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http://dx.doi.org/10.22807/KJMP.2021.34.4.265

Research Possibility of Using Quartz Crystal Microbalance for Polystyrene Nanoplastics Adsorption to SiO2 Surface  

Myeong, Hyeonah (Department of Geology, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Juhyeok (Department of Geology, Kangwon National University)
Lee, Jin-Yong (Department of Geology, Kangwon National University)
Kwon, Kideok D. (Department of Geology, Kangwon National University)
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Korean Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology / v.34, no.4, 2021 , pp. 265-275 More about this Journal
Abstract
Findings of microplastics and nanoplastics from diverse natural environments have increased demand for research of the fate and transport of the potentially toxic plastic particles in soils and groundwater. Weathering of microplastics would generate a significant amount of nanoplastics, but nanoplastics research is scarce because of technical difficulties in detecting nanoplastics in environments and analyzing nanoplastics adsorption to mineral surfaces. In the current study, we tested a possibility using quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) for application to nanoplastics adsorption analysis on mineral surfaces. In silica (SiO2)-packed column experiments, a measurable adsorption capacity for polystyrene nanoparticles often requires injection of unrealistically high ionic strengths or concentrated nanoplastic particles. The current test shows that QCM can measure polystyrene nanoplastics adsorbed onto SiO2 surface under the low ionic strengths and nanoplastics concentrations, where typical column experiments cannot. QCM is a promising tool for understanding the interaction between nanoplastics and mineral surfaces and thus transport of nanoplastics in soils and groundwater.
Keywords
Nanoplastics; Quartz crystal microbalance; Mineral surface; Polystyrene; $SiO_2$;
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