Fenglei Gao

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyamides and polyformaldehyde could adsorb lead, copper and cadmium in the simulating solution, and the heavy metals showed higher adsorbance on PVC and PP particles compared with PA, PE and POM.

TL;DR: High-throughput sequencing was applied to investigate the successional stages of microbial communities attached to polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride microplastics exposed for one year in the coastal seawater of China to elucidate the long-term changes in the community composition of microorganisms that colonize microplastic and expand the understanding of plastisphere microbial communities present in the marine environment.

TL;DR: This study shows that the vertical microplastic abundance profile in the sediment can not only show the microplastics pollution level but also reflect environmental factors and anthropogenic impacts.

TL;DR: Results of fluorescence spectroscopy, UV-vis, FT-IR and CD demonstrated that the microenvironment and secondary structure of HSA were changed a lot induced by PVC, leading to a decrease in α-helix.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the distribution, composition and seasonal variation of microplastics in seawater and sediments of six bathing beaches along the coast of Qingdao.