Scientists continue to make advancements and new discoveries in the realm of plastic
pollution. A prime instance is the widespread detection of novel variants of plastic debris …

Discarded plastics and microplastics (MPs) in the environment are considered emerging
contaminants and indicators of the Anthropocene epoch. This study reports the discovery of …

Microplastics (MPs) are emerging as a class of pollutants that are a potential threat to
biological and human health. Aggregation and settling are crucial to controlling MPs …

Rivers and estuaries are regarded as major pathways of microplastic (MP) transport from
terrestrial areas to marine ecosystems. Despite this knowledge on the transport dynamics …

In this work, we used palladium-doped polystyrene NPLs (PS-NPLs with a primary size of
286±4 nm) with an irregular surface morphology which allowed for particle tracking and …

Nanoplastics have attracted extensive attention in recent years. However, little is known
about the heteroaggregation behavior of nanoplastics on goethite (FeOOH), especially the …

Nanoplastics (NPs) inevitably interact with iron minerals (IMs) after being released into
aquatic environments, changing their transport and fate. In this study, batch …

As emerging contaminants, nano-plastics have become a major cause for concern for their
adverse effects on the ecosystem and human health. The nano-sized properties of nano …

Persistent nanoplastics (NPs) and their interaction with ubiquitous iron oxide minerals
(IOMs) require a detailed understanding to dictate NPs fate and transport in aqueous and …

Nanoplastics (NPs) usually coexist with impurity-bearing ferrihydrite (ImFh), and their
interaction is related to their environmental fate. In this study, the aggregation between ImFh …