Advances in magnetic materials for microplastic separation and degradation
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2024
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Cao, Y.
Sathish, C.I.
Guan, X.
Wang, S.
Palanisami, T.
Vinu, A.
Yi, J.
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Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024; 461:132537-1-132537-18
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Yitong Cao, CI Sathish, Xinwei Guan, Shaobin Wang, Thava Palanisami, Ajayan Vinu, Jiabao Yi
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The widespread use of plastics in modern human society has led to severe environmental pollution with microplastics (MP/MPs). The rising consumption of plastics raises the omnipresence of microplastics in aquatic environments, which carry toxic organic matter, transport toxic chemicals, and spread through the food chain, seriously threatening marine life and human health. In this context, several advanced strategies for separating and degrading MPs from water have been developed recently, and magnetic materials and their nanostructures have emerged as promising materials for targeting, adsorbing, transporting, and degrading MPs. However, a comprehensive review of MP remediation using magnetic materials and their nanostructures is currently lacking. The present work provides a critical review of the recent advances in MP removal/degradation using magnetic materials. The focus is on the comparison and analysis of the MP’s removal efficiencies of different magnetic materials, including iron/ferrite nanoparticles, magnetic nanocomposites, and micromotors, aiming to unravel the underlying roles of magnetic materials in different types of MP degradation and present the general strategies for designing them with optimal performance. Finally, the review outlines the forthcoming challenges and perspectives in the development of magnetic nanomaterials for MP remediation.
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© 2023 Published by Elsevier B.V.