ReviewFrontiers of environmental science & engineering2023
Mechanism and characterization of microplastic aging process: A review.
Review in Frontiers of environmental science & engineering, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Tackling the global plastic pollution crisis.National science review · 2026Review
- Machine Learning-Driven Prediction of Microplastic Aging Processes and Environmental Risk Assessment Across Multi-Media Systems.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Contact-Accessible Silver Nanoparticle-Decorated Electrospun Carbon Fibers for Microplastics Detection by SERS.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Environmental co-exposure to microplastics and phenol may influence redox signaling and tumor microenvironment dynamics.Journal of Cancer · 2026Review
- Distribution, Sources, and Ecological Risk Assessment of Microplastics in the Lower Minjiang River.Toxics · 2025Article
- An Atmospheric Chemistry Perspective on Airborne Micro- and Nanoplastic Particles.Environmental science & technology · 2025Review
- Use of EDTA and CaClMaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Assessment of Four Artificial Methods for Aging Plastic Mulch Films According to Efficiency, Rate, and Similarity to Natural Field-Aged Plastics.Journal of polymers and the environment · 2025Article
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Abstract
With the increasing production of petroleum-based plastics, the problem of environmental pollution caused by plastics has aroused widespread concern. Microplastics, which are formed by the fragmentation of macro plastics, are bio-accumulate easily due to their small size and slow degradation under natural conditions. The aging of plastics is an inevitable process for their degradation and enhancement of adsorption performance toward pollutants due to a series of changes in their physiochemical properties, which significantly increase the toxicity and harm of plastics. Therefore, studies should focus on the aging process of microplastics through reasonable characterization methods to promote the aging process and prevent white pollution. This review summarizes the latest progress in natural aging process and characterization methods to determine the natural aging mechanism of microplastics. In addition, recent advances in the artificial aging of microplastic pollutants are reviewed. The degradation status and by-products of biodegradable plastics in the natural environment and whether they can truly solve the plastic pollution problem have been discussed. Findings from the literature pointed out that the aging process of microplastics lacks professional and exclusive characterization methods, which include qualitative and quantitative analyses. To lessen the toxicity of microplastics in the environment, future research directions have been suggested based on existing problems in the current research. This review could provide a systematic reference for in-depth exploration of the aging mechanism and behavior of microplastics in natural and artificial systems.
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