Understanding the fragmentation of microplastics into nano-plastics and removal of nano/microplastics from wastewater using membrane, air flotation and nano-ferrofluid processes

Fate of road-dust associated microplastics and per- and polyfluorinated substances in stormwater

(2020) Biplob Kumar Pramanik et al.   PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Removal of polystyrene and polyethylene microplastics using PAC and FeCl3 coagulation: Performance and mechanism

(2020) Guanyu Zhou et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: Detection, occurrence and removal

(2019) Jing Sun et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics in a municipal wastewater treatment plant: Fate, dynamic distribution, removal efficiencies, and control strategies

(2019) Xuemin Lv et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Nano/microplastics in water and wastewater treatment processes – Origin, impact and potential solutions

(2019) Marie Enfrin et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Surface modification and selective flotation of waste plastics for effective recycling——a review

(2019) Hui Wang et al.   SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY

Pathway, classification and removal efficiency of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants

(2019) Phuong Linh Ngo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Release of hazardous nanoplastic contaminants due to microplastics fragmentation under shear stress forces

(2019) Marie Enfrin et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

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

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

The fate of microplastics in an Italian Wastewater Treatment Plant

(2018) Stefano Magni et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Characteristics of microplastic removal via coagulation and ultrafiltration during drinking water treatment

(2018) Baiwen Ma et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Polyester Textiles as a Source of Microplastics from Households: A Mechanistic Study to Understand Microfiber Release During Washing

(2017) Edgar Hernandez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastic and Human Health: A Micro Issue?

(2017) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Characterisation of nanoplastics during the degradation of polystyrene

(2016) Scott Lambert et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastic pollution is widely detected in US municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent

(2016) Sherri A. Mason 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

Microplastics as vectors for bioaccumulation of hydrophobic organic chemicals in the marine environment: A state-of-the-science review

(2016) Linda M. Ziccardi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Marine microplastic debris: a targeted plan for understanding and quantifying interactions with marine life

(2016) James R Clark et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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

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

Transport and fate of microplastic particles in wastewater treatment plants

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

Treatment of secondary effluent with biological activated carbon to reduce fouling of microfiltration membranes caused by algal organic matter from Microcystis aeruginosa

(2015) Biplob Kumar Pramanik et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE 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

Do wastewater treatment plants act as a potential point source of microplastics? Preliminary study in the coastal Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea

(2015) J. Talvitie et al.   WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Effects of additives on PVC plastics surface and the natural flotability

(2013) Chongqing Wang et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

Characterization of cake layer structure on the microfiltration membrane permeability by iron pre-coagulation

(2013) Jin Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Magnetic nanoparticles grafted with β-cyclodextrin–polyurethane polymer as a novel nanomagnetic polymer brush catalyst for nucleophilic substitution reactions of benzyl halides in water

(2012) Ali Reza Kiasat et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL

Arsenic removal from a high-arsenic wastewater using in situ formed Fe–Mn binary oxide combined with coagulation by poly-aluminum chloride

(2010) Kun Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Characterizing Manufactured Nanoparticles in the Environment: Multimethod Determination of Particle Sizes

(2009) Rute F. Domingos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY