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Cui Y, Wu M, Lu G, Cheng Z, Chen M, Hao Y, Mo C, Li Q, Wu J, Wu J, Hu BX. Significance of non-DLVO interactions on the co-transport of levofloxacin and titanium dioxide nanoparticles in porous media. Environ Pollut 2024; 351:124079. [PMID: 38692390 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2023] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/28/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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With the application of engineered nanomaterials and antibiotics in the fields of medicine, aerospace, new energy and agriculture, the associated contamination is detected widely in soil-groundwater systems. It is of great scientific and practical significance to deeply explore the environmental interface process between nanoparticles and antibiotics for the scientific assessment of environmental fate and ecological environmental risks, as well as the development of new composite pollution control technologies. In this study, the co-transport behaviors of positively charged titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) and negatively charged levofloxacin (LEV) in quartz sand (QS) are investigated in this study. The results show that TiO2-NPs hardly flow out when transported alone in the column because of its positive charge, which creates a strong attraction with the negatively charged quartz sand on the surface. When TiO2-NPs co-migrate with LEV in porous media, the presence of LEV promotes the transport of TiO2-NPs, while the presence of TiO2-NPs inhibits LEV transport. Non-XDLVO interactions based on molecular dynamics (MD) simulations can help explain the observed promotion and inhibition phenomena as well as the correlation between TiO2-NPs and LEV. The results indicate that TiO2-LEV complexes or aggregates can be formed during the co-transportation process of TiO2-NPs and LEV in porous media. As flow velocity increases from 0.204 cm min-1 to 1.630 cm min-1, both the transport capacities of TiO2-NPs and LEV are enhanced significantly. Under the condition of high citric acid (CA) concentration (15 mmol L-1), the transport capacity of TiO2-NPs is slightly inhibited, while the transport capacity of LEV is enhanced. This study provides new insights into the transport of nanometallic oxides and antibiotics in porous media, which suggests that non-XDLVO interactions should be considered together when assessing the environmental risks and fate of nanometallic oxides and antibiotics in soil-groundwater systems.
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- Yiqun Cui
- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Science, Guangzhou, 510045, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemistry, Ministry of Education, Department of Hydrosciences, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemistry, Ministry of Education, Department of Hydrosciences, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan, 250022, China
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Liu Y, Jiang T. Effects of Temperature, Ionic Strength and Humic Acid on the Transport of Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles in Geosynthetic Clay Liner. Materials (Basel) 2024; 17:2082. [PMID: 38730889 PMCID: PMC11084219 DOI: 10.3390/ma17092082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2024] [Revised: 04/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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With the wide application of graphene oxide nanoparticles (GONPs), a great amount of GONP waste is discarded and concentrated in landfills. It has been proven that GONPs have strong toxicity and could gather toxic substances due to their high adsorption capacity. GONPs will seriously pollute the surrounding environment if they leak through the geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) in landfills. To investigate various factors (temperature, ionic strength (IS) and humic acid (HA)) on the transport and retention of GONPs in the GCL, a self-designed apparatus was created and column tests were carried out. The experimental results show that GONPs could be transported through the GCL. The mobility and sorption ratio of GONPs in GCL decreased with an increase in temperature and IS, and increased with an increase in HA. The temperature had little effect on the deposition ratio of GONPs in the GCL. The deposition ratio of GONPs in the GCL increased with IS, and decreased with an increase in HA. The transport of GONPs in GCL, glass beads and quartz sand was compared, and the results show that the retention ability of the GCL is much better than other porous materials. The experimental results could provide significant references for the pollution treatment in landfills.
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- Yaohui Liu
- School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221000, China
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- Department of Geotechnical Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China;
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Shahi M, Alavi Moghaddam MR, Hosseini SM, Hashemi H, Persson M, Kowsari E. Transport and retention of functionalized graphene oxide nanoparticles in saturated/unsaturated porous media: Effects of flow velocity, ionic strength and initial particle concentration. Chemosphere 2024; 354:141714. [PMID: 38521106 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024]
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The widespread use of nanomaterials has raised the threat of nanoparticles (NPs) infection of soils and groundwater resources. This research aims to investigate three parameters including flow velocity, ionic strength (IS), and initial particle concentration effects on transport behavior and retention mechanism of functionalization form of graphene oxide with polyvinylpyrrolidone (GO-PVP). The transport of GO-PVP was investigated in a laboratory-scale study through saturated/unsaturated (Saturation Degree = 0.91) sand columns. Experiments were conducted on flow velocity from 1.20 to 2.04 cm min-1, initial particle concentration from 10 to 50 mg L-1, and IS of 5-20 mM. The retention of GO-PVP was best described using the one-site kinetic attachment model in HYDRUS-1D, which accounted for the time and depth-dependent retention. According to breakthrough curves (BTCs), the lower transport related to the rate of mass recovery of GO-PVP was obtained by decreasing flow velocity and initial particle concentration and increasing IS through the sand columns. Increasing IS could improve the GO-PVP retention (based on katt and Smax) in saturated/unsaturated media; katt increases from 2.81 × 10-3 to 3.54 × 10-3 s-1 and Smax increases from 0.37 to 0.42 mg g-1 in saturated/unsaturated conditions, respectively. Our findings showed that the increasing retention of GO-PVP through the sand column under unsaturated condition could be recommended for the reduction of nanoparticles danger of ecosystem exposure.
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- Mahsa Shahi
- Civil & Environmental Engineering Department (CEE), Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Hafez Ave., 424, 15875-4413 Tehran, Iran; Division of Water Resources Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Civil & Environmental Engineering Department (CEE), Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Hafez Ave., 424, 15875-4413 Tehran, Iran.
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- Physical Geography Department, University of Tehran, 16th Azar St., Enghelab Sq, 14155-6465 Tehran, Iran
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- Division of Water Resources Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Water Resources Engineering, Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Lund University, Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Hafez Ave., 424, 15875-4413 Tehran, Iran
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Zhang M, Hou J, Xia J, Wu J, You G, Miao L. Statuses, shortcomings, and outlooks in studying the fate of nanoplastics and engineered nanoparticles in porous media respectively and borrowable sections from engineered nanoparticles for nanoplastics. Sci Total Environ 2024; 915:169638. [PMID: 38181944 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
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This review discussed the research statuses, shortcomings, and outlooks for the fate of nanoplastics (NPs) and engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in porous media and borrowable sections from ENPs for NPs. Firstly, the most important section was that we reviewed the research statuses on the fate of NPs in porous media and the main influencing factors, and explained the influencing mechanisms. Secondly, in order to give NPs a reference of research ideas and influence mechanisms, we also reviewed the research statuses on the fate of ENPs in porous media and the factors and mechanisms influencing the fate. The main mechanisms affecting the transport of ENPs were summarized (Retention or transport modes: advection, diffusion, dispersion, deposition, adsorption, blocking, ripening, and straining; Main forces and actions: Brownian motion, gravity, electrostatic forces, van der Waals forces, hydration, filtration, bridging; Affecting elements of the forces and actions: the ENP and media grain surface functional groups, size, shape, zeta potential, density, hydrophobicity, and roughness). Instead of using the findings of ENPs, thorough study on NPs was required because NPs and ENPs differed greatly. Based on the limited existing studies on the NP transport in porous media, we found that although the conclusions of ENPs could not be applied to NPs, most of the influencing mechanisms summarized from ENPs were applicable to NPs. Combining the research thoughts of ENPs, the research statuses of NPs, and some of our experiences and reflections, we reviewed the shortcomings of the current studies on the NP fate in porous media as well as the outlooks of future research. This review is very meaningful for clarifying the research statuses and influence mechanisms for the NP fate in porous media, as well as providing a great deal of inspiration for future research directions about the NP fate in porous media.
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- Mingzhi Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China
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Avornyo A, Chrysikopoulos CV. Applications of graphene oxide (GO) in oily wastewater treatment: Recent developments, challenges, and opportunities. J Environ Manage 2024; 353:120178. [PMID: 38310795 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 01/06/2024] [Accepted: 01/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
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The treatment of oily wastewater has become a serious environmental challenge, for which graphene oxide has emerged as a promising material in solving the problem. The ever-growing utilization of graphene oxide (GO) in the treatment of oily wastewater necessitates a constant review. This review article employs a comprehensive literature survey methodology, systematically examining peer-reviewed articles, focusing on, but not entirely limited to, the last five years. Major databases such as EBSCOhost, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Web of Science and Google Scholar were searched using specific keywords related to GO and oily wastewater treatment. The inclusion criteria focused on studies that specifically address the application, efficiency, and mechanisms of GO in treating oily wastewater. The data extracted from these sources were then synthesized to highlight the most important developments, challenges, and prospects in this field. As far as oily wastewater treatment is concerned, the majority of the studies revolve around the use of GO in mitigating fouling in membrane processes, improving the stability, capacity and reusability of sorbents, and enhancing photodegradation by minimizing charge recombination.
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- Amos Avornyo
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece.
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Zhang W, Guo X, Jiang M. Influence of humic acid and bovine serum albumin on colloid-associated heavy metal transport in saturated porous media. Environ Technol 2023; 44:3965-3974. [PMID: 35546295 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2022.2077135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Colloid-facilitated contaminant transport in porous media has been widely observed in laboratory and field studies. In this study, the influence of two dissolved organic matters (DOMs), humic acid (HA) and bovine serum albumin (BSA), on the colloid-associated heavy metal transport, was investigated. Soil colloids with particle sizes <2 μm were prepared from bentonite. Glass bead was used as porous media for the column tests. The influence of DOM on the adsorption of Pb2+ and Cu2+ onto colloids was tested. Colloid mobility and colloid-metal co-transport in the presence/absence of DOMs were investigated by breakthrough tests. The test results showed that DOMs facilitated colloid mobility. The measured ζ-potentials showed that DOMs enhanced the electrostatic repulsion between colloids and glass beads and reduced colloid deposition. These findings were further confirmed by calculating the interaction energy using the DLVO theory. Batch tests showed the strong adsorption of Pb2+ and Cu2+ on the colloid, and the adsorption was enhanced by DOMs. The colloid-metal co-transport tests showed that colloids can significantly facilitate the transport of Pb2+ and Cu2+ and that the facilitation was further enhanced by DOMs. By heavy metals, the colloid mobility was retarded, mainly due to the increased deposition. The transport of Cu2+ facilitated by DOM was more obvious than that of Pb2+. Compared to BSA, the effect of HA on enhancing colloid mobility, increasing colloid adsorption to heavy metals, and hence on the facilitation of colloid-associated heavy metals transport was more prominent.
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- Wenjie Zhang
- School of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Shanghai University Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- School of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Shanghai University Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- School of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Shanghai University Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Ibrahim MIM, Awad EAM, Dahdouh SMM, El-Etr WMT, Marey SA, Hatamleh AA, Mahmood M, Elrys AS. Exploring the Influence of Chemical Conditions on Nanoparticle Graphene Oxide Adsorption onto Clay Minerals. Molecules 2023; 28:6162. [PMID: 37630414 PMCID: PMC10458753 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28166162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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High concentrations of graphene oxide (GO), a nanoparticle substance with rapid manufacturing development, have the ability to penetrate the soil surface down to the mineral-rich subsurface layers. The destiny and distribution of such an unusual sort of nanomaterial in the environment must therefore be fully understood. However, the way the chemistry of solutions impacts GO nanoparticle adsorption on clay minerals is still unclear. Here, the adsorption of GO on clay minerals (e.g., bentonite and kaolinite) was tested under various chemical conditions (e.g., GO concentration, soil pH, and cation valence). Non-linear Langmuir and Freundlich models have been applied to describe the adsorption isotherm by comparing the amount of adsorbed GO nanoparticle to the concentration at the equilibrium of the solution. Our results showed fondness for GO in bentonite and kaolinite under similar conditions, but the GO nanoparticle adsorption with bentonite was superior to kaolinite, mainly due to its higher surface area and surface charge. We also found that increasing the ionic strength and decreasing the pH increased the adsorption of GO nanoparticles to bentonite and kaolinite, mainly due to the interaction between these clay minerals and GO nanoparticles' surface oxygen functional groups. Experimental data fit well to the non-linear pseudo-second-order kinetic model of Freundlich. The model of the Freundlich isotherm was more fitting at a lower pH and higher ionic strength in the bentonite soil while the lowest R2 value of the Freundlich model was recorded at a higher pH and lower ionic strength in the kaolinite soil. These results improve our understanding of GO behavior in soils by revealing environmental factors influencing GO nanoparticle movement and transmission towards groundwater.
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- Marwa I. M. Ibrahim
- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt
- Department of Soil Physics and Chemistry, Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute (SWERI), The Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza 12619, Egypt
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt
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- Department of Soil Physics and Chemistry, Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute (SWERI), The Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza 12619, Egypt
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;
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- Center for Eco-Environment Restoration Engineering of Hainan Province, College of Ecology and Environment, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt
- Liebig Centre for Agroecology and Climate Impact Research, Justus Liebig University, 35390 Giessen, Germany
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Wan Q, Liu B, Zhang M, Zhao M, Dai Y, Liu W, Ding K, Lin Q, Ni Z, Li J, Wang S, Jin C, Tang Y, Qiu R. Co-transport of biochar nanoparticles (BC NPs) and rare earth elements (REEs) in water-saturated porous media: New insights into REE fractionation. J Hazard Mater 2023; 453:131390. [PMID: 37060752 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The present study investigated the co-transport behavior of three REEs3+ (La3+, Gd3+, and Yb3+) with and without biochar nanoparticles (BC NPs) in water-saturated porous media. The presence of REEs3+ enhanced the retention of BC NPs in quartz sand (QS) due to decreased electrostatic repulsion between BC NPs and QS, enhanced aggregation of BC NPs, and the contribution of straining. The distribution coefficients (KD) in packed columns in the co-transport of BC NPs and three REEs3+ were much smaller than in batch experiments due to the different hydrodynamic conditions. In addition, we, for the first time, found that REE fractionation in the solid-liquid phase occurred during the co-transport of REEs3+ in the presence and absence of BC NPs. Note that the REE fractionation during the co-transport, which is helpful for the tracing application during earth surface processes, was driven by the interaction of REEs3+ with QS and BC NPs. This study elucidates novel insights into the fate of BC NPs and REEs3+ in porous media and indicates that (i) mutual effects between BC NPs and REE3+ should be considered when BC was applied to REE contaminated aquatic and soil systems; and (ii) REE fractionation provides a useful tool for identifying the sources of coexisting substances.
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- Quan Wan
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil Remediation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil Remediation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil Remediation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil Remediation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil Remediation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil Remediation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China; Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil Remediation, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Pan Y, Chen C, Shang J. Effect of reduced inherent organic matter on stability and transport behaviors of black soil colloids. Chemosphere 2023:139149. [PMID: 37307927 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Soil organic matter plays an important role in the stability, transport, and fate of soil colloids. At present, studies have mostly focused on the effects of adding exogenous organic matter on soil colloidal properties, while there is very limited research on the effect of reduced inherent soil organic matter on the environmental behavior of soil colloids. This study investigated the stability and transport behavior of black soil colloids (BSC) and black soil colloids with reduced inherent organic matter (BSC-ROM) under different ionic strength (5, 50 mM) and background solution pH (4.0, 7.0, and 9.0) conditions. Meanwhile, the release behavior of two soil colloids in the saturated sand column under transient ionic strength conditions was also studied. The results showed that both ionic strength reduction and pH increase increased the negative charges of BSC and BSC-ROM, and improved the electrostatic repulsion between soil colloids and grain surface, thereby promoting the stability and mobility of soil colloids. The decrease in inherent organic matter had little effect on the surface charge of soil colloids, suggesting that the electrostatic repulsive force was not the main force affecting the stability and mobility of BSC and BSC-ROM, and reducing inherent organic matter might significantly reduce the stability and mobility of soil colloids by weakening the steric hindrance interaction. The decrease of transient ionic strength reduced the depth of the energy minimum and activated the soil colloids retained on the surface of the grain at three pH conditions. This study is helpful to predict the potential impact of soil organic matter degradation on the fate of black soil colloids in natural environment system.
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- Yue Pan
- College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation in North China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, 100193, PR China
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- College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation in North China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, 100193, PR China.
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- College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation in North China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, 100193, PR China.
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Rong H, Qin J, He L, Tong M. Cotransport of different electrically charged microplastics with PFOA in saturated porous media. Environ Pollut 2023; 331:121862. [PMID: 37220863 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The fate and transport behavior of microplastics (MPs), emerging colloidal contaminant ubiquitous in natural environments, would be greatly affected by other copresent pollutants. PFOA (emerging surfactant pollutant) would interact with MPs after encounter with them in natural environments, which could alter the transport behavior of both pollutants. Relevant knowledge is still lacking, affecting accurate prediction the fate and distribution of these two emerging contaminants in natural porous media. The cotransport behavior of different surface charged MPs (negatively/positively charged, CMPs/AMPs) with PFOA (three concentrations ranged from 0.1 to 10 mg/L) in porous media in both 10 and 50 mM NaCl solutions thus was investigated in the present study. We found PFOA inhibited CMPs transport in porous media, while enhanced AMPs transport. The mechanisms leading to the altered transport of CMPs/AMPs caused by PFOA were found to be different. The decreased electrostatic repulsion between CMPs-sand induced by the decreased CMPs negative zeta potentials via the adsorption of PFOA led to the inhibited transport of CMPs in CMPs-PFOA suspension. The enhanced electrostatic repulsion between AMPs-sand due to the decreased positive charge of AMPs via the adsorption of PFOA together with steric repulsion induced by suspended PFOA resulted in the increased transport of AMPs in AMPs-PFOA suspension. Meanwhile, we found that the adsorption onto MPs surfaces also impacted the transport of PFOA. Due to the lower mobility of MPs than PFOA, the presence of MPs despite their surface charge decreased the transport of PFOA of all examined concentrations in quartz sand columns. This study demonstrates that when MPs and PFOA are co-existing in environments, their interaction with each other will alter the fate and transport behavior of both pollutants in porous media and the alteration is highly correlated with the amount of PFOA adsorbed onto MPs and original surface properties of MPs.
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- Haifeng Rong
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Material Fluxes in River Ecosystems, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Material Fluxes in River Ecosystems, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Material Fluxes in River Ecosystems, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Material Fluxes in River Ecosystems, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, PR China.
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Chang B, He B, Cao G, Zhou Z, Liu X, Yang Y, Xu C, Hu F, Lv J, Du W. Co-transport of polystyrene microplastics and kaolinite colloids in goethite-coated quartz sand: Joint effects of heteropolymerization and surface charge modification. Sci Total Environ 2023; 884:163832. [PMID: 37121313 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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This study investigated the transport behavior of polystyrene microplastics (MPs) in saturated quartz sand and goethite-coated sand in the presence of coexisting kaolinite colloids. Column experiments were conducted under a wide range of solution chemistry conditions, including pH levels of 6.0, 7.0, and 9.0, as well as background Na+ concentrations of 5 mM and 25 mM. We found that: (1) The individual transport of MPs in porous media diminished both with increasing background ion strength and decreasing pH, and its transport ability was significantly dominated by the interactions between MPs and porous media rather than the interplay between MPs, which has been further corroborated by the aggregation stability experiments of MPs particles. (2) MPs had a much lower ability to move through goethite-coated sand columns than quartz sand columns. This is because goethite coating reduces the repulsion energy barriers between porous media and MPs. The increased specific surface area and surface complexity of sand columns after goethite coating should also account for this difference. (3) MPs transport would be subjected to the differentiated impact of co-transported kaolinite colloids in the two types of porous media. The promotion effect of kaolinite colloid on MPs' transport capacity is not significantly affected by background ionic strength changes when quartz sand is served as the porous medium; however, the promotion effect is highly correlated with the background ionic strength when goethite-coated sand is served as the porous medium. In comparison with low background ionic strength conditions, kaolinite colloids under high background ionic strength conditions significantly facilitated MPs transport. This is mainly because under high background ionic conditions, kaolinite colloids are more likely to be deposited on the surface of goethite-covered sand, competing with MPs for the limited deposition sites. The extended Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (XDLVO) theory is applicable to describe the transport behavior of MPs.
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- Bokun Chang
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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Ma J, Li J, Weng L, Ouyang X, Chen Y, Li Y. Phosphorus-Enhanced and Calcium-Retarded Transport of Ferrihydrite Colloid: Mechanism of Electrostatic Potential Changes Regulated via Adsorption Speciation. Environ Sci Technol 2023; 57:4219-4230. [PMID: 36848599 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c09670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The transport of ferrihydrite colloid (FHC) through porous media is influenced by anions (e.g., PO43-) and cations (e.g., Ca2+) in the aqueous environment. This study investigated the cotransport of FHC with P and P/Ca in saturated sand columns. The results showed that P adsorption enhanced FHC transport, whereas Ca loaded onto P-FHC retarded FHC transport. Phosphate adsorption provided a negative potential on the FHC, while Ca added to P-FHC led to electrostatic screening, compression of the electric double layer, and formation of Ca5(PO4)3OH followed by heteroaggregation at pH ≥ 6.0. The monodentate and bidentate P surface complexes coexisted, and Ca mainly formed a ternary complex with bidentate P (≡(FeO)2PO2Ca). The unprotonation bidentate P at the Stern 1-plane had a considerable negative potential at the Van der Waals molecular surface. Extending the potential effect to the outer layer of FHC, the potential at the Stern 2-plane and zeta potential exhibited a corresponding change, resulting in a change in FHC mobility, which was validated by comparison of experimental results, DFT calculations, and CD-MUSIC models. Our results highlighted the influence of P and Ca on FHC transport and elucidated their interaction mechanisms based on quantum chemistry and colloidal chemical interface reactions.
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- Jie Ma
- Key Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-Product Quality Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
- School of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Key Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-Product Quality Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
- Department of Soil Quality, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, Wageningen 6700 AA, The Netherlands
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
- Institute of Agricultural Product Quality, Safety and Nutrition, Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tianjin 300381, China
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- Key Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-Product Quality Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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Fei J, Xie H, Zhao Y, Zhou X, Sun H, Wang N, Wang J, Yin X. Transport of degradable/nondegradable and aged microplastics in porous media: Effects of physicochemical factors. Sci Total Environ 2022; 851:158099. [PMID: 35988619 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The degradable properties of degradable plastics allow them to form microplastics (MPs) faster. Therefore, degradable MPs may easily be transported in the underground environment. Research on degradable MPs transport in porous media is necessary and urgent. In this study, polylactic acid (PLA) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) were selected to compare the transport differences between degradable and nondegradable MPs under different factors (flow rates, ionic strengths (ISs), pH, and coexisting cations) through column experiments, and UV irradiation was used to further simulate the effect of aging on different types of MPs. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used to characterize functional groups and to determine the surface elements of MPs, respectively. The results showed that MPs were more mobile at higher flow rate, lower IS, higher pH, and monovalent cations. The order of transport capacity of MPs was PVC < aged PVC < PLA < aged PLA. This result was mainly attributed to the more negative Zeta potential and higher dispersion stability of aged PLA and PLA, which were caused by abundant O-functional groups. Compared with PVC, the O/C ratio of PLA increased significantly after aging, indicating that PLA was more prone to aging. The advection-dispersion-equation (ADE) fitted the transport data of MPs well. The interaction energy of MPs and quartz sand was accurately predicted by the Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) theory. This work contributes to a comprehensive understanding of the transport of degradable MPs in the environment.
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- Jiao Fei
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China 712100
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China 712100
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China 712100
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China 712100
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China 712100; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangling 712100, China
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China Tianjin, 300191, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Environment in Universities of Shandong, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271000, Shandong, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China 712100; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangling 712100, China.
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Tao H, Yang L, Qi Y, Chen Y, Yu D, Zhou L, Lin T, Xu H, Song J. Deposition of polystyrene microplastics on bare or biofilm-coated silica analysed via QCM-D. Sci Total Environ 2022; 847:157661. [PMID: 35907535 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The mobility of microplastics (MPs) in aqueous media is closely related to their environmental risk. The naturally occurring silica substrate surface in the aquatic environment is easily colonized by microorganisms and forms a biofilm, which may affect the migration and distribution of MPs. Herein, a typical MP, polystyrene (PS), and Pseudomonas fluorescens (P. fluorescens) biofilms were selected to study the deposition and release of pristine or ultraviolet (UV)-aged PS MPs on silica and biofilms under different ionic strengths using a quartz crystal microbalance dissipation (QCM-D) system. Statistical analyses of the deposition experiments revealed a significant impact of P. fluorescens biofilms on deposition (p = 0.0042). The deposition rate of weathered MPs on the biofilms was 4.0 ± 0.1 to 16.3 ± 0.6 times that on silica. A release experiment revealed that the biofilm reduced the release fraction (fr) of weathered MPs by 34.5 ± 0.3 % compared to bare silica. In addition, the UV-ageing treatment reduced the deposition mass of MPs on the surface of silica by 27.6 ± 0.21 % compared to pristine microspheres. The analysis of the deposition mechanism revealed that the promotion and inhibition of biofilm or UV-ageing treatment on the deposition of microspheres could be attributed to the non-Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) force and the decreased electrostatic repulsion or the increased hydration repulsion, respectively.
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- Hui Tao
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, PR China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, PR China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, PR China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, PR China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, PR China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, PR China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, PR China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development on Shallow Lakes, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, PR China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Joint International Research Lab of Lignocellulosic Functional Materials, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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Chen J, Zhang Q, Zhu Y, Li Y, Chen W, Lu T, Qi Z. Biosurfactant-mediated mobility of graphene oxide nanoparticles in saturated porous media. Environ Sci Process Impacts 2022; 24:1883-1894. [PMID: 36148869 DOI: 10.1039/d2em00297c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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There is currently a lack of scientific understanding regarding how bio-surfactants influence the mobility of graphene oxide (GO) through saturated porous media. In this study, the transport characteristics of GO through porous media with different heterogeneities (i.e., quartz sand and goethite-coated sand) after the addition of saponin (a representative bio-surfactant) were investigated. The results demonstrated that saponin (3-10 mg L-1) promoted GO mobility in both types of porous media at pH 7.0. This trend was attributed to the competitive deposition between nanoparticles and bio-surfactant molecules for attachment sites, the enhanced electrostatic repulsion, the decreased strain, the presence of steric effects induced by the adsorbed saponin, and the increase in the hydrophilicity of nanoparticles. Intriguingly, saponin promoted GO mobility in goethite-coated sand (i.e., chemically heterogeneous porous media) to a greater extent than that in sand (i.e., relatively homogeneous porous media) when saponin concentrations increased, which stemmed from the differences in the extent of the deposition site competition for saponin on the two porous media and the electrostatic repulsion between GO and the porous media. Furthermore, a cation-bridging mechanism was also involved in the ability of saponin to increase GO mobility when the electrolyte solution was 0.1 mM Cu2+. Moreover, the extended Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (XDLVO) theory and the colloid transport model were applicable to elucidate the mobility properties of GO with or without saponin in porous media. The findings from this work highlight the important status of bio-surfactants in the fate of colloidal carbon-based nanomaterials in subsurface systems.
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- Jiuyan Chen
- College of Hydraulic Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
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- Ecology Institute of the Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, 250353, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
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- The Testing Center of Shandong Bureau, China Metallurgical Geology Bureau, Jinan 250014, China
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- Key Laboratory for Humid Subtropical Eco-geographical Processes of the Ministry of Education/Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Eco-physiology/School of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, China
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- College of Hydraulic Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
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Wu M, Chen Y, Cheng Z, Hao Y, Hu BX, Mo C, Li Q, Zhao H, Xiang L, Wu J, Wu J, Lu G. Effects of polyamide microplastic on the transport of graphene oxide in porous media. Sci Total Environ 2022; 843:157042. [PMID: 35777558 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2022] [Revised: 06/05/2022] [Accepted: 06/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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With the rapid development of the nano-material and chemical industry, more and more microplastic (MP) and nano-material were discharged into the environment. In this study, a two-dimensional (2D) surface of Extended Darjaguin-Landau-Verwe-Overbeek (XDLVO) is proposed to quantitatively investigate the effect of polyamide (PA) on the transport of graphene oxide (GO) in porous media. The influences of mass fraction of PA, flow rate, GO concentration, ionic type and strength on the migration of GO in saturated porous media are investigated by column experiments and numerical models. The two-dimensional (2D) surfaces of XDLVO interaction energy between GO and GO, GO and QS, GO and PA, are firstly calculated to analyze the transport of GO in saturated porous media. Experimental results suggest the mobility of GO is enhanced when flow velocity and initial concentration of GO are increased. However, the mobility of GO is inhibited when the mass fraction of PA and ionic strength are increased. More important, the inhibitory effect of divalent cations on GO migration is stronger than that of monovalent cations. Simultaneously, XDLVO results suggest that ionic types and strengths are important factors affecting the mobility of GO in porous media, and the critical ionic strength is observed from the continuous variation of the secondary minimum trap of XDLVO interaction energy. Model results show that there is a linear relationship between the logarithm of the secondary minimum trap of XDLVO interaction energy and the parameters related to GO mobility, which suggests XDLVO energy surface has an important application significance in the accurate quantification of GO mobility in porous media. These findings contribute to GO transport affected by microplastic in porous media, thus laying a significant foundation for the environmental risk and contamination remediation.
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- Ming Wu
- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemistry, Ministry of Education, Department of Hydrosciences, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Science, Guangzhou 510045, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemistry, Ministry of Education, Department of Hydrosciences, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemistry, Ministry of Education, Department of Hydrosciences, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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Ye X, Cheng Z, Wu M, Hao Y, Lu G, Hu BX, Mo C, Li Q, Wu J, Wu J. Effects of clay minerals on the transport of polystyrene nanoplastic in groundwater. Water Res 2022; 223:118978. [PMID: 35988332 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Microplastics are widely detected in the soil-groundwater environment, which has attracted more and more attention. Clay mineral is an important component of the porous media contained in aquifers. The transport experiments of polystyrene nanoparticles (PSNPs) in quartz sand (QS) mixed with three kinds of clay minerals are conducted to investigate the effects of kaolinite (KL), montmorillonite (MT) and illite (IL) on the mobility of PSNPs in groundwater. Two-dimensional (2D) distributions of DLVO interaction energy are calculated to quantify the interactions between PSNPs and three kinds of clay minerals. The critical ionic strengths (CIS) of PSNPs-KL, PSNPs-MT and PSNPs-IL are 17.0 mM, 19.3 mM and 21.0 mM, respectively. Experimental results suggest KL has the strongest inhibition effect on the mobility of PSNPs, followed by MT and IL. Simultaneously, the change of ionic strength can alter the surface charge of PSNPs and clay minerals, thus affecting the interaction energy. Experimental and model results indicate both the deposition rate coefficient (k) and maximum deposition (Smax) linearly decrease with the logarithm of the DLVO energy barrier, while the mass recovery rate of PSNPs (Rm) exponentially increases with the logarithm of the DLVO energy barrier. Therefore, the mobility and associated kinetic parameters of PSNPs in complex porous media containing clay minerals can be predicted by 2D distributions of DLVO interaction energy. These findings could help to gain insight into understanding the environmental behavior and transport mechanism of microplastics in the multicomponent porous media, and provide a scientific basis for the accurate simulation and prediction of microplastic contamination in the groundwater system.
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- Xinyao Ye
- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Science, Guangzhou 510045, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemistry, Ministry of Education, Department of Hydrosciences, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; School of Water Conservancy and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Research Center for Environment Pollution Control and Remediation Materials, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution and Health, School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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- Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemistry, Ministry of Education, Department of Hydrosciences, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Surficial Geochemistry, Ministry of Education, Department of Hydrosciences, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Zhang M, Bradford SA, Klumpp E, Šimůnek J, Wang S, Wan Q, Jin C, Qiu R. Significance of Non-DLVO Interactions on the Co-Transport of Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Soil Nanoparticles in Porous Media. Environ Sci Technol 2022; 56:10668-10680. [PMID: 35731699 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c00681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) theory is typically used to quantify surface interactions between engineered nanoparticles (ENPs), soil nanoparticles (SNPs), and/or porous media, which are used to assess environmental risk and fate of ENPs. This study investigates the co-transport behavior of functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with positively (goethite nanoparticles, GNPs) and negatively (bentonite nanoparticles, BNPs) charged SNPs in quartz sand (QS). The presence of BNPs increased the transport of MWCNTs, but GNPs inhibited the transport of MWCNTs. In addition, we, for the first time, observed that the transport of negatively (BNPs) and positively (GNPs) charged SNPs was facilitated by the presence of MWCNTs. Traditional mechanisms associated with competitive blocking, heteroaggregation, and classic DLVO calculations cannot explain such phenomena. Direct examination using batch experiments and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, asymmetric flow field flow fractionation (AF4) coupled to UV and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (AF4-UV-ICP-MS), and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations demonstrated that MWCNTs-BNPs or MWCNT-GNPs complexes or aggregates can be formed during co-transport. Non-DLVO interactions (e.g., H-bonding and Lewis acid-base interaction) helped to explain observed MWCNT deposition, associations between MWCNTs and both SNPs (positively or negatively), and co-transport. This research sheds novel insight into the transport of MWCNTs and SNPs in porous media and suggests that (i) mutual effects between colloids (e.g., heteroaggregation, co-transport, and competitive blocking) need to be considered in natural soil; and (ii) non-DLVO interactions should be comprehensively considered when evaluating the environmental risk and fate of ENPs.
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- Miaoyue Zhang
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Waihuan East Road, No. 132, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
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- Sustainable Agricultural Water Systems (SAWS) Unit, USDA, ARS, UC Davis, 239 Hopkins Road, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Agrosphere Institute (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Waihuan East Road, No. 132, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Waihuan East Road, No. 132, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Waihuan East Road, No. 132, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China
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Hasan MS, Dong J, Gadhamshetty V, Geza M. Modeling graphene oxide transport and retention in biochar. J Contam Hydrol 2022; 248:104014. [PMID: 35462133 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2022.104014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2021] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Experimental data from fixed-bed column studies and a numerical model based on convection-dispersion equations were used to describe transport and retention of Graphene Oxide (GO) in sand, biochar (BC), and BC modified with nanoscale zero-valent iron (BC-nZVI). Three blocking functions, namely no blocking, site-blocking, and depth-dependent blocking, were used to analyze GO transport and retention behavior in each media as a function of Ionic Strength (IS). An inverse modeling approach was implemented to determine the attachment coefficient (Ka) and maximum solid-phase retention capacity (Smax). The Langmuirian attachment model with site-blocking function effectively described experimental GO breakthrough curves (R2 ~ 0.70-0.99) compared to other models, indicating the importance of introducing a limit on the attachment capacity of the media. The Ka values for BC and BC-nZVI were significantly higher than sand, attributable to high porosity, roughness, and surface chemical properties. The models predicted an increasing trend in Ka (0.065 to 0.615 min-1) in BC with increasing IS (0.1 to 10 mM), while Ka values decreased (2.26 to 0.349 min-1) for BC-nZVI. A consistent increase in Smax was observed for both BC and BC-nZVI with increasing IS. Scenario analysis was conducted to further understand the effect of influent IS, GO concentration, and treatment depth. BC-nZVI exhibited a higher Ka and Smax and as a result, higher GO retention than BC at lower IS (0.1 and 1.0 mM). BC-nZVI had a relatively lower Ka (0.349 min-1) at 10 mM IS, however, it outperformed BC when GO retention capacities are compared over a longer period attributable to a higher Smax (6.47). Complete GO breakthrough occurred in a 5 cm media after 350 and 465 days for BC and BC-nZVI, respectively at 10 mM IS and influent concentration of 0.1 mg·L-1. GO breakthrough time increased with increasing treatment depth, however, the relation was non-linear.
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- Md Sazadul Hasan
- Department of Civil and Environmental engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, United States
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- 2-Dimensional Materials for Biofilm Engineering Science and Technology (2DBEST) Center, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, United States.
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Jiang Y, Zhou S, Fei J, Qin Z, Yin X, Sun H, Sun Y. Transport of different microplastics in porous media: Effect of the adhesion of surfactants on microplastics. Water Res 2022; 215:118262. [PMID: 35287061 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The adhesion of surfactant molecules on the microplastics surface is affected by the surface structure of the microplastics. Little is known about the mobility of different microplastics in the medium under surfactants. In order to reveal the migration of different microplastics under the action of surfactants, the study selected five kinds of microplastics (polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)) and two kinds of surfactants (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAB and sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, SDBS) as the research objects. The column experiment was used to explore the transport behavior of microplastics under different concentrations of surfactants and the convection dispersion model was used to simulate. The dynamic contact angle of the surfactant solution on the microplastics was measured and the adhesion work was calculated by the Young-Dupre equation to reveal the underlying mechanism of microplastics retention in the presence of surfactants. The results showed that the transport ability of microplastics followed the order of PTFE <PMMA <PS <PE <PP, and the mobility under high concentrations of surfactants was greater than that at low concentrations, which was mainly attributed to the difference in the adhesion of the surfactant on the surface of the microplastics, which lead to differences in the migration between the microplastics. When the microplastics were close to each other, if the reaction force of the electrostatic force was greater than the adhesion force of the surfactant molecules on the surface, the surfactant molecules would be separated from the microplastics and the stability of the microplastics would decrease. In addition, the migration ability of microplastics in anionic surfactants was weaker than that of cationic surfactants, because the osmotic and elastic repulsion produced by SDBS were weaker than CTAB. The research results were of great significance for understanding the environmental behavior of microplastics affected by surfactants, and objectively evaluating the transport and fate behavior of microplastics-surfactants in the environment.
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- Yanji Jiang
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangling 712100, China
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- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China Tianjin, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, 300191, China
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Xu Z, Pan D, Tang Q, Wei X, Liu C, Li X, Chen X, Wu W. Co-transport and co-release of Eu(III) with bentonite colloids in saturated porous sand columns: Controlling factors and governing mechanisms. Environ Pollut 2022; 298:118842. [PMID: 35031401 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Accurate prediction of the colloid-driven transport of radionuclides in porous media is critical for the long-term safety assessment of radioactive waste disposal repository. However, the co-transport and corelease process of radionuclides with colloids have not been well documented, the intrinsic mechanisms for colloids-driven retention/transport of radionuclides are still pending for further discussion. Thus the controlling factors and governing mechanisms of co-transport and co-release behavior of Eu(III) with bentonite colloids (BC) were discussed and quantified by combining laboratory-scale column experiments, colloid filtration theory and advection dispersion equation model. The results showed that the role of colloids in facilitating or retarding the Eu(III) transport in porous media varied with cations concentration, pH, and humic acid (HA). The transport of Eu(III) was facilitated by the dispersed colloids under the low ionic strength and high pH conditions, while was impeded by the aggregated colloids cluster. The enhancement of Eu(III) transport was not monotonically risen with the increase of colloids concentration, the most optimized colloids concentration in facilitating Eu(III) transport was approximately 150 mg L-1. HA showed significant promotion on both Eu(III) and colloid transport because of not only its strong Eu(III) complexion ability but also the increased dispersion of HA-coated colloid particles. The HA and BC displayed a synergistic effect on Eu(III) transport, the co-transport occurred by forming the ternary BC-HA-Eu(III) hybrid. The transport patterns could be simulated well with a two-site model that used the advection dispersion equation by reflecting the blocking effect. The retarded Eu(III) on the stationary phase was released and remobilized by the introduction of colloids, or by a transient reduction in cation concentration. The findings are essential for predicting the geological fate and the migration risk of radionuclides in the repository environment.
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- Zhen Xu
- Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Fundamental Science Laboratory on Radiochemistry and Radiation Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621000, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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Ma J, Qiu Y, Zhao J, Ouyang X, Zhao Y, Weng L, MD Yasir A, Chen Y, Li Y. Effect of Agricultural Organic Inputs on Nanoplastics Transport in Saturated Goethite-Coated Porous Media: Particle Size Selectivity and Role of Dissolved Organic Matter. Environ Sci Technol 2022; 56:3524-3534. [PMID: 35226472 PMCID: PMC8928475 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c07574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The transport of nanoplastics (NPs) through porous media is influenced by dissolved organic matter (DOM) released from agricultural organic inputs. Here, cotransport of NPs with three types of DOM (biocharDOM (BCDOM), wheat strawDOM (WSDOM), and swine manureDOM (SMDOM)) was investigated in saturated goethite (GT)-coated sand columns. The results showed that codeposition of 50 nm NPs (50NPs) with DOM occurred due to the formation of a GT-DOM-50NPs complex, while DOM loaded on GT-coated sand and 400 nm NPs (400NPs) aided 400NPs transport due to electrostatic repulsion. According to the quantum chemical calculation, humic acid and cellulose played a significant role in 50NPs retardation. Owing to its high concentration, moderate humification index (HIX), and cellulose content, SMDOM exhibited the highest retardation of 50NPs transport and promoting effect on 400NPs transport. Owing to a high HIX, the effect of BCDOM on the mobility of 400NPs was higher than that of WSDOM. However, high cellulose content in WSDOM caused it to exhibit a 50NPs retardation ability that was similar to that of BCDOM. Our results highlight the particle size selectivity and significant influence of DOM type on the transport of NPs and elucidate their quantum and colloidal chemical-interface mechanisms in a typical agricultural environment.
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- Jie Ma
- Key
Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-Product Quality
Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Affairs, Tianjin, 300191, China
- Agro-Environmental
Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
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- School
of Environmental Science and Safety Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- School
of Environmental Science and Safety Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China
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- Key
Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-Product Quality
Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Affairs, Tianjin, 300191, China
- Agro-Environmental
Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
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- Key
Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-Product Quality
Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Affairs, Tianjin, 300191, China
- Agro-Environmental
Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
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- Key
Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-Product Quality
Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Affairs, Tianjin, 300191, China
- Agro-Environmental
Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
- Department
of Soil Quality, Wageningen University, Wageningen 6700 HB, The Netherlands
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- Key
Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-Product Quality
Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Affairs, Tianjin, 300191, China
- Agro-Environmental
Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
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- Key
Laboratory for Environmental Factors Control of Agro-Product Quality
Safety, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Affairs, Tianjin, 300191, China
- Agro-Environmental
Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Affairs, Tianjin 300191, China
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- College
of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou Jiangxi 341000, China
- College of
Natural Resources and Environment, South
China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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Zhang H, Zhang R, Lu T, Qi W, Zhu Y, Lu M, Qi Z, Chen W. Enhanced transport of heavy metal ions by low-molecular-weight organic acids in saturated porous media: Link complex stability constants to heavy metal mobility. Chemosphere 2022; 290:133339. [PMID: 34929284 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Environment-ubiquitous low-molecular-weight organic acids (LMWOAs) can interact with heavy metal ions and thus affect their mobility in subsurface aquifers. Herein, the effects of LMWOAs (including acetic acid, tartaric acid, malonic acid, oxalic acid, and citric acid) on the mobility of heavy metal ions (including Cd2+, Zn2+, Ni2+, Mn2+, and Co2+) in porous media were investigated to reveal the role of the stability constants of metal-LMWOA complexes in the mobility of heavy metal ions in porous media. The results showed that the mobility of different metal ions followed the order of Cd2+ < Zn2+ < Ni2+ < Mn2+ < Co2+ despite of LMWOAs-free or LMWOAs-addition. For each heavy metal, all the organic acids enhanced its transport by forming stable non-adsorbing metal-LMWOA complexes and the enhanced ability followed the order of citric acid > oxalic acid > malonic acid > tartaric acid > acetic acid. An interesting finding was that there was a significantly positive correlation between the enhanced abilities of LMWOAs to metal mobility and the complex stability constants (log K) (R2 = 0.801-0.961, p < 0.05), indicating that the complex stability of metal-LMWOA was the dominant factor responsible for the enhanced transport of heavy metal ions. Meanwhile, the linear slope indicated the intensity of enhancement of LMWOAs on heavy metal mobility was heavy metal type-dependent. This study proposed that the complex stability of metal-LMWOA could be an indicator to quantify and predict the impact of LMWOAs on the mobility of heavy metals.
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- Haojing Zhang
- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Utilization, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Utilization, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Eco-geographical Process, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Eco-physiology, College of Geographical Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350007, China
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- Department of Hydrology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth D, 95440, Germany
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Utilization, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Utilization, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Utilization, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Henan International Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Utilization, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China.
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Eco-geographical Process, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Eco-physiology, College of Geographical Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350007, China.
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Syngouna VI, Kourtaki KI, Georgopoulou MP, Chrysikopoulos CV. The role of nanoparticles (titanium dioxide, graphene oxide) on the inactivation of co-existing bacteria in the presence and absence of quartz sand. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:19199-19211. [PMID: 34709550 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17086-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The increased mass production and application of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) have resulted in the release of nanoparticles (NPs) in the environment, raising uncertainties regarding their environmental impacts. This study examines the effect of graphene oxide (GO) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) NPs on the inactivation of the three model bacteria originated by mammalians including humans: Escherichia (E.) coli, Enterococcus (E.) faecalis, and Staphylococcus (S.) aureus. A series of dynamic batch experiments were conducted at constant room temperature (22 °C) in order to examine the inactivation of co-existing bacteria by NPs, in the presence and absence of quartz sand. The inactivation experimental data were satisfactorily fitted with a pseudo-first order expression with a time dependent rate coefficient. The inactivation of E. coli and S. aureus was shown to increase in the co-presence of GO or TiO2 NPs and quartz sand comparing with the presence of GO or TiO2 NPs alone. For E. faecalis, no clear trend was observed. Moreover, quartz sand was shown to affect inactivation of bacteria by GO and TiO2 NPs. Among the bacteria examined, the highest inactivation rates were observed for S. aureus.
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- Vasiliki I Syngouna
- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, 73100, Chania, Greece.
- Department of Environment, Ionian University, 29100, Zakynthos, Greece.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, 73100, Chania, Greece
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, 73100, Chania, Greece
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Beryani A, Bianco C, Casasso A, Sethi R, Tosco T. Exploring the potential of graphene oxide nanosheets for porous media decontamination from cationic dyes. J Hazard Mater 2022; 424:127468. [PMID: 34688001 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets, often embedded in nano-composites, have been studied as promising materials for waste water purification, in particular to adsorb heavy metals and cationic organic contaminants. However, a broader range of potential applications of GO is still unexplored. This work investigated the potential applicability of GO for enhanced in-situ soil washing of secondary sources of groundwater contamination (i.e. the controlled recirculation of a washing GO suspension via injection/extraction wells). The laboratory study aimed at quantifying the capability of GO to effectively remove adsorbed methylene blue (MB) from contaminated sand. The tests were conducted in simplified conditions (synthetic groundwater at NaCl concentration of 20 mM, silica sand) to better highlight the key mechanisms under study. The results indicated a maximum sorption capacity of 1.6 mgMB/mgGO in moderately alkaline conditions. Even though the adsorption of MB onto GO slightly reduced the GO mobility in the porous medium, a breakthrough higher than 95% was obtained for MB/GO mass ratios up to 0.5. This suggests that a very high recovery of the injected particles should be also expected in the field.
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- Ali Beryani
- Department of Environmental, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino (Italy)
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- Department of Environmental, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino (Italy)
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- Department of Environmental, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino (Italy)
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- Department of Environmental, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino (Italy)
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- Department of Environmental, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino (Italy).
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Seetha N, Hassanizadeh SM. A two-way coupled model for the co-transport of two different colloids in porous media. J Contam Hydrol 2022; 244:103922. [PMID: 34864473 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2021.103922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Models for the co-transport of two different colloids commonly assume a one-way coupling. This is because often a large colloid and small colloid are involved. Therefore, they assume that the spread of smaller colloid is affected by the transport of larger colloids, but not the other way around. However, a number of studies have shown that this assumption is not valid, even for large and small colloids. Therefore, in this study, a two-way coupled model is developed to simulate the co-transport of two different colloids in porous media and their effect on each other. We have considered the interactions of the two colloids with the grain surface, kinetics of heteroaggregation (of the two colloids), and heteroaggregate deposition onto the grain surface. We assumed a first-order kinetic model to represent heteroaggregate formation and its deposition on the grain surface. The model is evaluated by fitting the experimental data reported in four different papers from the literature on the co-transport of clay colloids and viruses, bacteria and graphene oxide nanoparticles, and clay colloids and graphene oxide nanoparticles. The model performance is compared with the commonly-used one-way coupled model. The two-way coupled model is found to satisfactorily simulate most of the experimental conditions reported in the above papers, except for the co-transport of montmorillonite-adenovirus, and Staphylococcus aureus- graphene oxide nanoparticles.
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- N Seetha
- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana 502285, India.
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- Stuttgart Center for Simulation Science (SIMTECH), Integrated Research Training Group SFB 1313, Stuttgart University, Germany; Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, 3584, CB, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Xia T, Li S, Wang H, Guo C, Liu C, Liu A, Guo X, Zhu L. Insights into the transport of pristine and photoaged graphene oxide-hematite nanohybrids in saturated porous media: Impacts of XDLVO interactions and surface roughness. J Hazard Mater 2021; 419:126488. [PMID: 34214851 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The transport behaviors of nanomaterials, in especial multifunctional nanohybrids have not been well disclosed until now. In this study, environmentally relevant conditions, including cation types, ionic strength and pH, were selected to investigate the transport and retention of graphene oxide-hematite (GO-Fe2O3) nanohybrids and a photoaged product in saturated sandy columns. Results show that more hybridization of hematite led to decreased negative surface charge, while increased particle size and hydrophobicity of the nanohybrids, which depressed their transport according to extented Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (XDLVO) theory. However, the inhibitory transport of photoaged nanohybrids was attributed to their distinct surface roughness caused by relatively high hybridization and photoirradiation. Notably the restrained transport was alleviated in the CaCl2 saturated media, since the less surface O-functional groups of the corresponding nanohybrids reduced the cation bridging effect caused by Ca2+. Similarly, increasing pH promoted the transport of the nanohybrids in NaCl saturated media, particularly for the nanohybrids that contained rich O-functional groups, but exerted inconspicuous effect on mobility of the nanohybrids in CaCl2 saturated media. These observations highlight that both XDLVO interactions and surface roughness may work together to impact the transport and fate of the burgeoning, versatile nanohybrids in the environment.
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- Tianjiao Xia
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-Environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-Environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-Environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, PR China.
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Hou W, Lei Z, Hu E, Wang H, Wang Q, Zhang R, Li H. Cotransport of uranyl carbonate loaded on amorphous colloidal silica and strip-shaped humic acid in saturated porous media: Behavior and mechanism. Environ Pollut 2021; 285:117230. [PMID: 33930821 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Uranyl carbonate (UC(VI)) is a stable form of uranyl (U(VI)) that widely coexists with amorphous colloidal silica (ACSi) and humic acid (HA) in carbonate-rich U-contaminated areas. In this context, the cotransport behavior and mechanism of UC(VI) with ACSi (100 mg L-1) and HA colloids in saturated porous media were systematically investigated. It was found that the ACSi and strip-shaped HA have a strong adsorption capacity for UC(VI), and their adsorption distribution coefficient (Kd) is 4-5 orders of magnitude higher than that of quartz sand (QS). In the ternary system, UC(VI) was mainly existing in the colloid-associated form at low UC(VI) concentration (4.2 × 10-6 M). Compared with the individual transport of UC(VI), the presence of ACSi and strip-shaped HA in the binary system promotes the transport of low-concentration UC(VI) (4.2 × 10-6 M) but shows a hindering effect when UC(VI) = 2.1 × 10-5 M. When ionic strength (IS) increased from 0 to 100 mM, the individual transport of UC(VI) and ACSi was weakened owing to the masking effect and the compression of the electrical double layer, respectively; this weakening effect is more pronounced in the binary (UC(VI)-ACSi) system. Notably, the transport of UC(VI) and ACSi in the ternary system is independent of the changes in IS due to the surface charge homogeneity strengthening the electrostatic repulsion between HA and QS. The Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek theory and retention profiles reveal the co-deposition mechanism of ACSi and UC(VI) in the column under different hydrochemical conditions. The nonequilibrium two-site model and the mathematical colloidal model successfully described the breakthrough data of UC(VI) and ACSi, respectively. These results are helpful for evaluating the pollution caused by UC(VI) migration in an environment rich in HA and formulating corresponding effective control strategies.
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- Wei Hou
- School of Resource & Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China; Cooperative Innovation Center for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technology and Equipment, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China
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- School of Resource & Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China; Hunan Key Laboratory of Rare Metal Minerals Exploitation and Geological Disposal of Wastes, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China
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- School of Resource & Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China; Hunan Key Laboratory of Rare Metal Minerals Exploitation and Geological Disposal of Wastes, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China
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- School of Resource & Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China; Hengyang Key Laboratory of Soil Pollution Control and Remediation, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China
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- School of Resource & Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China; Cooperative Innovation Center for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technology and Equipment, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China; Hunan Key Laboratory of Rare Metal Minerals Exploitation and Geological Disposal of Wastes, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China.
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- School of Resource & Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China
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- School of Resource & Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China
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Song Y, Wei Q, Lu T, Chen J, Chen W, Qi W, Liu S, Qi Z, Zhou Y. Insight into the inhibitory mechanism of soluble ionic liquids on the transport of TiO 2 nanoparticles in saturated porous media: Roles of alkyl chain lengths and counteranion types. J Hazard Mater 2021; 418:126367. [PMID: 34130158 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Column experiments were carried out to investigate the transport of TiO2 nanoparticles (nTiO2) in water-saturated porous media in the presence of various imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) with different alkyl chain lengths and counteranions. The results indicated that the effects of ILs on nTiO2 transport were considerably dependent upon IL species. In general, the transport-inhibition effects increased with the increasing length of branched alkyl chain on the ILs (i.e., [C6mim]Cl > [C4mim]Cl > [C2mim]Cl). The trend was dominated by the hydrophobicity effects of ILs. Meanwhile, the inhibitory effects of ILs were strongly related to the counteranions and followed the order of [C4mim]Cl > [C4mim][TOS] > [C4mim][PF6], mainly due to different electrostatic repulsion force between nanoparticles and porous media in the presence of various ILs. Furthermore, the inhibitory role of [C4mim][TOS] in nTiO2 transport under acidic conditions (i.e., pH 6.5) was greater than that under alkaline conditions (i.e., pH 8.0). The dominant mechanism was that the differences in the extent of electrostatic repulsion between sand grains and nTiO2 with or without ILs at pH 6.5 were larger than that at pH 8.0. Moreover, two-site kinetic retention model and DLVO theory provided good descriptions for the transport behaviors of nTiO2 with different ILs.
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- Yumeng Song
- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Process, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Eco-Physiology, College of Geographical Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Department of Hydrology, Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BAYCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth D-95440, Germany
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Eco-Geographical Process, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Eco-Physiology, College of Geographical Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, China
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- Henan University Minsheng College, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
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Jiang Y, Yin X, Xi X, Guan D, Sun H, Wang N. Effect of surfactants on the transport of polyethylene and polypropylene microplastics in porous media. Water Res 2021; 196:117016. [PMID: 33735622 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The transport of microplastics in porous media is attracting increasing attention. However, to date, research is limited to polystyrene microplastics. Meanwhile, surfactants can promote solid dispersion to form a stable suspension, possibly allowing microplastics to migrate when attached to a surfactant, which would increase the scope and degree of microplastic pollution, further endangering human health and the stability of the ecological environment. Therefore, in this study, the transport behavior of microplastics in porous media was explored in the presence of surfactants. Herein, polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) were evaluated while dispersed by two ionic surfactants: cationic surfactant-cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and anionic surfactant-sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS). The influence of different factors (surfactant concentration, ionic strength, pH, flow rate, and multivalent cations) on the transport of microplastics in porous media was explored via quartz sand packed-column experiments. Our experimental results show that the transport abilities of PE and PP increased with increasing surfactant concentration when the surfactant concentration was less than the critical micelle concentration (CMC). In the presence of CTAB and SDBS, physicochemical factors had different effects on the transport of microplastics mainly by controlling Zeta potential, advection diffusion and CMC. The mobility of PE and PP decreased with increasing ionic strength, cation valence and pH, and decreasing flow rate. However, the mobility of PE and PP under CTAB is much greater than that of PE and PP under SDBS, because quartz sand can absorb more CTAB molecules through electrostatic attraction to weaken the collision between microplastics and quartz sand. Further, the transport ability of PP was greater than that of PE under all conditions considered. Notably, the Extended-Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (XDLVO) theory formed by adding osmotic, elastic, and hydrophobic force could well described the migration behavior of microplastics in CTAB and SDBS well. This research highlights that surfactant has a significant impact on the transport ability of microplastics, and provides a comprehensive understanding of the migration and fate behaviors of microplastics affected by surfactants, which is necessary to prevent and reduce the environmental hazards of microplastics.
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- Yanji Jiang
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China 712100
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China 712100; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangling, China 712100.
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China 712100
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China 712100
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China 712100; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangling, China 712100
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- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China Tianjin, China 300191
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Chen J, Chen W, Lu T, Song Y, Zhang H, Wang M, Wang X, Qi Z, Lu M. Effects of phosphate on the transport of graphene oxide nanoparticles in saturated clean and iron oxide-coated sand columns. J Environ Sci (China) 2021; 103:80-92. [PMID: 33743921 DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2020.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2020] [Revised: 10/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In this study, transport behaviors of graphene oxide (GO) in saturated uncoated (i.e., clean sand) and goethite-coated sand porous media were examined as a function of the phosphate. We found that phosphate enhanced the transport of GO over a wide range of solution chemistry (i.e., pH 5.0-9.0 and the presence of 10 mmol/L Na+ or 0.5 mmol/L Ca2+). The results were mainly ascribed to the increase of electrostatic repulsion between nanoparticles and porous media. Meanwhile, deposition site competition induced by the retained phosphate was another important mechanism leading to promote GO transport. Interestingly, when the phosphate concentration increased from 0.1 to 1.0 mmol/L, the transport-enhancement effect of phosphate in goethite-coated sand was to a much larger extent than that in clean sand. The observations were primarily related to the difference in the total mass of retained phosphate between the iron oxide-coated sand and clean sand columns, which resulted in different degrees of the electrostatic repulsion and competitive effect of phosphate. When the background solution contained 0.5 mmol/L Ca2+, phosphate could be bind to sand/ goethite-coated sand surface by cation bridging; and consequently, promoted competition between phosphate and nanoparticles for deposition sites, which was an important mechanism for the enhanced effect of phosphate. Moreover, the DLVO theory was applicable to describe GO transport behaviors in porous media in the absence or presence of phosphate. Taken together, these findings highlight the important status and role of phosphate on the transport and fate of colloidal graphene oxide in the subsurface environment.
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- Jiuyan Chen
- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Utilization, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Engineering Research Center for Industrial Recirculation Water Treatment of Henan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Eco-geographical Process, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Eco-physiology, College of Geographical Science, Fujian Normal University, Fujian 350007, China
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- Department of Hydrology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth D-95440, Germany
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Utilization, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Engineering Research Center for Industrial Recirculation Water Treatment of Henan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Utilization, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Engineering Research Center for Industrial Recirculation Water Treatment of Henan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Utilization, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Engineering Research Center for Industrial Recirculation Water Treatment of Henan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Utilization, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Engineering Research Center for Industrial Recirculation Water Treatment of Henan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Utilization, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Engineering Research Center for Industrial Recirculation Water Treatment of Henan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- Henan International Joint Laboratory of Medicinal Plants Utilization, Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Engineering Research Center for Industrial Recirculation Water Treatment of Henan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
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Wang M, Zhang H, Chen W, Lu T, Yang H, Wang X, Lu M, Qi Z, Li D. Graphene oxide nanoparticles and hematite colloids behave oppositely in their co-transport in saturated porous media. Chemosphere 2021; 265:129081. [PMID: 33288283 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Since iron oxide minerals are ubiquitous in natural environments, the release of graphene oxide (GO) into environmental ecosystems can potentially interact with iron oxide particles and thus alter their surface properties, resulting in the change of their transport behaviors in subsurface systems. Column experiments were performed in this study to investigate the co-transport of GO nanoparticles and hematite colloids (a model representative of iron oxides) in saturated sand. The results demonstrated that the presence of hematite inhibited GO transport in quartz sand columns due to the formation of less negatively charged GO-hematite heteroaggregates and additional deposition sites provided by the adsorbed hematite on sand surfaces. Contrarily, GO co-present in suspensions significantly enhanced the transport of hematite colloids through different mechanisms such as the increase of electrostatic repulsion, decreased physical straining, GO-facilitated transport of hematite (i.e., highly mobile GO nanoparticles served as a mobile carrier for hematite). We also found that the co-transport behaviors of GO and hematite depended on solution chemistry (e.g., pH, ionic strength, and divalent cation (i.e., Ca2+)), which affected the electrostatic interaction as well as heteroaggregation behaviors between GO nanoparticles and hematite colloids. The findings provide an insight into the potential fate of carbon nanomaterials affected by mineral colloids existing in natural waters and soils.
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- Mengjie Wang
- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Henan Engineering Research Center for Control and Remediation of Soil Heavy Pollution, Engineering Research Center for Industrial Recirculation Water Treatment of Henan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Henan Engineering Research Center for Control and Remediation of Soil Heavy Pollution, Engineering Research Center for Industrial Recirculation Water Treatment of Henan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Eco-geographical Process, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Eco-physiology, College of Geographical Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350007, China
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- Department of Hydrology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, D-95440, Germany
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Henan Engineering Research Center for Control and Remediation of Soil Heavy Pollution, Engineering Research Center for Industrial Recirculation Water Treatment of Henan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Henan Engineering Research Center for Control and Remediation of Soil Heavy Pollution, Engineering Research Center for Industrial Recirculation Water Treatment of Henan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Henan Engineering Research Center for Control and Remediation of Soil Heavy Pollution, Engineering Research Center for Industrial Recirculation Water Treatment of Henan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Henan Engineering Research Center for Control and Remediation of Soil Heavy Pollution, Engineering Research Center for Industrial Recirculation Water Treatment of Henan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, Henan Engineering Research Center for Control and Remediation of Soil Heavy Pollution, Engineering Research Center for Industrial Recirculation Water Treatment of Henan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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Jin R, Lu T, Zhang H, Wang M, Wang M, Qi W, Qi Z, Li D. Role of solution chemistry in the attachment of graphene oxide nanoparticles onto iron oxide minerals with different characteristics. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:5126-5136. [PMID: 32955667 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-10886-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Given the ubiquity and abundance of the iron oxide minerals and their important roles in affecting the environmental fate of graphene oxide (GO) nanoparticles, the attachment of GO onto three iron oxide minerals (i.e., hematite, goethite, and ferrihydrite) under different solution chemistry conditions was investigated in this study. The main mechanism of the attachment of GO was electrostatic interaction. Calculations based on the DLVO theory showed that the attachment was a favorable process. Interestingly, the affinity of GO towards three iron oxide minerals was in the order of ferrihydrite > goethite > hematite. This result indicates that different characteristics of various iron oxides (e.g., specific surface area, crystal structure, and surface charge, and surface hydroxyl densities) can influence their attachment capacities for GO. The attachment of GO depended on the solution pH and ionic strength. Electrostatic attraction and hydrogen bonding were the important retention mechanisms for GO attachment when pH < pHPZC (the point of zero charge) and pH > pHPZC, respectively. The attachment capacities of iron oxides decreased with increasing ionic strength at lower pH because of the decrease of the electrostatic attraction. Meanwhile, the presence of divalent cations (i.e., Ca2+ and Cu2+) could significantly promote GO attachment mainly by the surface-bridging mechanism. Meanwhile, the enhancement effect of Cu2+ was greater than Ca2+ due to the greater complexation affinity of Cu2+. Furthermore, attachment isotherms showed that the presence of phosphate could inhibit the attachment of GO onto minerals obviously. Because phosphate could form inner-sphere surface complex on the iron oxide surface, and consequently decreased the electrostatic attraction between nanoparticles and minerals. Our study has important implications for predicting the fate of GO in natural environment where amounts of iron oxide minerals are present.
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- Ruixia Jin
- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China
- Department of Hydrology, University of Bayreuth, D-95440, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Engineering Research Center for Control and Remediation of Soil Heavy Pollution, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China.
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- Henan Engineering Research Center for Control and Remediation of Soil Heavy Pollution, Kaifeng, 475004, China.
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Wang M, Song Y, Zhang H, Lu T, Chen W, Li W, Qi W, Qi Z. Insights into the mutual promotion effect of graphene oxide nanoparticles and tetracycline on their transport in saturated porous media. Environ Pollut 2021; 268:115730. [PMID: 33007596 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In this study, batch and column tests were performed to investigate the co-transport of graphene oxide (GO) nanoparticles and tetracycline in saturated porous media under various solution chemistry conditions. Research indicated that GO and tetracycline had mutual promotion effect on their transport in the porous media under all the tested conditions, which was ascribed to the high adsorption capacity of tetracycline onto GO and the increased electrostatic repulsion as well as their competition for deposition sites on sand surfaces. Interestingly, the mutually promoting function of GO and tetracycline under acidic conditions was greater than that under alkaline conditions, the dominant mechanism was that the increased solution pH decreased the sorption of tetracycline onto GO and weakened the deposition site competition. Furthermore, the mutually promoting effect of GO and tetracycline was Na+ or Ca2+ concentration-dependent. Specially, increased Ca2+ concentration weakened the promoting effect of GO on tetracycline transport but magnified the promoting effect of tetracycline on GO transport. This is because higher Ca2+ concentration could cause a decrease in the adsorption of tetracycline on GO and facilitate more tetracycline molecules to occupy the deposition sites on sand surfaces. Additionally, sodium dodecyl sulfate had enhancement effect on co-transport of GO and tetracycline. Findings from this study clearly indicated that antibiotics and carbon based nanomaterials may transport together under various solution chemistry conditions, and consequently affect their fates in aquatic environments.
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- Mengjie Wang
- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China; Department of Hydrology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, D-95440, Germany
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Eco-geographical Process, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Eco-physiology, College of Geographical Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350007, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China
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- Henan Joint International Research Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, China; Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China.
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Chequer L, Carageorgos T, Naby M, Hussaini M, Lee W, Bedrikovetsky P. Colloidal detachment from solid surfaces: Phase diagrams to determine the detachment regime. Chem Eng Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2020.116146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Fountouli TV, Chrysikopoulos CV. Effect of Clay Colloid Particles on Formaldehyde Transport in Unsaturated Porous Media. Water 2020; 12:3541. [DOI: 10.3390/w12123541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This study examines the effects of two representative colloid-sized clay particles (kaolinite, KGa-1b and montmorillonite, STx-1b) on the transport of formaldehyde (FA) in unsaturated porous media. The transport of FA was examined with and without the presence of clay particles under various flow rates and various levels of saturation in columns packed with quartz sand, under unsaturated conditions. The experimental results clearly suggested that the presence of clay particles retarded by up to ~23% the transport of FA in unsaturated packed columns. Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek (DLVO) interaction energy calculations demonstrated that permanent retention of clay colloids at air-water interfaces (AWI) and solid-water interfaces (SWI) was negligible, except for the pair (STx-1b)–SWI. The experimental results of this study showed that significant clay colloid retention occurred in the unsaturated column, especially at low flow rates. This deviation from DLVO predictions may be explained by the existence of additional non-DLVO forces (hydrophobic and capillary forces) that could be much stronger than van der Waals and double layer forces. The present study shows the important role of colloids, which may act as carriers of contaminants.
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Li M, He L, Zhang X, Rong H, Tong M. Different surface charged plastic particles have different cotransport behaviors with kaolinite ☆particles in porous media. Environ Pollut 2020; 267:115534. [PMID: 33254596 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The wide utilization of plastic related products leads to the ubiquitous presence of plastic particles in natural environments. Plastic particles could interact with kaolinite (one type of typical clay particles abundant in environments) and form plastic-kaolinite heteroaggregates. The fate and transport of both plastic particles and kaolinite particles thus might be altered. The cotransport and deposition behaviors of micron-sized plastic particles (MPs) with different surface charge (both negative and positive surface charge) with kaolinite in porous media in both 5 and 25 mM NaCl solutions were investigated in present study. Both types of MPs (negatively charged carboxylate-modified MPs (CMPs) and positively charged amine-modified MPs (AMPs)) formed heteroaggregates with kaolinite particles under both solution conditions examined, however, CMPs and AMPs exhibited different cotransport behaviors with kaolinite. Specifically, the transport of both CMPs and kaolinite was increased under both ionic strength conditions when kaolinite and CMPs were copresent in suspensions. While, when kaolinite and positively charged AMPs were copresent in suspensions, negligible transport of both kaolinite and AMPs were observed under examined salt solution conditions. The competition deposition sites by kaolinite (the portion suspending in solution) with CMPs-kaolinite heteroaggregates led to the increased transport both CMPs and kaolinite when both types of colloids were copresent. In contrast, the formation of larger sized AMPs-kaolinite heteroaggregates with surface charge heterogeneity led to the negligible transport of both kaolinite and AMPs when they were copresent in suspensions. The results of this study show that when plastic particles and kaolinite particles are copresent in natural environments, their interaction with each other will affect their transport behaviors in porous media. The alteration in the transport of MPs or kaolinite (either increased or decreased transport) is highly correlated with the surface charge of MPs.
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- Meng Li
- The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, PR China.
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Mao M, Zheng X, Chen C, Zhao K, Yan C, Sharma P, Shang J. Coupled effect of flow velocity and structural heterogeneity on transport and release of kaolinite colloids in saturated porous media. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:35065-35077. [PMID: 32583117 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-09806-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Understanding the behavior and fate of clay colloids in water-saturated porous media is critical to assess its environmental impact and potential risk since clay is commonly a carrier of many contaminants. Column experiments with four-packing configurations were designed to understand the coupled effects of column structural heterogeneity and the flow velocity on the transport and fate of kaolinite colloids in the saturated porous media. The results showed that the structural heterogeneity could have facilitated the transport of kaolinite colloids in saturated porous media. For the columns with strong heterogeneity, the preferential flow paths led to an early breakthrough of kaolinite. Only few kaolinite colloids were released with slow flow rate; however, the released peak concentration and release percentage of kaolinite colloids had further increased with the high flow velocity. In the layered column, there was significant kaolinite's retention at the interface where water passed from fine to coarse quartz sand. All results indicated that both flow rates and media characteristics played an important role in controlling kaolinite's fate and transport in porous media. A thorough understanding of these processes had an important significance for pollution control in subsurface natural environment where heterogeneous soil and variation in flow pattern are usually common.
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- Meng Mao
- College of Land Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- College of Land Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- College of Land Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- College of Land Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- College of Land Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment Studies, Nalanda University, Nalanda, Rajgir, Bihar, India.
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- College of Land Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Bai B, Zhang J, Liu L, Ji Y. The Deposition Characteristics of Coupled Lead Ions and Suspended Silicon Powders Along the Migration Distance in Water Seepage. Transp Porous Media 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11242-020-01464-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Borazjani S, Dehdari L, Bedrikovetsky P. Exact Solution for Tertiary Polymer Flooding with Polymer Mechanical Entrapment and Adsorption. Transp Porous Media 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11242-020-01436-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Georgopoulou MP, Syngouna VI, Chrysikopoulos CV. Influence of graphene oxide nanoparticles on the transport and cotransport of biocolloids in saturated porous media. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2020; 189:110841. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.110841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2019] [Revised: 12/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Syngouna VI, Giannadakis GI, Chrysikopoulos CV. Interaction of graphene oxide nanoparticles with quartz sand and montmorillonite colloids. Environ Technol 2020; 41:1127-1138. [PMID: 30198818 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2018.1521876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Graphene oxide (GO) nanomaterials are used extensively in a wide range of commercial applications. With GO production growing rapidly, it is expected that GO eventually could reach sensitive environmental systems, including subsurface formations, where montmorillonite, one of the most common minerals, is in abundance. This study examines the interaction of GO with quartz sand and montmorillonite (MMT) colloids at pH = 7, ionic strength IS = 2 mM, and 25°C, under dynamic conditions. Moreover, the effect of pH on MMT kinetic attachment onto quartz sand was investigated. The experimental data suggested that pH affected slightly the attachment of MMT colloids onto quartz sand. GO was attached in greater amounts onto MMT than quartz sand. Also, the attachment of GO onto quartz sand was shown to increase slightly in the presence of MMT colloids. However, when GO and MMT coexisted, the total GO mass attached onto quartz sand, suspended MMT, and attached MMT was increased. Furthermore, the equilibrium attachment experimental data were fitted nicely with a Freundlich isotherm, and the attachment kinetics were satisfactorily described with a pseudo-second-order model. Finally, the extended DLVO (XDLVO) theory was used to quantify the various interaction energy profiles based on electrokinetic and hydrodynamic measurements.
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- Vasiliki I Syngouna
- School of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece
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Beryani A, Alavi Moghaddam MR, Tosco T, Bianco C, Hosseini SM, Kowsari E, Sethi R. Key factors affecting graphene oxide transport in saturated porous media. Sci Total Environ 2020; 698:134224. [PMID: 31493572 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Revised: 07/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/31/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This study focuses on the transport in porous media of graphene oxide nanoparticles (GONP) under conditions similar to those applied in the generation of in-situ reactive zones for groundwater remediation (i.e. GO concentration of few tens of mg/l, stable suspension in alkaline solution). The experimental tests evaluated the influence on GO transport of three key factors, namely particle size (300-1200 nm), concentration (10-50 mg/L), and sand size (coarse to fine). Three sources of GONP were considered (two commercial and one synthesized in the laboratory). Particles were stably dispersed in water at pH 8.5 and showed a good mobility in the porous medium under all experimental conditions: after injection of 5 pore volumes and flushing, the highest recovery was around 90%, the lowest around 30% (only for largest particles in fine sand). The particle size was by far the most impacting parameter, with increasing mobility with decreasing size, even if sand size and particle concentration were also relevant. The source of GONP showed a minor impact on the mobility. The transport test data were successfully modeled using the advection-dispersion-deposition equations typically applied for spherical colloids. Experimental and modeling results suggested that GONP, under the explored conditions, are retained due to both blocking and straining, the latter being relevant only for large particles and/or fine sand. The findings of this study play a key role in the development of an in-situ groundwater remediation technology based on the injection of GONP for contaminant degradation or sorption. Despite their peculiar shape, GONP behavior in porous media is comparable with spherical colloids, which have been more studied by far. In particular, the possibility of modeling GONP transport using existing models ensures that they can be applied also for the design of field-scale injections of GONP, similarly to other particles already used in nanoremediation.
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- Ali Beryani
- Civil & Environmental Engineering Department (CEE), Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Hafez Ave., 424, 15875-4413 Tehran, Iran
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- Civil & Environmental Engineering Department (CEE), Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Hafez Ave., 424, 15875-4413 Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Environmental, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24. 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Environmental, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24. 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Physical Geography Department, University of Tehran, 16th Azar St., Enghelab Sq, 14155-6465 Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Hafez Ave., 424, 15875-4413 Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Environmental, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24. 10129 Torino, Italy
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Yan C, Cheng T, Shang J. Effect of bovine serum albumin on stability and transport of kaolinite colloid. Water Res 2019; 155:204-213. [PMID: 30849734 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Revised: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The stability and transport of clay colloids in groundwater are strongly influenced by colloid interactions with dissolved organic matter (DOM). Protein is an important DOM component that is ubiquitous in natural water, reclaimed water, and soil solutions. To date, the interactions between clay colloids and proteins have not been fully studied. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of bovine serum albumin (BSA), a representative protein, on the stability, aggregation, and transport of kaolinite colloids under neutral pH conditions. Hydrodynamic diameter and ζ-potential measurements, stability tests, and column transport experiments were performed in salt solutions with a range of ionic strengths and different BSA concentrations at pH 7. Additionally, BSA-kaolinite colloid interactions were studied using TEM and batch adsorption experiments. The experimental results showed that BSA prevented colloid aggregation and increased the stability and transport of colloids, especially at high ionic strength, even though the charges of kaolinite colloids were less negative in the presence of BSA. Theoretical calculation of the interaction energies indicated that XDLVO theory, in which the steric force is considered due to BSA adsorption, could correctly quantify the interaction energies in the presence of BSA. This study demonstrated that the role of protein needs to be determined in order to better predict the overall effect of DOM on particle aggregation and transport in the soil environment.
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- Chaorui Yan
- Department of Soil and Water Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, PR China
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1B 3X5, Canada
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- Department of Soil and Water Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, PR China.
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Malgaresi GVC, Zhang H, Chrysikopoulos CV, Bedrikovetsky P. Cotransport of Suspended Colloids and Nanoparticles in Porous Media. Transp Porous Media 2019; 128:153-77. [DOI: 10.1007/s11242-019-01239-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Valsala R, Govindarajan SK. Co-colloidal BTEX and Microbial Transport in a Saturated Porous System: Numerical Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis. Transp Porous Media 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11242-018-1191-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kuijpers C, Huinink H, Tomozeiu N, Erich S, Adan O. Nano-particle dynamics during capillary suction. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 521:69-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Revised: 03/06/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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