Uptake and release of perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs) from macro and microplastics-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Uptake and release of perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs) from macro and microplastics

Published:2023 Issue:9 Volume:25 Page:1519-1531
ISSN:2050-7887
Container-title:Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
language:en
Short-container-title:Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts

Author:

Brahana Philip J.¹^ORCID,Al Harraq Ahmed¹,Saab Luis E.¹,Roberg Ruby¹,Valsaraj Kaillat T.¹,Bharti Bhuvnesh¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA

Abstract

Microplastics can spontaneously uptake PFCAs impacting plastic wettability and dispersity in water. The adsorbed PFCAs are subsequently released due to sunlight-indued weathering of the plastics, thus potentially influencing their mutual transport in the aquatic environment.

Funder

National Science Foundation

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Environmental Chemistry,General Medicine

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/EM/D3EM00209H

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