PMID- 32443186
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200710
LR  - 20200710
IS  - 1873-6424 (Electronic)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 262
DP  - 2020 Jul
TI  - Sorption and release process of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) from 
      different composition microplastics in aqueous medium: Solubility parameter 
      approach.
PG  - 114377
LID - S0269-7491(19)36204-9 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114377 [doi]
AB  - Microplastics represent a growing environmental concern in the aquatic 
      environment due to its size resemblance to microplankton in addition to its 
      ability to act as concentrators of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Among 
      them, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) stand out as POPs with dangerous 
      levels in the aquatic environment. In this paper we have developed a methodology 
      for studying the sorption and extraction process of twelve congeners of PBDE from 
      four microplastics: polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), low 
      density polyethylene (LDPE) and polystyrene (PS). We have proved that there is a 
      dependence between the polymer composition and the solvent used for the 
      extraction of the analytes. The extraction is function of the ability of the 
      solvent to partially or totally dissolve the plastic that will allow the analyte 
      to have a greater capacity to be released from the polymer structure. The 
      solution of the polymer is achieved by making the free energy (DeltaG, or Gibbs 
      potential) of the system negative making the process occurs spontaneously, this 
      will depend on the solubility parameter ( partial differential), specific of both, solvent and 
      polymer. Therefore, this study helps to determine which methodology to be applied 
      for the extraction of pollutants before the start of the analysis. This approach 
      has been applied to microplastic samples collected in different locations in the 
      four oceans and collected from the Barcelona World Race (BWR) 2014-2015 sailing 
      race.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Singla, M
AU  - Singla M
AD  - Grup d'Enginyeria de Materials, Institut Quimic de Sarria - Universitat Ramon 
      Llull, Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Quimica Analitica i Aplicada, Institut 
      Quimic de Sarria - Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain.
FAU - Diaz, J
AU  - Diaz J
AD  - Departament de Quimica Analitica i Aplicada, Institut Quimic de Sarria - 
      Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain.
FAU - Broto-Puig, F
AU  - Broto-Puig F
AD  - Departament de Quimica Analitica i Aplicada, Institut Quimic de Sarria - 
      Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain.
FAU - Borros, S
AU  - Borros S
AD  - Grup d'Enginyeria de Materials, Institut Quimic de Sarria - Universitat Ramon 
      Llull, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: salvador.borros@iqs.url.edu.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200314
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Microplastics)
RN  - 0 (Plastics)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/*analysis
MH  - Microplastics
MH  - Plastics
MH  - Solubility
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Barcelona world race
OT  - Enthalpy of mix
OT  - Microplastics
OT  - PBDEs
OT  - Solubility parameter
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known 
      competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared 
      to influence the work reported in this paper.
EDAT- 2020/05/24 06:00
MHDA- 2020/07/11 06:00
CRDT- 2020/05/24 06:00
PHST- 2019/10/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/02/26 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/03/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/05/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/05/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/07/11 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0269-7491(19)36204-9 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114377 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2020 Jul;262:114377. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114377. Epub 2020 
      Mar 14.