Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) is a spectroscopy technique widely used to identify organic
materials. It has recently gained popularity in microplastic (MP) pollution research to …

The surge in nano/microplastics (NPs/MPs) through myriad daily products released in the
aqueous environment highlights the importance of the urgent development of mitigation …

Owing to its capacity for unique (bio)-chemical specificity, microscopy with mid–infrared (IR)
illumination holds tremendous promise for a wide range of biomedical and industrial …

Microplastics contamination is one of the leading environmental catastrophes for the marine
ecosystem, but the molecular toxicity mechanism of those microplastics remains elusive …

Ameliorating the reactant mass transfer and fabricating the multiple active sites on the
catalyst surface are feasible strategies to synthesize efficient and recyclable catalysts for …

Plastics composed mainly of polystyrene polymer have become widely used materials in
different industries. The poor disposition of these products and their interaction with the …

The present study aimed to quantify the concentration levels of potentially toxic elements
(PTEs) such as aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, lead, zinc, and …

Microplastics (MPs) have received much attention in recent years because of their
continuous photoaging process in aquatic environments. However, little research has been …

The present study deals with the effect of the addition of pure titanium oxide nanoparticles
(TiO 2 NPs) prepared by the sol–gel technique on a polystyrene (PS)/polyvinylchloride …

Co-occurrence of nanoplastics (NPs) with metal oxide nanoparticles (nMOx) and polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been widely reported. However, there is a scarcity of …