Korean Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology (광물과 암석)

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Application of Quartz Crystal Microbalance to Understanding the Transport of Microplastics in Soil and Groundwater

토양-지하수내 미세플라스틱 거동 연구를 위한 수정진동자미세저울 기술 소개

  • Kim, Juhyeok (Department of Geology, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Myeong, Hyeonah (Department of Geology, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Son, Sangbo (Department of Geology, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Kwon, Kideok D. (Department of Geology, Kangwon National University)
  • 김주혁 (강원대학교 자연과학대학 지질학과) ;
  • 명현아 (강원대학교 자연과학대학 지질학과) ;
  • 손상보 (강원대학교 자연과학대학 지질학과) ;
  • 권기덕 (강원대학교 자연과학대학 지질학과)
  • Received : 2020.12.01
  • Accepted : 2020.12.30
  • Published : 2020.12.31
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Abstract

Presence of microplastics in soil and groundwater has recently been reported and environmental concerns are raised as to the plastic pollution. In the subsurface environment, clay minerals and metal oxide minerals are commonly found as finely dispersed states. Because the minerals have high sorption capacities for diverse pollutants, interactions with mineral surface play an important role in the transport of microplastics in groundwater. Accordingly, environmental mineralogy investigating the interactions between microplastics and mineral surfaces is the essential research area to understand the fate and transport of microplastics in the subsurface environment. The microplastic-mineral surface research requires molecular- to nano-scale analyses to be able to probe the relatively weak interactions between them. The current report introduces a nano-scale analysis tool called quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) that can measure the sorbed/desorbed mass of nanoplastics on mineral surfaces at the level of a few nanograms (~10-9 g). This report briefly reviews the main principles in the QCM measurement and discusses applications of QCM to the environmental mineralogy research.

최근 토양과 지하수에서도 미세플라스틱이 발견되어 미세플라스틱 환경오염 관련 연구의 중요성이 크게 대두되고 있다. 주로 ㎛ - nm의 작은 입자로 존재하는 점토광물과 금속산화광물은 표면적이 넓어 미세플라스틱에 대한 흡착력 등 화학 반응도가 매우 높기 때문에, 광물표면 상호작용은 토양과 지하수 환경 내 미세플라스틱의 거동을 결정하는 중요한 역할을 할 수 있다. 따라서, 광물과 미세플라스틱 간의 상호작용에 대한 환경광물학 연구는 미세플라스틱 거동 예측 기술개발 및 오염대책 마련에 핵심이 되는 연구분야라 할 수 있다. 광물표면과 미세플라스틱(특히, 나노플라스틱) 연구에는 분자-나노수준의 분석기술이 요구된다. 이번 기술보고에서는 나노그람(=10-9 g) 수준의 질량 변화를 실시간으로 측정할 수 있는 초정밀 분석기기로, 광물표면에 흡·탈착되는 미세플라스틱 및 나노플라스틱의 미세한 질량 변화를 측정할 수 있는, 수정진동자미세저울(quartz crystal microbalance, QCM)을 소개한다. QCM 작동원리를 소개하고, 대표적인 QCM 연구결과와 기존 컬럼 실험과의 장단점을 비교하여 미세플라스틱 연구에 QCM 활용 가능성을 논의한다.

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본 결과물은 환경부의 재원으로 한국환경산업기술원의 미세플라스틱 측정 및 위해성 평가 기술개발사업의 지원을 받아 연구되었습니다(2020003110010).

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