An iron “nano-fishnet” for the rapid removal and surface clean-up of micro/nanoplastics from seawater
Yufei Zhang, Zhiqiang Dong, Zilong Deng, Shuaiyi Shi, Chenliu Tang, Xiang Hu
Abstract
A magnetic iron “nano-fishnet” ( i.e. , alkylated nanoscale zerovalent iron grown on naturally derived cellulose nanofibers (ac-nZVI)) was fabricated for the rapid removal and surface clean-up of micro/nanoplastics from seawater.
Topics & Concepts
Zerovalent ironSeawaterNano-CelluloseNanoscopic scaleNanofiberMaterials scienceNanotechnologyMetallurgyChemical engineeringChemistryComposite materialOrganic chemistryGeologyEngineeringOceanographyAdsorptionMembrane Separation TechnologiesGraphene and Nanomaterials ApplicationsMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution