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Nanoplastics as carriers of organic pollutants in seawater-saturated porous media: a quantitative comparison of transport pathways

Researchers quantitatively compared transport pathways of non-polar organic pollutants carried by nanoplastics through seawater-saturated porous media, demonstrating that the carrier effect of nanoplastics is the primary mechanism inhibiting pollutant migration and enabling their co-transport in coastal and marine subsurface environments.

2025 Environmental Science Nano
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Cotransport of nanoplastics (NPs) with fullerene (C60) in saturated sand: Effect of NPs/C60 ratio and seawater salinity

Researchers investigated the cotransport of nanoplastics with fullerene (C60) in seawater-saturated sand columns, finding that nanoplastic-to-C60 ratios and seawater salinity significantly influenced transport behavior and the mobility of these combined contaminants through sediment.

2018 Water Research 123 citations
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Effects of input concentration, media particle size, and flow rate on fate of polystyrene nanoplastics in saturated porous media

Researchers systematically tested how input concentration, sand grain size, and flow rate control nanoplastic transport through saturated porous media, finding that nanoplastics are highly mobile under most conditions and — crucially — fragment into smaller sub-100 nm particles during long-term release, potentially increasing their environmental persistence and bioavailability.

2023 The Science of The Total Environment 27 citations
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Transport of polystyrene nanoplastics in porous media: Combined effects of two co-existing substances

Researchers studied how cationic and anionic surfactants interact with natural organic matter (humic acid and sodium alginate) to control polystyrene nanoplastic transport through porous media, finding that the dominant mobility mechanism switched from electrostatic (with cationic surfactants) to hydrophobic (with anionic surfactants), with organic matter amplifying each surfactant's effect.

2023 The Science of The Total Environment 11 citations
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Nanoplastics dominate the cotransport of small-scale plastics in seawater-saturated porous media

Researchers found that nanoplastics dominated cotransport behavior when mixed with submicro- and microplastics in seawater-saturated sandy porous media, with particle-particle interactions significantly altering transport distances compared to single-component systems.

2022 Water Research 21 citations
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Polystyrene Nanoplastics-Enhanced Contaminant Transport: Role of Irreversible Adsorption in Glassy Polymeric Domain

Polystyrene nanoplastics were shown to enhance the transport of co-occurring contaminants through soil by irreversibly adsorbing them onto the glassy polymer domain, facilitating their spread in the environment. The findings indicate that nanoplastics in soil can act as mobile carriers for contaminants that would otherwise remain bound to soil particles, potentially increasing leaching into groundwater.

2018 Environmental Science & Technology 262 citations
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Co-transport of polystyrene nanoplastics and soil colloids in saturated porous media: influence of pH and ionic strength

Researchers examined the co-transport of polystyrene nanoplastics and soil colloids in saturated porous media, finding that solution pH and ionic strength significantly influenced their combined transport behavior through mechanisms explained by DLVO theory and adsorption tests.

2025 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
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Interplay of compound pollutants with microplastics transported in saturated porous media: Effect of co-existing graphene oxide and tetracycline

Column experiments investigated how co-contaminants (graphene oxide and tetracycline) affect the transport of polystyrene microplastics through saturated porous media, finding that the presence of these compounds altered MP mobility and retention in ways depending on their concentration and soil properties.

2023 Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 15 citations
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Influence of natural organic matters on fate of polystyrene nanoplastics in porous media

Researchers investigated how natural organic matter (NOM) affects the transport of polystyrene nanoplastics through porous media, finding that NOM facilitates nanoplastic movement by increasing energy barriers, while metal ions reduce transport by promoting nanoplastic aggregation.

2023 The Science of The Total Environment 16 citations
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Investigating transport kinetics of polystyrene nanoplastics in saturated porous media

Researchers investigated how ionic strength, pH, and organic matter influence the transport of polystyrene nanoplastics through saturated porous media using column experiments and DLVO modeling, finding that increasing sodium ion concentrations promote nanoplastic aggregation and reduce mobility in soil and groundwater systems.

2022 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 28 citations
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Cotransport of thallium(I) with polystyrene plastic particles in water-saturated porous media

Researchers investigated how polystyrene nanoplastics and microplastics affect thallium(I) transport through saturated porous media, finding that nanoplastics accelerated Tl(I) mobility at neutral pH through competitive adsorption, while at acidic pH deposited nanoplastics enhanced Tl(I) retention, with effects dependent on ionic strength and particle size.

2021 Journal of Hazardous Materials 44 citations
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Transport of different microplastics in porous media: Effect of the adhesion of surfactants on microplastics

Researchers investigated how surfactant adhesion on different microplastic surfaces affects their transport through porous media, finding that surfactant interactions vary with microplastic type and significantly alter their mobility in subsurface environments.

2022 Water Research 99 citations
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Transport of functional group modified polystyrene nanoplastics in binary metal oxide saturated porous media

Researchers found that the surface functional groups of polystyrene nanoplastics significantly influenced their transport behavior through binary metal oxide porous media, with solution chemistry and the specific combination of metal oxides playing key roles in determining nanoplastic mobility in soil environments.

2022 Journal of Hazardous Materials 26 citations
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Retention and transport behavior of microplastic particles in water-saturated porous media

Researchers investigated microplastic transport in water-saturated porous media using polystyrene microspheres, finding that particle size primarily determined retention behavior, with 50 nm particles showing high mobility while 500 nm particles exhibited greater attachment and slower migration.

2021 The Science of The Total Environment 105 citations
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Microplastic types dominate the effects of bismuth oxide semi-conductor nanoparticles on their transport in saturated quartz sand

Column transport experiments found that the type of microplastic (polystyrene vs. polyethylene vs. polypropylene) dominated the effects of bismuth oxide semiconductor nanoparticles on microplastic mobility in saturated quartz sand, with different polymer-nanoparticle combinations showing distinct transport and retention behaviors.

2025 Journal of Hazardous Materials 4 citations
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Co-transport of polystyrene microplastics and kaolinite colloids in goethite-coated quartz sand: Joint effects of heteropolymerization and surface charge modification

Column experiments showed that kaolinite colloids enhanced polystyrene microplastic transport through quartz sand but had more complex effects in goethite-coated sand, where the promotion depended strongly on ionic strength conditions due to heteropolymerization and surface charge modification.

2023 The Science of The Total Environment 26 citations
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Influences of input concentration, media particle size, metal cation valence, and ionic concentration on the transport, long-term release, and particle breakage of polyvinyl chloride nanoplastics in saturated porous media

Researchers investigated the transport and long-term release of polyvinyl chloride nanoplastics through saturated porous media, finding that particle concentration, sediment grain size, ionic strength, and cation valence all significantly affected nanoplastic mobility and retention relevant to groundwater contamination.

2023 Chemosphere 19 citations
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Eco-Corona FormationEnhances Cotransport of Nanoplasticsand Organic Contaminants in Porous Media

Researchers investigated how eco-corona formation on polystyrene nanoplastics affects the cotransport of nanoplastics and organic contaminants through porous media, finding that even low masses of adsorbed environmental macromolecules significantly promoted the transport of 4-nonylphenol. Spectroscopic evidence revealed that the contaminant was sequestered between the nanoplastic surface and the eco-corona layer, with cotransport enhanced when the corona formed after contaminant adsorption.

2025 Figshare
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Effects of selected functional groups on nanoplastics transport in saturated media under diethylhexyl phthalate co-contamination conditions

Transport experiments showed that the surface functional groups of nanoplastics strongly influenced their mobility in saturated porous media under phthalate co-contamination conditions, with carboxylated nanoplastics being most mobile and amino-functionalized ones most retained, informing predictions of nanoplastic groundwater transport risk.

2021 Chemosphere 50 citations
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Key factors controlling transport of micro- and nanoplastic in porous media and its effect on coexisting pollutants

Researchers reviewed the key factors that control how micro- and nanoplastics move through porous media such as soil and sediment, and how they affect the transport of co-occurring pollutants. They found that microplastics can either facilitate or inhibit the movement of other contaminants depending on particle properties and environmental conditions. The review emphasizes the need to better understand these co-transport dynamics for predicting the environmental fate of plastic pollution.

2021 Environmental Pollution 89 citations