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Subsurface mechanical damage correlations after grinding of various optical materials

Researchers studied how loose abrasive grinding causes subsurface damage in various optical materials. This materials engineering paper has no relevance to environmental microplastics.

2019 Optical Engineering 29 citations
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Dynamic Processes of Substructural Rearrangement under Friction of Carbon Steel

This study examined how heat treatment affects the friction and wear properties of medium carbon steel, linking material microstructure to tribological performance. The research is focused on materials engineering with limited direct relevance to microplastic pollution or human health.

2023 Advances in Science and Technology – Research Journal 1 citations
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Study on material removal mechanism and surface formation characteristics of reaction-bonded silicon carbide by electrical discharge grinding technology

This manufacturing paper studies material removal and surface formation during electrical discharge grinding of silicon carbide ceramics. The study is focused on advanced machining technology and is unrelated to microplastic research.

2023 Research Square (Research Square)
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Influence of hard phase size and spacing on the fatigue crack propagation in tool steels—Numerical simulation and experimental validation

Not relevant to microplastics research; this paper investigates how carbide size and spacing in tool steel microstructures affects fatigue crack growth rate, with no connection to plastic pollution.

2023 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 6 citations
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Effects of Grain Size and Humidity on Fretting Wear in Fine‐Grained Alumina, Al 2 O 3 /TiC, and Zirconia

This tribology study examined how grain size and humidity affect wear in ceramic materials (alumina and zirconia) under fretting conditions, finding that smaller grain sizes reduce wear through microplastic deformation of grain boundaries. This is a ceramics engineering study where 'microplastic deformation' refers to sub-yield material behavior, not environmental plastic particles.

1996 Journal of the American Ceramic Society 83 citations
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On the Formation and Characterization of Nanoplastics During Surface Wear Processes

Researchers characterized nanoplastic particle generation during surface wear processes, finding that mechanical abrasion of bulk plastic materials produces a broad size distribution of particles including sub-100 nm fragments, with surface wear rate depending on polymer hardness and contact conditions.

2025 Surfaces
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Étude du relargage de Microplastiques lors de la phase d'usage des produits issus de l'industrie de la plasturgie

This French-language study characterized microplastic release from plastic products during use in the plastics industry, evaluating how product type, mechanical stress, and material properties influence particle generation rates — providing data relevant to occupational and consumer exposure assessment.

2025 SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation on the Effect of Scratch Direction on Material Removal and Friction Characteristic in BK7 Scratching

This materials science study examined how the direction of nanoscratching affects crack formation and material removal in optical glass. The research is focused on precision manufacturing and has no direct relevance to microplastics or environmental health.

2020 Materials 14 citations
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Crack tip microplasticity mediated by microstructure gradients

This study examined how microstructural gradients near crack tips affect crack growth behavior in metals under mechanical loading. The research is focused on materials fracture mechanics and has no direct relevance to microplastic pollution.

2021 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 8 citations
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Nanoindentation tests on diamond-machined silicon wafers

This precision manufacturing study used nanoindentation to examine how diamond-turning creates an amorphous surface layer on silicon wafers, finding this layer has different mechanical properties than pristine silicon. This is a semiconductor manufacturing study with no relevance to environmental microplastics.

2005 Applied Physics Letters 65 citations
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Effect of Scratch Velocity on Deformation Features of C-plane Sapphire during Nanoscratching

This engineering study examined how the speed of a nanoscratching tool affects the deformation and cracking of sapphire crystal surfaces. This is a materials science study focused on advanced ceramics manufacturing with no relevance to microplastic pollution.

2013 Strojniški vestnik – Journal of Mechanical Engineering 28 citations
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Thermo‐based fatigue life prediction: A review

Not relevant to microplastics — this review covers thermography-based methods for predicting the fatigue life of metals under cyclic stress, with no connection to plastic pollution or environmental health.

2023 Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures 13 citations
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Energy Dissipation Measurement in Improved Spatial Resolution Under Fatigue Loading

This engineering study used infrared thermography to measure energy dissipation in materials under fatigue loading to quickly predict a material's failure threshold. It is a materials science paper unrelated to environmental microplastics.

2019 Experimental Mechanics 14 citations
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Micromechanical aspects of the effect of temperature and local plastic strain magnitude on the fracture toughness of ferrite steels

This materials science study examined how temperature and plastic strain affect the fracture toughness of ferrite steels at the microscopic scale. The term 'microplastic' here refers to microscopic plastic deformation in metal — this is an engineering study unrelated to plastic particle pollution.

2023 Procedia Structural Integrity
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Features of Increasing the Wear Resistance of Machine Parts by Treatment with a Concentrated Heat Flow

Researchers investigated how heating metal surfaces with concentrated energy can improve wear resistance of machine parts. While focused on metals, improved material durability is broadly relevant to designing longer-lasting products that generate less plastic waste.

2023 PROBLEMS OF TRIBOLOGY
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Direct Correlations among the Grain Size, Texture, and Indentation Behavior of Nanocrystalline Nickel Coatings

Researchers studied how grain size affects the mechanical properties of nanocrystalline nickel coatings. This materials science paper is unrelated to environmental microplastics.

2019 Metals 32 citations