structure, and properties

(2013) Shunsuke Chatani et al.   Polymer Chemistry

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

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

Operational-modes of field-flow fractionation in microfluidic channels

(2012) T.N. Shendruk et al.   JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A

Aggregation rate and fractal dimension of fullerene nanoparticles via simultaneous multiangle static and dynamic light scattering measurement

(2012) Zhiyong Meng et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Assessment of atomic force microscopy for characterisation of nanofiltration membranes

(2012) Joanna Stawikowska et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

Hyphenated analytical techniques for multidimensional characterisation of submicron particles: A review

(2011) Gaëtane Lespes et al.   ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA

Composition and molecular weight analysis of styrene-acrylic copolymers using thermal field-flow fractionation

(2011) J. Ray Runyon et al.   JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A

Experimental study of electrostatically stabilized colloidal particles: Colloidal stability and charge reversal

(2011) Christian Schneider et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Electron microscopy of nanoemulsions: An essential tool for characterisation and stability assessment

(2011) Victoria Klang et al.   MICRON

UV Irradiation and Humic Acid Mediate Aggregation of Aqueous Fullerene (nC60) Nanoparticles

(2010) Xiaolei Qu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Physical Adsorption of Charged Plastic Nanoparticles Affects Algal Photosynthesis

(2010) Priyanka Bhattacharya et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Electrostatic Stabilization of Charged Colloidal Particles with Adsorbed Polyelectrolytes of Opposite Charge

(2010) José Hierrezuelo et al.   LANGMUIR

Marine aggregates facilitate ingestion of nanoparticles by suspension-feeding bivalves

(2009) J. Evan Ward et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Contributing to marine pollution by washing your face: Microplastics in facial cleansers

(2009) Lisa S. Fendall et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

An overview on field-flow fractionation techniques and their applications in the separation and characterization of polymers

(2009) Fathi A. Messaud et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Ingested Microscopic Plastic Translocates to the Circulatory System of the Mussel,Mytilus edulis(L.)

(2008) Mark A. Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY