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Suazo-Hernández J, Arancibia-Miranda N, Mlih R, Cáceres-Jensen L, Bolan N, Mora MDLL. Impact on Some Soil Physical and Chemical Properties Caused by Metal and Metallic Oxide Engineered Nanoparticles: A Review. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:572. [PMID: 36770533 PMCID: PMC9919586 DOI: 10.3390/nano13030572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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In recent years, the release of metal and metallic oxide engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) into the environment has generated an increase in their accumulation in agricultural soils, which is a serious risk to the ecosystem and soil health. Here, we show the impact of ENPs on the physical and chemical properties of soils. A literature search was performed in the Scopus database using the keywords ENPs, plus soil physical properties or soil chemical properties, and elements availability. In general, we found that the presence of metal and metallic oxide ENPs in soils can increase hydraulic conductivity and soil porosity and reduce the distance between soil particles, as well as causing a variation in pH, cation exchange capacity (CEC), electrical conductivity (EC), redox potential (Eh), and soil organic matter (SOM) content. Furthermore, ENPs or the metal cations released from them in soils can interact with nutrients like phosphorus (P) forming complexes or precipitates, decreasing their bioavailability in the soil solution. The results depend on the soil properties and the doses, exposure duration, concentrations, and type of ENPs. Therefore, we suggest that particular attention should be paid to every kind of metal and metallic oxide ENPs deposited into the soil.
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- Jonathan Suazo-Hernández
- Center of Plant, Soil Interaction and Natural Resources Biotechnology, Scientific and Biotechnological Bioresource Nucleus (BIOREN-UFRO), Universidad de La Frontera, Avenida Francisco Salazar 01145, Temuco 4780000, Chile
- Department of Chemical Sciences and Natural Resources, Universidad de La Frontera, Avenida Francisco Salazar 01145, Temuco 4811230, Chile
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Biology, University of Santiago of Chile (USACH), Santiago 8320000, Chile
- Center for the Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, CEDENNA, Santiago 9170124, Chile
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, Agrosphere (IBG-3), Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ), 52425 Juelich, Germany
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- Physical & Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (PachemLab), Nucleus of Computational Thinking and Education for Sustainable Development (NuCES), Center for Research in Education (CIE-UMCE), Department of Chemistry, Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences, Santiago 776019, Chile
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- School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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- Center of Plant, Soil Interaction and Natural Resources Biotechnology, Scientific and Biotechnological Bioresource Nucleus (BIOREN-UFRO), Universidad de La Frontera, Avenida Francisco Salazar 01145, Temuco 4780000, Chile
- Department of Chemical Sciences and Natural Resources, Universidad de La Frontera, Avenida Francisco Salazar 01145, Temuco 4811230, Chile
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Jannesarahmadi S, Aminzadeh M, Raga R, Shokri N. Effects of microplastics on evaporation dynamics in porous media. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 311:137023. [PMID: 36330984 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Microplastics (MPs) pollution is an emerging threat to soil ecosystems. The present study aims to investigate the impacts of MPs on soil water evaporation dynamics and patterns. Two series of laboratory experiments were conducted using sand particles and clay mixed with different MPs to investigate how evaporation dynamics and patterns are influenced by the presence of MPs. Quartz sand including 0, 0.75, 1.5, and 4.5% of Polyethylene (PE) and Polyvinylchloride (PVC) were used to evaluate MPs effects on evaporation rates while bentonite mixed with sand and 0, 0.75, 1.5, 4.5, 6, 8, and 10% of PE and PVC were used to investigate evaporation-induced cracking patterns. The experiments were conducted under controlled laboratory conditions in a climate chamber at constant ambient temperature. Our results suggest that the addition of MPs led to more water evaporation compared to the samples without MPs. Microscopic imaging and analysis enabled us to evaluate the possible MPs effects on the modification of soil characteristics and pore structure affecting the evaporation behavior. Moreover, although increasing MPs concentrations appeared to induce only minor effects on the crack morphology formed as a result of evaporation from the mixture of sand and bentonite, the type of MPs (PE vs PVC) had more notable effects on the drying-induced cracking patterns. The reported experimental data and analysis extend our physical understanding of the parameters influencing soil water evaporation in the presence of MPs.
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- Sahar Jannesarahmadi
- Institute of Geo-Hydroinformatics, Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 3 (E), 21073 Hamburg, Germany; Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Institute of Geo-Hydroinformatics, Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 3 (E), 21073 Hamburg, Germany.
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Institute of Geo-Hydroinformatics, Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 3 (E), 21073 Hamburg, Germany.
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Fojt J, Denková P, Brtnický M, Holátko J, Řezáčová V, Pecina V, Kučerík J. Influence of Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate Micro-Bioplastics and Polyethylene Terephthalate Microplastics on the Soil Organic Matter Structure and Soil Water Properties. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:10732-10742. [PMID: 35816335 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c01970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Adverse effects of microplastics on soil abiotic properties have been attributed to changes in the soil structure. Notably, however, the effects on the supramolecular structure of soil organic matter (SOM) have been overlooked, despite their key role in most soil properties. This work accordingly investigated the influence of plastic residues at various concentrations on the SOM supramolecular structure and soil water properties. To model plastic residues of micro-bioplastics, spherical or spherical-like poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) was used, while polyethylene terephthalate (PET) was used as a model of conventional microplastics. The results suggest that both types of plastic residues affect SOM properties, including physical stability (represented by water molecule bridges), water binding (represented by decreased desorption enthalpy or faster desorption), and the stability of SOM aliphatic crystallites. The results further showed that the polyester-based microplastics and micro-bioplastics affected the SOM abiotic characteristics and that therefore the observed effects cannot be attributed solely to changes in the whole soil structure. Notably, similar adverse effects on SOM were observed for both tested plastic residues, although the effect of PHB was less pronounced compared to that of PET.
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- Jakub Fojt
- Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 118, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Montes de Oca-Vásquez G, Solano-Campos F, Vega-Baudrit JR, López-Mondéjar R, Vera A, Moreno JL, Bastida F. Organic amendments exacerbate the effects of silver nanoparticles on microbial biomass and community composition of a semiarid soil. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 744:140919. [PMID: 32711321 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Increased utilization of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) can result in an accumulation of these particles in the environment. The potential detrimental effects of AgNPs in soil may be associated with the low fertility of soils in semiarid regions that are usually subjected to restoration through the application of organic amendments. Microbial communities are responsible for fundamental processes related to soil fertility, yet the potential impacts of low and realistic AgNPs concentrations on soil microorganisms are still unknown. We studied the effects of realistic citrate-stabilized AgNPs concentrations (0.015 and 1.5 μg kg-1) at two exposure times (7 and 30 days) on a sandy clay loam Mediterranean soil unamended (SU) and amended with compost (SA). We assessed soil microbial biomass (microbial fatty acids), soil enzyme activities (urease, β-glucosidase, and alkaline phosphatase), and composition of the microbial community (bacterial 16S rRNA gene and fungal ITS2 sequencing) in a microcosm experiment. In the SA, the two concentrations of AgNPs significantly decreased the bacterial biomass after 7 days of incubation. At 30 days of incubation, only a significant decrease in the Gram+ was observed at the highest AgNPs concentration. In contrast, in the SU, there was a significant increase in bacterial biomass after 30 days of incubation at the lowest AgNPs concentration. Overall, we found that fungal biomass was more resistant to AgNPs than bacterial biomass, in both SA and SU. Further, the AgNPs changed the composition of the soil bacterial community in SA, the relative abundance of some bacterial taxa in SA and SU, and fungal richness in SU at 30 days of incubation. However, AgNPs did not affect the activity of extracellular enzymes. This study demonstrates that the exposure time and organic amendments modulate the effects of realistic concentrations of AgNPs in the biomass and composition of the microbial community of a Mediterranean soil.
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- Gabriela Montes de Oca-Vásquez
- National Nanotechnology Laboratory, National Center for High Technology, 10109 Pavas, San José, Costa Rica; Doctorado en Ciencias Naturales para el Desarrollo (DOCINADE), Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Universidad Nacional, Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica.
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- School of Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional, Campus Omar Dengo, 86-3000 Heredia, Costa Rica
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- National Nanotechnology Laboratory, National Center for High Technology, 10109 Pavas, San José, Costa Rica; Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, School of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional, Campus Omar Dengo, 86-3000 Heredia, Costa Rica
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, Vídeňská 1083, Praha 4 14220, Czech Republic
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- CEBAS-CSIC. Department of Soil and Water Conservation. Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- CEBAS-CSIC. Department of Soil and Water Conservation. Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- CEBAS-CSIC. Department of Soil and Water Conservation. Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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Recent advances in the preconcentration and determination of platinum group metals in environmental and biological samples. Trends Analyt Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2019.115708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Komendova R. The HR-CS-GF-AAS determination and preconcentration of palladium in contaminated urban areas, especially in lichens. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 256:113468. [PMID: 31679880 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Revised: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The increasing content of platinum group metal particles emitted into the environment by car traffic is gradually attracting the attention of the scientific community. However, the methods for the determination of platinum group metals in environmental matrices are either costly or suffer from low sensitivity. To facilitate the use of less sensitive, but significantly cheaper, devices, the preconcentration of platinum group metals is employed. For platinum, a multitude of preconcentration approaches have been published. On the contrary, the preconcentration approaches for palladium are still rare. In this work, the development, optimization, and testing of a new approach is described; it is based on a preconcentration of palladium on octadecyl modified silica gel together with the complexing agent dimethylglyoxime, and it is then analyzed with the high-resolution continuum-source atomic absorption spectrometry. For comparison, a newly developed sorbent, QuadraSil™ TA, with a high affinity for platinum group metals was also tested. The preconcentraiton approach was tested on the lichen Hypogymnia physodes, which served as a bioindicator of palladium emissions. The case study site was a mid-sized city in central Europe: Brno, Czech Republic. The dry "bag" monitoring technique was used to collect the palladium near roads with a large span of traffic density. The developed analytical approach confirmed an increasing concentration of palladium with increasing exposure time and intensity of the traffic. Consequently, a simple relationship between the amount of bioaccumulated palladium and traffic density was established.
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- Renata Komendova
- Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Brno University of Technology, Purkyňova 118, Brno, Czech Republic.
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