Recent approaches and advanced wastewater treatment technologies for mitigating emerging microplastics contamination–A critical review

RY Krishnan, S Manikandan, R Subbaiya… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics have been identified as an emerging pollutant due to their irrefutable
prevalence in air, soil, and particularly, the aquatic ecosystem. Wastewater treatment plants …

Synthesis and application of titanium dioxide photocatalysis for energy, decontamination and viral disinfection: A review

J Arun, S Nachiappan, G Rangarajan… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Global pollution is calling for advanced methods to remove contaminants from water and
wastewater, such as TiO2-assisted photocatalysis. The environmental applications of …

How to build a microplastics‐free environment: strategies for microplastics degradation and plastics recycling

J Chen, J Wu, PC Sherrell, J Chen, H Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microplastics are an emergent yet critical issue for the environment because of high
degradation resistance and bioaccumulation. Unfortunately, the current technologies to …

Trapping and detecting nanoplastics by MXene-derived oxide microrobots

M Urso, M Ussia, F Novotný, M Pumera - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Nanoplastic pollution, the final product of plastic waste fragmentation in the environment,
represents an increasing concern for the scientific community due to the easier diffusion and …

Critical review of microplastics removal from the environment

R Ahmed, AK Hamid, SA Krebsbach, J He, D Wang - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Globally, microplastics pollution has become a serious environmental threat due to their
multitude sources, widespread occurrence, persistence, and adverse effects to ecosystem …

Removal of microplastics from the environment. A review

M Padervand, E Lichtfouse, D Robert… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2020 - Springer
The production of fossil fuel-derived, synthetic plastics is continually increasing, while poor
plastic waste management has recently induced severe pollution issues. Microplastics are …

Removal of microplastics from water by magnetic nano-Fe3O4

X Shi, X Zhang, W Gao, Y Zhang, D He - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) have been widely detected in aquatic environments, and become
emerging contaminants of growing concern. It is urgently needed to explore how to …

Smart micro-and nanorobots for water purification

M Urso, M Ussia, M Pumera - Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2023 - nature.com
Less than 1% of Earth's freshwater reserves is accessible. Industrialization, population
growth and climate change are further exacerbating clean water shortage. Current water …

[HTML][HTML] Removing microplastics from aquatic environments: A critical review

Y Pan, SH Gao, C Ge, Q Gao, S Huang, Y Kang… - Environmental science …, 2023 - Elsevier
As one of the typical emerging contaminants, microplastics exist widely in the environment
because of their small size and recalcitrance, which has caused various ecological …

Removal of microplastics and nanoplastics from urban waters: separation and degradation

Z Chen, X Liu, W Wei, H Chen, BJ Ni - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The omnipresent micro/nanoplastics (MPs/NPs) in urban waters arouse great public
concern. To build a MP/NP-free urban water system, enormous efforts have been made to …