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Plastic pollutants in water environment [PDF]

Ochrona Srodowiska i Zasobów Naturalnych, 2017
Abstract Nowadays, wide applications of plastics result in plastic waste being present in the water environment in a wide variety of sizes. Plastic wastes are in water mainly as microplastics (the size range of 1 nm to < 5 mm). Microplastics have been recognized as an emerging threat, as well as ecotoxicological and ecological risk ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Systematic Comparison of Commercial Uranyl‐Alternative Stains for Negative‐ and Positive‐Staining Transmission Electron Microscopy of Organic Specimens

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Negative‐ and positive‐staining TEM is essential for rapid nanometer‐resolution characterization of organic specimens ranging from nanoparticles to cells. Uranyl salts are widely used negative‐/positive‐stains but are radioactive and highly toxic to users and the environment.
Vera M. Kissling, Stephanie Eitner, Davide Bottone, Gea Cereghetti, Peter Wick   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Riverine macroplastic monitoring in Myanmar: sources and pollution dynamics in the Bago River

Microplastics and Nanoplastics
Global plastic pollution has been highlighted as an important environmental issue that requires urgent attention. Macroplastics, plastic items >2.5 cm, contribute the majority to global plastic pollution by mass and are the easiest to manage or remove ...
Rachel Hurley, Vilde Kloster Snekkevik, May Thazin Phoo, Kyaw Min San, Hans Nicolai Adam   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

State‐of‐the‐Art, Insights, and Perspectives for MOFs‐Nanocomposites and MOF‐Derived (Nano)Materials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Different approaches to MOF‐NP composite formation, such as ship‐in‐a‐bottle, bottle‐around‐the‐ship and in situ one‐step synthesis, are used. Owing to synergistic effects, the advantageous features of the components of the composites are beneficially combined, and their individual drawbacks are mitigated.
Stefanos Mourdikoudis, Subhajit Dutta, Saqib Kamal, Sergio Gómez‐Graña, Isabel Pastoriza‐Santos, Stefan Wuttke, Lakshminarayana Polavarapu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

High‐Performance Electrocatalysts of Potassium Lactate Oxidation for Hydrogen and Solid Potassium Acetate Production

Advanced Materials, Volume 37, Issue 13, April 2, 2025.
Potassium lactate, produced from polylactic acid plastic waste, is oxidized to potassium acetate on an anode using Ni(Co)OOH as the electrocatalyst, while hydrogen is simultaneously generated at the cathode, through a highly efficient industrial‐scale electrolysis system.
Jun Hu, Xintong Gao, Shanqing Li, Zhongsheng Xie, Xinyu Sheng, Zhixiang Yuan, Fei Zhang, Ping Chen, Yao Zheng, Shi‐Zhang Qiao   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancements in Carbon‐Based Piezoelectric Materials: Mechanism, Classification, and Applications in Energy Science

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Carbon‐based piezoelectric materials are systematically categorized based on their structural and functional properties. The mechanisms of stress‐induced charge transfer are elucidated, and their applications are explored across three key domains: piezoelectric catalysis for energy conversion and environmental remediation, piezoelectric biomedical ...
Mude Zhu, Qingyou Liu, Wai‐Yeung Wong, Linli Xu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plastic recycling: A panacea or environmental pollution problem

Npj materials sustainability
Increasing plastic waste is a critical global challenge to ecological and human health requiring focused solutions to reduce omnipresent plastic pollution in the environment.
Nisha Singh, Tony R Walker
semanticscholar   +1 more source

High‐Energy‐Density Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries: Recent Progress, Design Strategies, Challenges, and Perspectives

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Strategies achieving high‐energy‐density aqueous zinc‐ion batteries are summarized and analyzed from both their separate advancements and the integrated effectiveness in this review. Then, perspectives are given for valuable guidance for further development of high‐energy‐density aqueous zinc‐ion batteries.
Mingcong Tang, Qun Liu, Xiaohong Zou, Biao Zhang, Liang An   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mussel‐Inspired Molecular Strategies for Fabricating Functional Materials With Underwater Adhesion and Self‐Healing Properties

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review systematically examines the nanomechanical mechanisms of mussel‐inspired molecular interactions, primarily investigated by direct force measurement techniques such as surface forces apparatus and atomic force microscopy. The macroscopic adhesive and self‐healing performances of mussel‐inspired functional materials, including coacervates ...
Pan Huang, Hongjian Zhang, Hongbo Zeng
wiley   +1 more source

The global apparel industry is a significant yet overlooked source of plastic leakage

Nature Communications
Plastic pollution is a global environmental threat with potentially irreversible impacts on aquatic life, ecosystems, and human health. This study is a comprehensive assessment of the global apparel industry’s contribution to plastic pollution.
Anna Kounina, Jesse Daystar, Sophie Chalumeau, Jon Devine, Roland Geyer, Steven T. Pires, Shreya Uday Sonar, Richard A. Venditti, Julien Boucher   +8 more
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