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ClearApplication of Nanomaterials in the Degradation of Micro and Nano Plastics
This review examined the application of nanomaterials for degrading micro- and nanoplastics, covering photocatalytic, oxidative, and biological nanomaterial approaches and evaluating their efficiency and scalability for plastic pollution remediation.
Role of Nanotechnology in Plastic and Microplastic Management
This review examines how nanotechnology can enhance plastic and microplastic degradation, describing how nanomaterials can modify microbial metabolic pathways to improve biodegradation rates and how photocatalytic approaches can break down plastics into low-molecular-weight intermediates suitable for use as chemical feedstocks.
A review on the role of nanotechnological interventions in sequestration, mitigation and value-added product conversion of micro-/nanoplastics
This review examines how nanotechnology-based approaches can be used to capture, break down, or convert microplastics and nanoplastics into useful products. The buildup of these tiny plastic particles in water environments has become a global health and environmental concern. The review highlights promising technologies that could help clean up microplastic pollution and reduce human exposure.
Degradation of Micro- and Nano-Plastics by Photocatalytic Methods
This paper reviews photocatalytic methods — using light-activated catalysts — as a way to break down micro- and nano-plastics in the environment. These approaches offer a promising path toward degrading persistent plastic particles that accumulate in marine and drinking water systems.
Catalyst Design and Engineering for Enhanced Microplastic Degradation and Upcycling—A Review
This review examined current approaches to microplastic degradation and upcycling, covering photocatalysis, biodegradation, and chemical conversion technologies. The authors identified key challenges in catalyst design and engineering needed to achieve efficient breakdown of microplastics at scale.
Nanobiocatalysts and its Applications: A Review Article
This review covers nanobiocatalysts — enzymes attached to nanostructures — and their applications in biotechnology, including potential uses in breaking down plastic pollution. Nanobiocatalysts offer improved stability and efficiency for industrial enzymes, including those being explored for plastic biodegradation.
Catalyst Design and Engineering for Enhanced Microplastic Degradation and Upcycling - A Review
This review covers advances in catalyst design for microplastic degradation and upcycling, examining photocatalytic, Fenton-based, and enzymatic approaches. It evaluates the performance, scalability, and selectivity of different catalyst systems and discusses their potential for converting MP waste into useful chemical feedstocks.
Catalytic and biocatalytic degradation of microplastics
This review covers the current state of breaking down microplastics using catalysts and biological agents including enzymes, metals, nanomaterials, and microorganisms. While some approaches show promise for degrading certain plastic types, the field is still developing standardized methods for measuring how well these techniques work. Finding effective ways to break down microplastics is critical for reducing the environmental and health burden of plastic pollution.
Photocatalytic Technologies for Transformation and Degradation of Microplastics in the Environment: Current Achievements and Future Prospects
This review examines photocatalytic technologies that use light-activated materials to break down microplastics in the environment. Various catalysts can generate reactive oxygen species that degrade plastic polymers into simpler, less harmful molecules. The authors assess the strengths and limitations of different photocatalytic approaches and highlight the need for scalable solutions that work under real-world environmental conditions.
Nanomaterials for the remediation of microplastics in wastewater
This review evaluates how engineered nanomaterials can be used to capture and break down microplastics in wastewater, highlighting approaches based on metal oxide nanoparticles, carbon-based materials, and magnetic composites. Researchers found that these nanomaterials offer high surface area and reactivity advantages over conventional treatment methods. The study identifies scalability, cost, and potential secondary pollution from the nanomaterials themselves as key challenges to address before widespread adoption.
Innovative Approaches to Microplastic and Nano-plastic Biodegradation
This review covers innovative biotechnological approaches to microplastic and nanoplastic biodegradation, examining the origins of these particles from larger plastic waste and intentionally manufactured microbeads. The authors assess promising biological and enzymatic strategies for accelerating breakdown of persistent plastic polymers in environmental and engineered systems.
Mechanisms and the Engineering Approaches for the Degradation of Microplastics
This review provided a comprehensive overview of current microplastic degradation methods, including mechanical, chemical, photocatalytic, and biological approaches, evaluating engineering strategies for efficient microplastic treatment and removal.
Micro‐ and Nano‐Plastic Pollution
Researchers review the growing global threat of micro- and nanoplastics — plastic particles ranging from 0.1mm down to 100 nanometers — exploring how they bind to toxic chemicals as they travel through the environment and how emerging photocatalytic technologies using sunlight could offer sustainable new ways to break them down.
Photocatalytic Degradation and Remediation of Microplastics
This review chapter examines photocatalysis as a remediation strategy for microplastic pollution in aquatic and terrestrial environments, describing how solar energy conversion drives chemical reactions that degrade plastic particles. The authors assess the current state of photocatalytic methods, their mechanisms, and their potential for sustainable microplastic removal.
Efficiency of Hybrid Materials for Photocatalytic Degradation of Micro‐ and Nano‐Plastics
Researchers reviewed how hybrid materials — combinations of multiple substances engineered at the nanoscale — can serve as highly effective photocatalysts to break down microplastics and nanoplastics using light energy. These multi-functional materials improve electron separation and reaction efficiency compared to single-component catalysts, representing a promising technological pathway for removing persistent plastic particles from the environment.
Nano‐ and Microplastics Degradation Using Defect‐engineered Photocatalytic Feedstocks
Researchers reviewed the emerging use of specially engineered photocatalytic materials — materials that use light to break down pollutants — for degrading nano- and microplastics in wastewater and soil. By introducing structural defects into these materials, scientists can increase their reactivity and efficiency, offering a promising but still-developing tool for tackling the growing microplastic contamination crisis.
Environmental impact and mitigation of micro(nano)plastics pollution using green catalytic tools and green analytical methods
Researchers reviewed the growing problem of microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment, then assessed enzyme-based strategies for breaking them down, finding that enzymes specifically targeting plastic polymer structures offer a promising, sustainable approach to degradation, especially when stabilized on nanomaterials to extend their activity.
Genetic engineering approach to address microplastic environmental pollution: a review
This review explores how genetic engineering approaches could enhance the ability of microorganisms to biodegrade microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment. Researchers highlight that while wild-type microbes struggle to break down plastics due to their high molecular weight and crystallinity, engineered enzymes and organisms show potential for more effective plastic pollution remediation.
Nanotechnology for the Remediation of Plastic Wastes
This review examines nanotechnology-based approaches for remediation of plastic waste, covering methods to address the growing environmental threat posed by microplastics and nanoplastics as persistent pollutants derived from degrading larger plastic debris.
Design and Structural Modification of Advanced Biomaterials for Photocatalytic Degradation of Micro‐ and Nano‐Plastics
Researchers designed advanced biomaterials engineered to harness sunlight for breaking down micro- and nanoplastics through photocatalysis, combining nanotechnology and materials science to create eco-friendly, biodegradable particles capable of capturing and degrading plastic pollutants across diverse environmental conditions.