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Evaluating the effectiveness of adsorption nano-techniques for microplastic removal: Insights and future prospects

This review evaluates the effectiveness of various adsorbent materials, including activated carbon, bioadsorbents, and advanced nanomaterials, for removing microplastics and nanoplastics from water. Researchers examined key factors like pore size, surface charge, and environmental conditions that influence removal efficiency. The study highlights the need for developing more sustainable and cost-effective adsorbent materials to tackle growing microplastic contamination in water sources.

2026 Marine Pollution Bulletin
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Application of carbon-based adsorbents in the remediation of micro- and nanoplastics

This review summarizes how carbon-based materials like activated carbon, biochar, and carbon nanotubes can be used to remove micro and nanoplastics from water through adsorption. These materials are attractive because they are low-cost, eco-friendly, and can be modified to improve their plastic-capturing ability. Better water filtration materials could help reduce the amount of microplastics that reach people through drinking water and food preparation.

2023 Journal of Environmental Management 36 citations
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Microplastic pollutants in water: A comprehensive review on their remediation by adsorption using various adsorbents

This review covers the different materials scientists are developing to filter microplastics out of water, including biochar, activated carbon, sponges, carbon nanotubes, and newer hybrid materials. Each material has trade-offs in terms of cost, effectiveness, and environmental impact, but combining different approaches shows the most promise. The research is important because better water filtration methods could directly reduce the amount of microplastics people consume through drinking water.

2024 Chemosphere 67 citations
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Innovations in the Development of Promising Adsorbents for the Remediation of Microplastics and Nanoplastics – A Critical Review

This review evaluates innovative materials being developed to remove microplastics and nanoplastics from polluted water, including carbon-based, metal, polymer, and mineral adsorbents. Researchers compared the effectiveness, advantages, and limitations of each type, finding that adsorption-based approaches show strong promise. The study highlights remaining challenges such as scaling these technologies for real-world water treatment applications.

2022 Water Research 136 citations
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Carbon-based adsorbents for micro/nano-plastics removal: current advances and perspectives

Scientists reviewed how carbon-based materials like graphene, activated carbon, and carbon nanotubes can be used to remove micro- and nanoplastics from water. Researchers found that these adsorbents show strong potential for capturing tiny plastic particles thanks to their tunable surface properties and high surface area. The study suggests that carbon-based filtration could become an important technology for cleaning microplastic-contaminated water.

2024 Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics 36 citations
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A critical review of microplastics and nanoplastics in wastewater: Insights into adsorbent-based remediation strategies

This review analyzes research on removing microplastics and nanoplastics from water using materials that absorb the particles, finding that adsorption is the most widely studied removal method. Carbon-based and metal-based materials currently dominate the research, but plant-based (biopolymer) adsorbents are gaining attention because they are biodegradable and non-toxic. Better removal technologies are critical because conventional water treatment often fails to capture the smallest plastic particles that pose the greatest risk to human health.

2025 Environmental Pollution 8 citations
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Emerging Contaminants and Their Removal from Aqueous Media Using Conventional/Non-Conventional Adsorbents: A Glance at the Relationship between Materials, Processes, and Technologies

This review covers various methods for removing emerging contaminants, including microplastics, from water using materials that absorb pollutants. Activated carbon remains the most effective option, but researchers are also developing cheaper alternatives from agricultural waste and nanomaterials. The work is important because better water treatment methods could reduce human exposure to microplastics and other harmful substances in drinking water.

2023 Water 60 citations
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Carbon-Based Adsorbents for Microplastic Removal from Wastewater

This review examines how carbon-based materials like biochar, activated carbon, and carbon nanotubes can filter microplastics out of wastewater. Modified versions of these materials showed high removal rates, suggesting they could help reduce the amount of microplastics that reach drinking water sources and, ultimately, the human body.

2024 Materials 46 citations
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Current status of using adsorbent nanomaterials for removing microplastics from water supply systems: a mini review

This review evaluates the current status and potential of adsorbent nanomaterials for removing microplastics from water supply systems, assessing their effectiveness against smaller particles that challenge conventional water treatment processes.

2025 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
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Removing micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) from water via novel composite adsorbents: A review

Researchers reviewed advances in composite materials — including carbon-based, magnetic, and metal-organic framework (MOF) materials — designed to adsorb and remove micro- and nanoplastics from water, finding that each type offers performance advantages over traditional adsorbents but also faces challenges around cost, scalability, and environmental safety. The review calls for future materials that are stable, sustainable, and practical for large-scale water treatment.

2025 Cleaner Water
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Nanoplastics in aquatic systems: challenges and advances in adsorptive removal technologies

This review examined the formation and environmental effects of nanoplastics in water systems and assessed adsorption as a promising method for their removal. Researchers evaluated materials including biochar, sponges, and aerogels, finding that effectiveness depends on factors like pH, pore size, and surface chemistry. The study highlights that while adsorption technologies show potential for nanoplastic cleanup, challenges remain in scaling these approaches for real-world water treatment.

2025 Frontiers in Water 2 citations
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Emerging Porous Materials for Adsorptive Removal of Microplastics and Nanoplastics from Aquatic Environments: A Review

This review summarizes recent advances in using porous materials, including sponges, aerogels, hydrogels, metal-organic frameworks, and carbon-based adsorbents, to remove microplastics and nanoplastics from water. Researchers found that adsorption using these materials is a promising, cost-effective approach that outperforms conventional water treatment methods for plastic particle removal. The study identifies key challenges and future research directions for developing practical adsorbents for real-world plastic pollution mitigation.

2025 ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 1 citations
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Current progress in sorptive eradication of microplastics from aqueous media: a review

This review summarized sources of microplastics and their health effects, and evaluated various sorbent materials—including biochar, activated carbon, and nanomaterials—used to remove MPs from water under different pH, temperature, and concentration conditions.

2025 New Journal of Chemistry
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9 Carbon composites in the mitigation of micro and nanoplastics

This review evaluates how carbon-based composite materials — including activated carbon and graphene derivatives — can be used to remove micro- and nanoplastics from water through adsorption, chemical binding, and photocatalytic degradation. Carbon composites show strong potential as versatile remediation tools, though scaling these technologies to real-world water treatment applications remains a key challenge.

2024 2 citations
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Removing microplastics from aquatic environments: A critical review

This review summarized current technologies for removing microplastics from aquatic environments, including adsorption, filtration, and degradation methods used in freshwater, marine, drinking water, and wastewater treatment systems, identifying key research gaps.

2022 Environmental Science and Ecotechnology 146 citations
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Water Pollutants: Adsorptions and Solutions

This book describes technologies for removing pollutants—including microplastics—from water and wastewater using adsorption methods. Adsorption-based treatment is a promising approach for capturing plastic particles and chemical contaminants before they reach drinking water supplies or natural water bodies.

2021
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Index

This is an index page from a reference book on water treatment and environmental remediation, listing key topics including activated carbon adsorbents used to remove contaminants from water. Adsorption-based treatment methods are among the approaches studied for microplastic removal from drinking water.

2023
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Novel Materials for the Removal of Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Drinking Water Treatment: A Comprehensive Review

This review systematically assessed novel materials—including metal-organic frameworks, bio-based adsorbents, and advanced membranes—for removing microplastics and nanoplastics from drinking water. The authors found that conventional treatment removes as little as 48.4% of particles and that emerging nanomaterial-based approaches can achieve higher efficiencies, though scalability and cost remain barriers.

2025 Water Environment Research
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Recent developments in microplastic contaminated water treatment: Progress and prospects of carbon-based two-dimensional materials for membranes separation

This review assessed recent advances in microplastic removal from contaminated water, covering physical, chemical, and biological treatment methods and their effectiveness across different plastic sizes, polymer types, and water chemistries. The authors identify membrane filtration and coagulation as among the most promising scalable approaches.

2022 Chemosphere 56 citations
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Paving roads with recycled plastics: Microplastic pollution or eco-friendly solution?

This study assessed the capability of granular activated carbon filtration to remove nanoplastics from drinking water, finding approximately 85% removal efficiency for particles below 1 micrometer. Removal was lower for smaller, hydrophilic particles that resist adsorption.

2022 Journal of Hazardous Materials 75 citations