Synthesis and characterization of bismuth magnetic microswimmer for degradation of polystyrene microplastics / Khairunnisa Khairudin

Microplastics ranged from 1 μm to 5 mm but the occurrence of smaller microplastics (micron-sized) has become a major concern due to their larger surface area, which can accumulate and transport other contaminants such as heavy metals and chemical additives and pose potential risks to humans and mari...

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Main Author: Khairudin, Khairunnisa
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spelling my.uitm.ir.826982024-01-15T08:50:34Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/82698/ Synthesis and characterization of bismuth magnetic microswimmer for degradation of polystyrene microplastics / Khairunnisa Khairudin Khairudin, Khairunnisa TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Microplastics ranged from 1 μm to 5 mm but the occurrence of smaller microplastics (micron-sized) has become a major concern due to their larger surface area, which can accumulate and transport other contaminants such as heavy metals and chemical additives and pose potential risks to humans and marine systems. However, microplastics with sizes ranging from 1 μm to 10 μm were found in water treatment plant effluent, indicating that they did not settle through sedimentation and passed through the filtration system. Light-driven microswimmers are one of the promising new technologies for microscale environmental remediation. Hence, this study proposes photocatalytic degradation of 1.1 μm polystyrene latex (PSL) beads microplastics using bismuth magnetic microswimmer. In this study the bismuth magnetic microswimmer was synthesized via facile hydrothermal method and the microswimmer’s motion and photocatalytic degradation of PSL were performed under visible light in an aqueous solution. 2023 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/82698/1/82698.pdf Synthesis and characterization of bismuth magnetic microswimmer for degradation of polystyrene microplastics / Khairunnisa Khairudin. (2023) Masters thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/82698.pdf>
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Synthesis and characterization of bismuth magnetic microswimmer for degradation of polystyrene microplastics / Khairunnisa Khairudin
description Microplastics ranged from 1 μm to 5 mm but the occurrence of smaller microplastics (micron-sized) has become a major concern due to their larger surface area, which can accumulate and transport other contaminants such as heavy metals and chemical additives and pose potential risks to humans and marine systems. However, microplastics with sizes ranging from 1 μm to 10 μm were found in water treatment plant effluent, indicating that they did not settle through sedimentation and passed through the filtration system. Light-driven microswimmers are one of the promising new technologies for microscale environmental remediation. Hence, this study proposes photocatalytic degradation of 1.1 μm polystyrene latex (PSL) beads microplastics using bismuth magnetic microswimmer. In this study the bismuth magnetic microswimmer was synthesized via facile hydrothermal method and the microswimmer’s motion and photocatalytic degradation of PSL were performed under visible light in an aqueous solution.
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author Khairudin, Khairunnisa
author_facet Khairudin, Khairunnisa
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title Synthesis and characterization of bismuth magnetic microswimmer for degradation of polystyrene microplastics / Khairunnisa Khairudin
title_short Synthesis and characterization of bismuth magnetic microswimmer for degradation of polystyrene microplastics / Khairunnisa Khairudin
title_full Synthesis and characterization of bismuth magnetic microswimmer for degradation of polystyrene microplastics / Khairunnisa Khairudin
title_fullStr Synthesis and characterization of bismuth magnetic microswimmer for degradation of polystyrene microplastics / Khairunnisa Khairudin
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis and characterization of bismuth magnetic microswimmer for degradation of polystyrene microplastics / Khairunnisa Khairudin
title_sort synthesis and characterization of bismuth magnetic microswimmer for degradation of polystyrene microplastics / khairunnisa khairudin
publishDate 2023
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/82698/1/82698.pdf
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