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Environmental Remediation Using Nanoparticles: A Review

This review examines the use of metal, oxide, and carbon-based nanoparticles for environmental remediation, covering their mechanisms for removing heavy metals, pesticides, industrial effluents, and other pollutants from water, soil, and air.

2024 Kwaghe International Journal of Sciences and Technology
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Developments in the Application of Nanomaterials for Water Treatment and Their Impact on the Environment

This review covers the application of nanomaterials for water treatment and remediation, evaluating how nanomaterial properties enable removal of pollutants including heavy metals, organic contaminants, and microplastics. It surveys the current state of research and discusses practical challenges for scaling up nanomaterial-based water treatment.

2020 Nanomaterials 196 citations
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Emerging micropollutants in aquatic ecosystems and nanotechnology-based removal alternatives: A review

This review examines emerging micropollutants in water systems, including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and heavy metals, and how nanotechnology-based approaches can help remove them. These contaminants threaten drinking water safety and aquatic ecosystems worldwide. The paper evaluates various nanomaterial-based filtration and degradation methods as promising solutions for cleaning up contaminated water.

2023 Chemosphere 98 citations
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Nano-Technological Bioremediation: Revolutionizing Environmental Cleanup

This review explores how combining nanotechnology with bioremediation improves the ability to clean up environmental pollutants including microplastics, heavy metals, and organic chemicals. Nano-enabled bioremediation systems can enhance the efficiency of microbial degradation and contaminant capture in polluted soils and water.

2023 International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 2 citations
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Mechanistic and recent updates in nano-bioremediation for developing green technology to alleviate agricultural contaminants

Researchers reviewed nano-bioremediation — the combination of nanoparticles with microbial processes — as a promising strategy for removing heavy metals, pesticides, and other agricultural contaminants from soil and water, highlighting improved catalytic activity and adsorption capacity compared to conventional remediation methods.

2022 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 73 citations
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Micro/nanoplastics: a potential threat to crops

This review examines micro- and nanoplastic contamination in agricultural soil and water, summarizing sources, adsorption onto microplastics, uptake pathways into crops, effects on plant growth and physiology, and current detection and removal approaches, while highlighting the limited data on nanoplastic transport in plants.

2023 Vegetable Research 5 citations
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Nanosorbents in purification of wastewater and remediation of contaminated soil: A review

This review examines how nanoscale sorbent materials can be used to remove pollutants from wastewater and contaminated soil. Nanomaterials offer high surface area and chemical reactivity that make them effective at capturing microplastics, heavy metals, and organic contaminants that standard treatments miss.

2023
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Recent Advances and Perspectives of Nanomaterials in Agricultural Management and Associated Environmental Risk: A Review

This review covers recent advances in using nanomaterials for agricultural applications, including nanopesticides, nanofertilizers, and nanosensors for crop management. Researchers found that these technologies can improve plant growth and stress tolerance while reducing the overall quantity of chemicals needed. However, the study also notes that the long-term environmental fate and potential ecological risks of agricultural nanomaterials still require thorough investigation.

2023 Nanomaterials 63 citations
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Eco-designing of nano-materials to enhance crop productivity and improve soil remediation

This review examines how eco-designed nanomaterials can enhance crop productivity and improve soil remediation, evaluating the dual role of nanomaterials as agricultural inputs and potential environmental contaminants.

2024 Plant Science Today
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Nanoremediation: A New and Emerging Technology

This chapter reviews nanoremediation -- the use of engineered nanoparticles to clean up contaminated soil and water -- and notes that nano- and microplastic pollution is an emerging contaminant that these technologies could help address. The author discusses how carbon nanotubes, zero-valent iron, and magnetic nanoparticles can remove organic pollutants and metals, and suggests these same approaches may have promise for removing microplastics from the environment. The technology is still in early stages and relatively expensive.

2023 Apple Academic Press eBooks 3 citations
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Emerging Frontiers in Nanotechnology for Precision Agriculture: Advancements, Hurdles and Prospects

This review explores how nanotechnology is being used in precision agriculture, from nano-based fertilizers and pesticides to tiny sensors that monitor soil quality and plant health. While promising for reducing chemical use in farming, the paper notes that the environmental, health, and safety risks of nanomaterials -- similar to concerns about nanoplastics -- need thorough evaluation before widespread adoption.

2023 Agrochemicals 171 citations
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Engineering Solutions for the Detection and Remediation of Emerging Microplastic Pollutants in Agricultural Soils and Water Supplies: A Systematic Review

This systematic review summarizes existing research on engineering tools for detecting and cleaning up microplastic pollution in farm soils and irrigation water. The study covers how microplastics enter agricultural systems through fertilizers, plastic mulch, and contaminated water, then affect soil health and potentially food safety. It evaluates promising technologies like advanced filtration and spectroscopy that could help protect our food supply from plastic contamination.

2026 International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology
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Emerging Contaminants in Agriculture and Ways to Reduce them Emerging Contaminants in Agriculture

This review covers the major categories of emerging contaminants in agriculture including nitrate fertilizers, pesticides, hydrocarbons, microplastics, and pharmaceuticals, and evaluates soil, water, and crop contamination pathways alongside remediation and management strategies to reduce agricultural pollution.

2023 OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences 4 citations
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Nanoscale Solutions: The Transformative Applications of Functionalized Nanomaterials in Environmental Remediation

This review summarizes how functionalized nanomaterials are being applied to remediate environmental pollution in air, water, and soil. The study highlights that engineered nanomaterials can effectively target and break down various contaminants, though further research is needed on their long-term environmental safety and scalability.

2024 Applied Nano 3 citations
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Nano-Catalysis for Agricultural Pollution Control

This review examines nanocatalysis as a technology for controlling agricultural non-point source pollution, covering photocatalytic and chemical degradation of pesticides and nutrients, while noting challenges around cost, long-term ecosystem effects, and the need for regulatory integration.

2025 International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems
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[Research Process on the Combined Pollution of Microplastics and Typical Pollutants in Agricultural Soils].

This review examined research on the combined pollution of microplastics and typical agricultural pollutants including pesticides, heavy metals, and fertilizers in agroecosystems. The paper discussed how co-existing pollutants interact with microplastics to create compound pollution with elevated ecological and human health risks.

2024 PubMed 1 citations
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Harnessing Nanomaterials for Water Decontamination: Insights into Environmental Impact, Sustainable Applications, and the Emerging Role of Polymeric Nanostructures

This review examines how nanomaterials can be used for water decontamination, including the removal of microplastics from aquatic environments. Researchers found that properties like large surface area and high reactivity make nanomaterials effective at addressing water pollution, though concerns remain about the environmental persistence and potential secondary effects of the nanomaterials themselves.

2026 Polymers
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Strategies for the Remediation of Micro- and Nanoplastics from Contaminated Food and Water: Advancements and Challenges

This review summarizes existing research on methods for removing micro- and nanoplastics from contaminated food and water, including filtration, chemical treatment, and biological approaches using microorganisms. While several promising techniques exist, the complexity of real-world plastic pollution makes it difficult to scale these solutions, and more cross-disciplinary research is needed to protect food and water safety.

2025 Journal of Xenobiotics 17 citations
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Nanomaterials for microplastic remediation from aquatic environment: Why nano matters?

This review examines how nanomaterials such as photocatalysts, adsorbents, and membrane filters can be used to remove microplastics from aquatic environments, highlighting why nanoscale properties offer advantages over conventional remediation approaches.

2022 Chemosphere 113 citations
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Microplastics in Agricultural Soils: Sources, Fate, and Interactions with Other Contaminants

This review examines how microplastics enter farmland through irrigation, fertilizers, and plastic mulch, and how long-term farming practices affect their spread and aging in soil. The paper highlights that microplastics can either increase or decrease the toxicity of co-existing pollutants like pesticides and heavy metals depending on how strongly each contaminant binds to soil versus plastic particles.

2025 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 10 citations
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Nanoparticles as catalysts of agricultural revolution: enhancing crop tolerance to abiotic stress: a review

This review looks at how nanoparticles can help crops withstand environmental stresses like drought, salt, and heavy metal contamination. While not directly about microplastics, the research is relevant because nanoparticles and microplastics share similar size ranges and behaviors in soil, and understanding how tiny particles interact with plants helps scientists assess both the risks and potential benefits of nanoscale materials in agriculture.

2025 Frontiers in Plant Science 34 citations
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Micro and nano-plastics on environmental health: a review on future thrust in agro-ecotoxicology management

This review examines the growing body of evidence on how microplastics and nanoplastics affect plant health, soil microbial communities, and agricultural productivity. The study highlights that plastic accumulation in agricultural soils can alter crop growth and yield while disrupting soil ecosystem dynamics, and calls for greater attention to agro-ecotoxicology management to address these emerging threats to food production.

2025 Environmental Geochemistry and Health 1 citations
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A Review of Materials for the Removal of Micro- and Nanoplastics from Different Environments

This review evaluates methods for removing microplastics and nanoplastics from water, soil, and air, finding that traditional approaches like filtration work for larger particles but struggle with nanoscale plastics. Newer technologies like magnetic nanoparticles and photocatalysis show promise, but challenges remain in making these solutions affordable and scalable for real-world cleanup.

2025 Micro 16 citations
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Emerging Pollutants in Soil and Water: Sources, Risks, and Advances in Removal Technologies for Sustainable Management

This review provides a broad overview of emerging pollutants in soil and water, including pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and microplastics, examining their sources, environmental persistence, and potential health effects. Researchers evaluated various removal technologies ranging from conventional methods to advanced approaches like nanofiltration and bioremediation. The study emphasizes the need for integrated management strategies that combine multiple treatment methods to effectively address these widespread contaminants.

2025 Environmental Management 2 citations