Adsorption behavior of organic pollutants on microplastics

Mechanisms of Competitive Adsorption Organic Pollutants on Hexylene-Bridged Polysilsesquioxane

Hexylene-bridged periodic mesoporous polysilsesquioxanes (HBPMS) are a promising new class of adsorbent for the removal of organic contaminants from aqueous solutions. These hybrid organic-inorganic materials have a larger BET surface area of 897 m2·g-1 accessible through a cubic, isotropic network of 3.82-nm diameter pores. The hexylene bridging group provides enhanced adsorption of organic mo...

Adsorption Studies of Organic Pollutants onto Activated Carbon

ABSTRACT: Activated carbon was developed from coconut shell, characterized and used for the removal of Rhodamine-B from wastewater successfully. The methylene blue number, iodine number and BET surface area of the prepared carbon were found to be 80 mg g, 600 mg g, and 1200 m g respectively. Rhodamine B is one of the water soluble, basic red cationic xanthene class dyes, a common water tracer f...

Transport of persistent organic pollutants by microplastics in estuarine 1 conditions

Adil Bakir , Steven J. Rowland b and Richard C. Thompson a 4 a Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre (MBERC) School of Marine Science and 5 Engineering, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA 6 b Biogeochemistry Research Centre, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental sciences, 7 Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA 8 Corresponding author...

Adsorption of Gaseous Pollutants

Microplastics are not important for the cycling and bioaccumulation of organic pollutants in the oceans-but should microplastics be considered POPs themselves?

The role of microplastic particles in the cycling and bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is discussed. Five common concepts, sometimes misconceptions, about the role of microplastics are reviewed. While there is ample evidence that microplastics accumulate high concentrations of POPs, this does not result in microplastics being important for the global dispersion of POPs. S...