Microplastics in the Environment

From Formation to Remediation

Zhang, Xinxing (Editor)

1. Edition April 2025
432 Pages, Hardcover
1 Pictures (1 Colored Figures)
37 tables
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a systematic and in-depth understanding of microplastics generation mechanisms and risk prevention and control solutions.

ISBN: 978-3-527-35211-1

Wiley-VCH, Weinheim

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Authoritative reference addressing the characteristics, technologies, and solutions surrounding the most concerning environmental pollutant

Microplastics in the Environment delivers a systematic and in-depth overview of microplastics generation mechanisms, risk prevention, and control solutions.

Written by a highly qualified academic with significant research experience in microplastic pollution treatment, green polymer material functionalization, and recycling of solid waste, Microplastics in the Environment explores sample topics including:

* Characteristics of microplastics, such as their large specific surface area and small size, resulting in the formation of composite contamination
* New microplastics blocking approaches and technologies, and the mechanism of microplastics generation under the coupling effect of multiple environmental factors
* Transport and migration of microplastics, as well as their ecotoxicity to organisms in various environments, especially the complex estuarine environment
* The current state of plastic production, with insight on how society can find solutions to the expanding plastics industry

Microplastics in the Environment is an essential reference on the subject for polymer chemists, materials scientists, environmental chemists, plastics technologists, and ecotoxicologists, as well as all professionals in the plastics industry, especially those focused on sustainability.

MICROPLASTICS FORMATION
Definition of Microplastics
Types of Microplastics
Generation of Microplastics

MIGRATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF MICROPLASTICS
Migration and Transformation of Microplastics in Water
Migration and Transformation of Microplastics in Soil
Migration and Transformation of Microplastics in Atmosphere

TOXICITY AND HEALTH EFFECTS OF MICROPLASTICS
Estuarine and Marine Organisms
Freshwater Organisms
Soil Organisms
Human Health

SOLUTION OF MICROPLASTICS POLLUTION
Reduction
Substitution
Recycling
Control in the Environment
Conclusion

Xinxing Zhang is the national youth talents of China, doctor of Engineering, professor of Sichuan University and doctoral supervisor. He is a chief expert of the China National Key R&D Program during the 13th Five-year Plan, the recipient of Sichuan Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars, a top-notch young technical talent in the national ecological environmental protection and a permanent staff member of the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering. He is mainly engaged in the research work on the microplastic pollution treatment, green and functionalization of polymer materials and recycling of solid waste and presided over more than 20 projects such as China National Key R&D Program, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (4 projects), the Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars of Sichuan Province. Furthermore, he has published more than 100 papers in mainstream SCI journals such as Nat. Commun. Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem., ACS Nano, Adv. Funct. Mater., Adv. Sci., which have been cited more than 3200 times by others. In addition, he was awarded the first prize in the Science and Technology Progress Award of China National Light Industry Federation, China Rubber Science and Technology Innovation Award, etc. He is concurrently the director of the Sichuan Tire Rubber Powder Functionalization and Modification Engineering Laboratory and the guest editor of Materials and other journals.