ArticlePolymers2022
Yellowing, Weathering and Degradation of Marine Pellets and Their Influence on the Adsorption of Chemical Pollutants.
Article in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
- Aging of Microplastics and Nanoplastics Induced by Advanced Oxidation Processes in Wastewater Treatment and Their Biological Toxicity: A Systematic Review.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Simulated environmental weathering of expanded polystyrene foam and polypropylene under UV and wave agitation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Unveiling the Effects of Thermal Aging on the Oxidative Stability of Biobased Low-Density Polyethylenes.ACS omega · 2025Article
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- Weathering increases the acute toxicity of plastic pellets leachates to sea-urchin larvae-a case study with environmental samples.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Bacterial Colonization of Microplastics at the Beaches of an Oceanic Island, Tenerife, Canary Islands.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Mechanism and characterization of microplastic aging process: A review.Frontiers of environmental science & engineering · 2023Review
- Rapid Identification of Beached Marine Plastics Pellets Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: A Promising Tool for the Quantification of Coastal Pollution.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Marine microplastics (MPs) are exposed to environmental factors, which produce aging, weathering, surface cracking, yellowing, fragmentation and degradation, thereby changing the structure and behavior of the plastic. This degradation also has an influence on the adsorption of persistent organic pollutants over the microplastic surface, leading to increased concentration with aging. The degradation state affects the microplastic color over time; this is called yellowing, which can be quantified using the Yellowness Index (YI). Weathering and surface cracking is also related with the microplastic yellowing, which can be identified by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). In this study, the degradation state of marine microplastic polyethylene pellets with different aging stages is evaluated and quantified with YI determination and the analysis of FTIR spectrums. A color palette, which relates to the microplastic color and YI, was developed to obtain a visual percentage of this index. The relation with the adsorption rate of persistent organic pollutant over the microplastic surface was also determined.
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