Continuum-based models and concepts for the transport of nanoparticles in saturated porous media: A state-of-the-science review

P Babakhani, J Bridge, R Doong, T Phenrat - Advances in colloid and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Environmental applications of nanoparticles (NP) increasingly result in widespread NP
distribution within porous media where they are subject to various concurrent transport …

Transport of nanoparticles in porous media and its effects on the co-existing pollutants

X Ling, Z Yan, Y Liu, G Lu - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanomaterials are widely used in daily life owing to their superior characteristics. The
release and transport of nanoparticles (NPs) in the environment is inevitable during their …

Influence of biofilm on the transport and deposition behaviors of nano-and micro-plastic particles in quartz sand

L He, H Rong, D Wu, M Li, C Wang, M Tong - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Biofilm, community of bacteria ubiquitously present in natural environment, may interact with
plastic particles and affect the transport of plastic particles in environment. The significance …

A review on the interactions between engineered nanoparticles with extracellular and intracellular polymeric substances from wastewater treatment aggregates

X Huangfu, Y Xu, C Liu, Q He, J Ma, C Ma, R Huang - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) will inevitably enter wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)
due to their widespread application; thus, it is necessary to study the migration and …

Removal of nanoparticles (both inorganic nanoparticles and nanoplastics) in drinking water treatment–coagulation/flocculation/sedimentation, and sand/granular …

CHM Hofman-Caris, PS Bäuerlein… - … : Water Research & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoparticles, such as metallic ones like Ag, Au and TiO2 as well as nanoplastics, are
applied in or emitted by a wide variety of products or stem from degradation. Consequently …

Contributions of nanoscale roughness to anomalous colloid retention and stability behavior

SA Bradford, H Kim, C Shen, S Sasidharan, J Shang - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
All natural surfaces exhibit nanoscale roughness (NR) and chemical heterogeneity (CH) to
some extent. Expressions were developed to determine the mean interaction energy …

[HTML][HTML] Development and characterization of slow release N and Zn fertilizer by coating urea with Zn fortified nano-bentonite and ZnO NPs using various binders

W Umar, I Czinkota, M Gulyás, T Aziz… - … Technology & Innovation, 2022 - Elsevier
The fertilizer use-efficiencies particularly of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and zinc (Zn) in
alkaline soils are often seriously low. The surplus N released from the conventional …

Effects of input concentration, media particle size, and flow rate on fate of polystyrene nanoplastics in saturated porous media

M Zhang, J Hou, J Wu, L Miao, Y Zeng - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoplastics have gradually attracted widespread attention, but the studies in this area are
still very scarce. In this research, the adsorption, transport, long-term release, and particle …

Effect of surface oxidization on quartz slime coating in the sulfidization-amine flotation of smithsonite

M Wang, G Zhang, Y Chen, L Zhao - Minerals Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
In the sulfidization-amine flotation of zinc oxide, the inevitable presence of slime deteriorates
the efficiency of zinc recovery, especially in the cleaner flotation stage. However, the …

A review on the fate and transport behavior of engineered nanoparticles: Possibility of becoming an emerging contaminant in the groundwater

K Dibyanshu, T Chhaya, T Raychoudhury - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
In recent times, the application of engineered nanoparticles in different sectors has
increased exponentially, which has resulted in a rapid increase in the production of …