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Selection of Plastic-Binding DNA Aptamers for Microplastics Detection. (2024). Read article (open access). Authors from research team: Mohammad Zandieh and Juewen Liu.

Implementing differential recovery corrections enhances accuracy of mass balances on microplastics in wastewater treatment. (2024). Read article. Authors from research team: Ziang (Frank) Zhu and Wayne Parker.

Microplastic research trends in the Gulf region from a global perspective. (2024). Read article. Authors from research team: Amir Rashadi and Fereidoun Rezanezhad. 

2024

Microplastic extraction from water, sediment, soil, and atmospheric deposition samples: Standard Operating Procedure. (2024). Read article. Authors from research team:  Shuhuan Li, Thu Hang Nguyen, Fereidoun Rezanezhad and Philippe Van Cappellen

A Framework to Quantify Uncertainty in Microplastics Concentrations in Wastewaters and Sludges Incorporating Analytical Recovery Information into Data Analysis. (2024). Read article. Authors from research team: Ziang (Frank) Zhu, and Wayne J. Parker.

2023

Catalytic Degradation of Microplastics. (2023). Read article. Authors from research team: MoMo Zandieh, Erin Griffiths, Alex Waldie, Shuhuan Li, John Honek, Fereidoun Rezanezhad, Philippe Van Cappellen and Juewen Liu.

Leveraging deep learning for automatic recognition of microplastics (MPs) via focal plane array (FPA) micro-FT-IR imaging. (2023). Read article. Authors from research team: Ziang Zhu, and Wayne Parker.

Assessing the performance of marine plastics cleanup technologies in Europe and North America. (2023). Read article. Authors from research team: Roy Brouwer, Yichun Huang, and Trang Le.

Spherical DNA for Probing Wettability of Microplastics. (2023). Read article. Authors from research team: Mohamad Zandieh, Una Hogan, Rodney Smith, and Juewen Liu.

Promotion of DNA Adsorption onto Microplastics by Transition Metal Ions (2023). Read article.  Author(s) from research team: Mohamad Zandieh and Juewen Liu.

Assessing the performance of marine plastics cleanup technologies in Europe and North America. (2023). Read article. Authors from research team: Roy Brouwer, Yichun Huang, and Trang Le.

2022

Removal and Degradation of Microplastics Using the Magnetic and Nanozyme Activities of Bare Iron Oxide Nanoaggregates (2022). Read article. Author(s) from research team: Mohamad Zandieh and Juewen Liu

Customizable Machine-Learning Models for Rapid Microplastic Identification Using Raman Microscopy (2022). Read article.  Author(s) from research team: Benjamin Lei, Úna E. Hogan, Rodney D. L. Smith

Current State of Microplastic Pollution Research Data: Trends in Availability and Sources of Open Data (2022). Tia Jenkins, Bhaleka Persaud, Win C. Cowger, Kathy Szigeti, Dominique G. Roche, Erin Clary, Stephanie Slowinski, Benjamin Lei,  Amila Abeynayaka,  Ebenezer S. Nyadjro, Thomas Maes, Leah Thornton Hampton,  Melanie Bergmann,  Julian Aherne,  Sherri A. Mason,  John F. Honek,  Fereidoun Rezanezhad,  Amy L. Lusher,  Andy M. Booth,  Rodney Smith, and  Philippe Van Cappellen.  
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Workshop Report: Maximizing the Value of Environmental Microplastics Data.
Tia Jenkins, Rodney Smith, Nancy Goucher, Bhaleka Persaud, Stephanie Slowinski, Kathy Szigeti, Erin Clary, Mary Kruk, Win Cowger, Kelly Stathis, Mickey Nielsen, Lilian Tran, Krysha Dukacz, & Philippe Van Cappellen. (2021). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5710745. View summary article.

Adsorption of Linear and Spherical DNA Oligonucleotides onto Microplastics (2022). Read article
Author(s) from research team: Mohamad Zandieh and Juewen Liu

PlasticNet: Deep learning for automatic microplastic recognition via FT-IR spectroscopy (2020). Read article
Author(s) from research team: Wayne Parker