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In the last decade, issues related to pollution from microplastics in all environmental compartments and the associated health and environmental risks have been the focus of intense social, media, and political attention worldwide. The assessment, quantification, and study of the degradation processes of plastic debris in the ecosystem and its interaction with biota have been and are still the focus of intense multidisciplinary research. Plastic particles in the range from 1 to 5 mm and those in the sub-micrometer range are commonly denoted as microplastics and nanoplastics, respectively. Microplastics (MPs) are being recognized as nearly ubiquitous pollutants in water bodies, but their actual concentration, distribution, and effects on natural waters, sediments, and biota are still largely unknown. Contamination by microplastics of agricultural soil and other environmental areas is also becoming a matter of concern. Sampling, separation, detection, characterization and evaluating the degradation pathways of micro- and nano-plastic pollutants dispersed in the environment is a challenging and critical goal to understand their distribution, fate, and the related hazards for ecosystems. Given the interest in this topic, this Special Issue, entitled “Microplastics Degradation and Characterization”, is concerned with the latest developments in the study of microplastics.
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Keywords
- activation energy
- Aged
- anthropogenic activities
- artificial ageing
- Bioplastics
- C,N-TiO2
- cement mortars
- chemical composition
- Chemistry
- clay liner
- concentration influence
- damage mechanisms
- degradation
- density separation
- drying textile
- ecotoxicity assessment
- Enzymes
- Fenton’s reagent
- food packaging
- Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
- fragmentation and degradation
- freshwater
- FTIR
- GCL
- GC–MS
- geosynthetics
- geotechnics
- GISAXS
- HDPE
- Ho Chi Minh City
- hydraulic conductivity
- hydrogel
- imaging
- in situ detection
- irradiation
- landfills
- laser speckle pattern
- marine
- marine environment
- marine sediment
- mass spectrometry identification
- Mathematics & science
- Mechanism
- micro and nanoplastics
- microbeads
- microparticles
- Microplastic
- microplastic detection and identification
- microplastic extraction
- microplastic fiber
- microplastic pellets
- microplastic quantification
- Microplastics
- multi-parametric platform
- municipal incinerated bottom ash
- Nanoplastic
- nanoplastics
- Nanotechnology
- no-wash fluorescent probe
- nylon 6
- nylon 6,6
- oil extraction
- one-pot reaction
- optical detection
- oxidative digestion
- PAHs
- paint
- particle release
- PBS
- PEEK
- persistent organic pollutants
- pet
- PET pellets
- pharmaceutical
- photocatalysis
- physical chemistry
- physicochemical changes in the water
- PLA
- plastic consumption
- Plastic pollution
- plastic polymers
- Plastics
- Pollution
- polyester yarn types
- polyethylene
- polyethylene terephthalate
- polymer degradation
- polymeric nanoparticles
- Polymers
- polyolefin
- polyolefins
- polystyrene
- portable devices
- Portugal
- potassium and sodium polyacrylate
- PVC
- Py-GC/MS
- Pyr-GC/MS
- quantification
- Quantum & theoretical chemistry
- Raman spectroscopy
- ratiometric detection
- Remediation
- resin
- resin pellets
- reversed-phase HPLC
- scavengers
- sedimentation
- SEM
- SIRM
- size influence
- sludge
- Soil
- South China Sea
- Specificity
- spectroscopy
- surface water
- swelling
- terrestrial
- thermal profile
- transmittance
- virgin
- visible light photodegradation
- washing textile
- wastewater
- wastewater treatment plant
- water remediation
- weathering
- Yellowness Index
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DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-5265-1Editions