Publication detail

Preparation of PET particles for environmental research

KAMENÍKOVÁ, E. HRUŠKOVÁ, A. UDREA, C. BOJAN, M. PALOVČÍK, J. KUČERÍK, J.

Original Title

Preparation of PET particles for environmental research

Type

abstract

Language

English

Original Abstract

Exposure of plastics to certain natural conditions and influences such as mechanical abrasion, exposure to light, or biological effect (e.g., krill exposure) can cause degradation and the original plastic begins to form smaller particles, microplastics and also nanoplastics [1, 2]. Micro- and nanoplastics can subsequently contaminate and interact with all environmental compartments. Furthermore, their ability to bioaccumulate in the food chain or affect soil health and quality has been observed [3]. Some studies have shown that the size and shape of the particles studied may have an important influence on the behaviour of micro- and nanoplastics in the environment [2,4]. To study the negative environmental impacts of micro and nanoplastics, it is necessary to find a method which will be able to produce PET particles of different shapes and sizes while not inducing significant changes in particle properties. These particles will then be useful for studying the effects of micro and nanoplastics in the environment [5]. The aim of this study was to test various commonly known or published in the literature methods of physical and chemical preparation of micro and nanoplastics (such as dissolution and subsequent precipitation, cryomilling or laser ablation). Subsequently, some of the properties of these particles were tested and the suitability of the tested procedures for further use was assessed.

Keywords

microplastic, PET, particles, nanoplastic

Authors

KAMENÍKOVÁ, E.; HRUŠKOVÁ, A.; UDREA, C.; BOJAN, M.; PALOVČÍK, J.; KUČERÍK, J.

Released

26. 7. 2022

Publisher

1st Central and Eastern European Conference on Physical Chemistry and Materials Science

Location

Chorvatsko

ISBN

978-606-11-8164-3

Book

Book of abstracts

Pages from

116

Pages to

116

Pages count

1

URL

http://ceec-physchem.org/download.php?f=../download/BoA%20CEEC-PCMS1.pdf

BibTex

@misc{BUT178792,
  author="Eliška {Kameníková} and Adéla {Hrušková} and Cristian {Udrea} and Mihaela {Bojan} and Jakub {Palovčík} and Jiří {Kučerík}",
  title="Preparation of PET particles for environmental research",
  booktitle="Book of abstracts",
  year="2022",
  pages="116--116",
  publisher="1st Central and Eastern European Conference on Physical Chemistry and Materials Science",
  address="Chorvatsko",
  isbn="978-606-11-8164-3",
  url="http://ceec-physchem.org/download.php?f=../download/BoA%20CEEC-PCMS1.pdf",
  note="abstract"
}