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ClearMicroplastics removal from aqueous environment by metal organic frameworks
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of advanced porous materials, can remove 70-99.9% of microplastics from water in laboratory settings. MOFs can be customized with specific pore sizes and chemical properties to target different types of microplastics. While challenges remain with cost and scaling up, this technology shows promise for developing more effective water treatment systems to reduce human exposure to microplastics in drinking water.
Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Adsorption and Degradation of Microplastics
This review examines metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of porous materials, as a promising technology for capturing and breaking down microplastics in water. MOFs offer advantages over traditional filtration because they can be designed to target specific plastic types and sizes. While still mostly tested in laboratories, MOF-based approaches could help close the gap in water treatment where conventional methods fail to remove the smallest and most harmful microplastic particles.
Advances in metal-organic frameworks for microplastic removal from aquatic environments: Mechanisms and performance insights
Researchers reviewed over 65 studies on using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — highly porous, sponge-like materials — to remove microplastics from water, finding some MOFs achieved up to 98% removal efficiency and could be reused six times, making them a promising filtration technology for microplastic pollution.
The Application of Metal–Organic Frameworks in Water Treatment and Their Large-Scale Preparation: A Review
This review examines metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), highly porous materials being developed for water treatment that can remove pollutants including microplastics through filtration and catalytic breakdown. MOFs have exceptional surface area and can be tailored to target specific contaminants, making them promising for advanced water purification. The challenge remains scaling up MOF production for real-world water treatment use, which could help reduce human exposure to microplastics in drinking water.
A review on metal organic frameworks (MOFs) modified membrane for remediation of water pollution
This review covers how metal-organic framework (MOF) materials can be incorporated into membranes to improve filtration of pollutants from contaminated water. The technology shows promise for removing microplastics and chemical contaminants, though most applications remain at laboratory scale.
An Advanced Approach of MOF-Mediated Microplastic Degradation After Confiscating Microplastics by MOFs
This review proposed using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as an advanced approach for capturing and degrading microplastics in aquatic environments, discussing MOF characteristics tailored for adsorption and the mechanisms underlying capture and degradation. The paper highlighted MOF interaction sites, photocatalytic degradation pathways, and challenges for scaling these approaches.
Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Elimination of Microplastics from Water: A Review of Advances and Mechanisms.
**TLDR:** This review summarizes research on using special materials called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to remove tiny plastic particles from water that can harm human health. Scientists have found these materials can effectively capture and break down microplastics in lab studies, but they still need to overcome challenges like high costs and making the process work in real-world water treatment systems. This research is important because microplastics are everywhere in our water supply and pose health risks to humans.
Metal–organic framework-based foams for efficient microplastics removal
Scientists developed foam materials made from zirconium metal-organic frameworks that can efficiently capture microplastics from water, offering a promising filtration approach for water treatment applications. The porous foam structure provides high surface area for trapping plastic particles.
Application of metal-organic frameworks for photocatalytic degradation of microplastics: Design, challenges, and scope
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks can be designed and applied for photocatalytic degradation of microplastics in wastewater, addressing the challenge of microplastic hydrophobicity and their resistance to conventional treatment. The authors discuss design strategies, current performance limitations, and future directions for scaling photocatalytic MOF technology to practical remediation applications.
When microplastics/plastics meet metal–organic frameworks: turning threats into opportunities
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can be used to address microplastic pollution through adsorption, degradation, and even creative reuse. Researchers found that MOF materials can capture over 90% of microplastic particles and can also break down various plastics into valuable small molecules through thermal and light-driven catalysis. The study suggests that waste plastics can even be repurposed as building blocks for new MOF materials, turning an environmental threat into a resource.
Synthetic approaches, classification, properties and application of Metal-organic Frameworks: A review
Despite its title referencing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), this paper reviews the synthesis, classification, and applications of MOF materials in areas like catalysis, energy, and environmental remediation — not microplastic pollution. While MOFs have been explored as tools for removing pollutants from water, this paper does not focus on microplastics and is not directly relevant to microplastics research or human health.
Metal-organic frameworks and plastic: an emerging synergic partnership
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of crystalline nanoporous materials, can be used to address plastic pollution in water. Researchers found that MOFs show promise as adsorbents for removing micro- and nanoplastic particles, especially when integrated into composite materials or membranes, achieving high removal efficiency and water flow rates. The study also highlights an emerging trend of producing MOFs from plastic waste like PET as a sustainable source of raw materials.
A review on microplastics degradation with MOF: Mechanism and action
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can be used to break down microplastics through various mechanisms including hydrolysis, oxidation, and photodegradation. Researchers found that MOFs' large surface area and tunable pore sizes make them well-suited for capturing and degrading microplastic particles. While the field is still in its early stages, the study suggests that MOF-based approaches could represent a significant step forward in addressing microplastic pollution.
Synthesis, characterization, and activation of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) for the removal of emerging organic contaminants through the adsorption-oriented process: A review
This review examines metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of advanced materials, for removing emerging contaminants from water, including microplastics, dyes, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals. MOFs have extremely high surface areas and can be chemically tuned to target specific pollutants, making them promising for next-generation water treatment. The technology could help reduce human exposure to microplastics and other harmful substances in drinking water.
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.
Efficiency ofMOFs in Water Treatment Against the Emerging Water Contaminants Such as Endocrine Disruptors, Pharmaceuticals, Microplastics, Pesticides, and Other Contaminants
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can remove a broad range of emerging water contaminants — including microplastics, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and endocrine disruptors — from water. MOFs outperform conventional treatment methods because of their large surface area, tunable pore structure, and ability to work through both adsorption and photocatalysis. The paper highlights MOFs as a promising next-generation water treatment technology that could meaningfully reduce human and environmental exposure to microplastics and co-occurring pollutants.
Nanotechnology-based approaches for the removal of microplastics from wastewater: a comprehensive review
This review summarizes how nanotechnology-based approaches could help remove microplastics from wastewater, since conventional treatment plants are not very effective at capturing the smallest particles. Materials like metal-organic frameworks, carbon nanomaterials, and advanced membranes show promise in lab settings for filtering out microplastics. However, scaling these technologies for real-world use and ensuring the nanomaterials themselves are safe remain major challenges.
Metal–Organic Framework based on Functional Materials for Photocatalytic Degradation of Micro‐ and Nano‐Plastic
Researchers reviewed how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — highly porous crystalline materials with extremely large surface areas — can be used as light-activated catalysts to break down microplastics and nanoplastics in water, potentially converting these persistent pollutants into less harmful chemicals while generating clean energy as a byproduct.
Unlocking the Potential of MOFs for Waste Plastic Resource Utilization and Microplastic Pollution Control
This review examines the potential of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — a class of highly porous, engineered materials — to serve as catalysts for both breaking down microplastic pollution and converting waste plastic into valuable chemical feedstocks. MOFs offer tunable structures and large surface areas that make them attractive for both degradation and upcycling applications. The review positions MOF-enabled catalysis as a tool for transitioning toward a circular plastics economy where waste plastic becomes a resource rather than a pollutant.
Recent advancement in removal of microplastics as emerging pollutants from aquatic ecosystems: adsorption and separation
This review summarizes recent advances in adsorption and separation technologies for removing microplastics from aquatic ecosystems, covering materials including magnetic nanoparticles, metal-organic frameworks, biochar, and electrocoagulation approaches.