Microplastics and nanoplastics in aquatic environments: aggregation, deposition, and enhanced contaminant transport

OS Alimi, J Farner Budarz, LM Hernandez… - … science & technology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Plastic litter is widely acknowledged as a global environmental threat, and poor
management and disposal lead to increasing levels in the environment. Of recent concern is …

Recent advances in nanomaterials for water protection and monitoring

R Das, CD Vecitis, A Schulze, B Cao… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The efficient handling of wastewater pollutants is a must, since they are continuously defiling
limited fresh water resources, seriously affecting the terrestrial, aquatic, and aerial flora and …

Size effect of polystyrene microplastics on sorption of phenanthrene and nitrobenzene

J Wang, X Liu, G Liu, Z Zhang, H Wu, B Cui… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microplastics can have strong sorption capacity for many contaminants, thus greatly
influencing the fate, transport and bioavailability of those contaminants in the environment …

Graphene in the aquatic environment: adsorption, dispersion, toxicity and transformation

J Zhao, Z Wang, JC White, B Xing - Environmental science & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Graphene-family nanomaterials (GFNs) including pristine graphene, reduced graphene
oxide (rGO) and graphene oxide (GO) offer great application potential, leading to the …

Antibacterial activity of graphite, graphite oxide, graphene oxide, and reduced graphene oxide: membrane and oxidative stress

S Liu, TH Zeng, M Hofmann, E Burcombe, J Wei… - ACS …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Health and environmental impacts of graphene-based materials need to be thoroughly
evaluated before their potential applications. Graphene has strong cytotoxicity toward …

Colloidal properties and stability of graphene oxide nanomaterials in the aquatic environment

I Chowdhury, MC Duch, ND Mansukhani… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
While graphene oxide (GO) has been found to be the most toxic graphene-based
nanomaterial, its environmental fate is still unexplored. In this study, the aggregation kinetics …

Aggregation and deposition of engineered nanomaterials in aquatic environments: role of physicochemical interactions

AR Petosa, DP Jaisi, IR Quevedo… - … science & technology, 2010 - ACS Publications
The ever-increasing use of engineered nanomaterials will lead to heightened levels of these
materials in the environment. The present review aims to provide a comprehensive overview …

Cellular uptake of nanoparticles as determined by particle properties, experimental conditions, and cell type

K Kettler, K Veltman, D van De Meent… - Environmental …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The increased application of nanoparticles (NPs) is increasing the risk of their release into
the environment. Although many toxicity studies have been conducted, the environmental …

Fate and bioavailability of engineered nanoparticles in soils: a review

G Cornelis, K Hund-Rinke, T Kuhlbusch… - Critical Reviews in …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Interactions within natural soils have often been neglected when assessing fate and
bioavailability of engineered nanomaterials (ENM) in soils. This review combines patchwise …

Engineered nanoparticles and organic matter: a review of the state-of-the-art

R Grillo, AH Rosa, LF Fraceto - Chemosphere, 2015 - Elsevier
Growth in the development and production of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in recent
years has increased the potential for interactions of these nanomaterials with aquatic and …