Reconstructing the Environmental Degradation of Polystyrene by Accelerated Weathering

Rapid Production of Micro- and Nanoplastics by Fragmentation of Expanded Polystyrene Exposed to Sunlight

(2020) Young Kyoung Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Temperature and light intensity effects on photodegradation of high-density polyethylene

(2019) Andrew Fairbrother et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Natural weathering severity of typical coastal environment on polystyrene: Experiment and modeling

(2019) Yu Shi et al.   POLYMER TESTING

Biodegradation of mixture of plastic films by tailored marine consortia

(2019) Evdokia Syranidou et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Sunlight Converts Polystyrene to Carbon Dioxide and Dissolved Organic Carbon

(2019) Collin P. Ward et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

From macroplastics to microplastics: Role of water in the fragmentation of polyethylene

(2019) Fanon Julienne et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Current research trends on plastic pollution and ecological impacts on the soil ecosystem: A review

(2018) Yooeun Chae et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

(2018) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Superhydrophobic surfaces: a review on fundamentals, applications, and challenges

(2018) Jeya Jeevahan et al.   Journal of Coatings Technology and Research

Degradation of polyethylene microplastics in seawater: Insights into the environmental degradation of polymers

(2018) João P. Da Costa et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Observation of the degradation of three types of plastic pellets exposed to UV irradiation in three different environments

(2018) Liqi Cai et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics: Finding a consensus on the definition

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Combined Effects of UV Exposure Duration and Mechanical Abrasion on Microplastic Fragmentation by Polymer Type

(2017) Young Kyoung Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastics and microplastics in the oceans: From emerging pollutants to emerged threat

(2017) Carlo Giacomo Avio et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

The plastic in microplastics: A review

(2017) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The effect of comonomer concentration and distribution on the photo-oxidative degradation of linear low density polyethylene films

(2017) Yu-Chieh Hsu et al.   POLYMER

Biodegradation of weathered polystyrene films in seawater microcosms

(2017) Evdokia Syranidou et al.   Scientific Reports

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Interactions of microplastic debris throughout the marine ecosystem

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

Do microplastic particles affect Daphnia magna at the morphological, life history and molecular level?

(2017) Hannes K. Imhof et al.   PLoS One

Field evidence for transfer of plastic debris along a terrestrial food chain

(2017) Esperanza Huerta Lwanga et al.   Scientific Reports

Dangerous hitchhikers? Evidence for potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. on microplastic particles

(2016) Inga V. Kirstein et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Cracks, microcracks and fracture in polymer structures: Formation, detection, autonomic repair

(2016) Firas Awaja et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

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

Evaluation of Service Life of Polystyrene in Tropical Marine Environment by Principal Component Analysis

(2015) Dongdong Song et al.   Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

Pathways for degradation of plastic polymers floating in the marine environment

(2015) Berit Gewert et al.   Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts

Distribution of Surface Plastic Debris in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from an 11-Year Data Set

(2014) Kara Lavender Law et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Structural Identification of Polyacrylonitrile during Thermal Treatment by Selective 13C Labeling and Solid-State 13C NMR Spectroscopy

(2014) Yusong Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Contamination of beach sediments of a subalpine lake with microplastic particles

(2013) Hannes K. Imhof et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web

(2013) Outi Setälä et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Life in the “Plastisphere”: Microbial Communities on Plastic Marine Debris

(2013) Erik R. Zettler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Quantitative solid-state 13C NMR with signal enhancement by multiple cross polarization

(2013) Robert L. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE

The Complex Interaction between Marine Debris and Toxic Chemicals in the Ocean

(2012) Richard E. Engler   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Oxidation and crosslinking processes during thermal aging of low-density polyethylene films

(2011) Salem F. Chabira et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Crosslinking investigation of polybutadiene thermal degradation by carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance

(2011) Mohamad Ronagh-Baghbani et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Spatial Patterns of Plastic Debris along Estuarine Shorelines

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

Natural Weathering Studies of Polypropylene

(2009) K. Rajakumar et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Plastics and beaches: A degrading relationship

(2008) Patricia L. Corcoran et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN