Proceedings, Volume 92, 2023

Hemicucurbiturils are members of the single-bridged cucurbituril family, formed through templated synthesis in a single step [...]

Despite being the most abundant renewable resource in Estonia, wood has not been fully utilized for its potential value. To fully harness its potential, wood needs to be processed to its core components, such as fibers, wood sugars, and lignin, using...

Persistent organic pollutants that occur in different environmental matrices create a need for their sensing, removal and remediation [...]

Non-thermal plasma technology is recognized for its strong antimicrobial efficacy on food and food production environment-associated microorganisms and its ability to enhance food safety and food shelf-life [...]

Our continent faces serious problems in areas such as biodiversity loss, limited natural resources, the impacts of climate change, etc [...]

As a result of plastic pollution and intentional use of plastics in agriculture, small plastic particles called microplastics (<1 mm) are commonly found in soils [...]

The anthropogenic impact on the environment has long been known to negatively affect the quality of air. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are widely used in domestic and industrial applications, generally as solvents. They are mobile in both gaseous...

Chemical pollution affects the health of marine biota, key functions of the ecosystem, and endangers its biodiversity. The current environmental monitoring and assessment approach is based on chemical and ecological measurements, while the linkage be...

The optoelectronic properties of π-conjugated chromophores have been widely used since the discovery of the conducting properties of synthetic organic polymers in the late 1970s [...]

(1) Background: The large dispersion of microplastics (MPs) in the marine environment has effects on the health of living organisms [...]

Plastics differ in chemical composition due to numerous chemicals (additives) used to produce plastic for specific applications [...]

Plant-based nutritional supplements are considered a natural means of enriching everyday diets, but they are also a source of various food contaminants, such as mycotoxins [...]

The shift away from fossil resources is revolutionizing our industrial carbon sources, and the developments in legislation demand increased overall efficiency in processes and emission abatement [...]

Aquaculture is one of the fastest-growing food sectors in Central, North, and Eastern Europe [...]

Measurement quality is about fulfilling analytical requirements, which should be based on the intended use of the results. Within the European Union, environmental requirements can be set in a directive based on the maximum allowable concentration of...

Several plant species emit different volatile organic compounds constitutively under typical physiological conditions, and all plant species can be elicited to emit volatiles under stress conditions when physiological activity is curbed. Plant emissi...

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) rank as some of the most commonly utilized engineered nanomaterials and are known to enter wastewater collection and treatment systems through their creation, application, and disposal processes [...]

Antibiotics are not completely metabolized nor degraded in traditional wastewater treatment, leaving a large proportion of them in the wastewater [...]

Analytical measurements are increasingly vital to inform our understanding of our changing global environment and to support the regulation of human activity that affects the environment [...]

The reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation can preserve freshwater resources [...]

Liquid chromatography–high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC/HRMS) is a powerful tool for detecting chemicals that are present in low concentrations [...]

Solid solutions are crystalline phases consisting of at least two components in a freely variable composition within certain limits [...]

Colorectal cancer is considered the second most common type of cancer [...]

The contamination of groundwater by arsenic is a serious concern due to the acute and long-term effects of arsenic toxicity on human health [...]

Lignin, a naturally occurring aromatic polymer, possesses a range of biological functions [...]

Sample preparation is the key step in determining low concentrations of pollutants from food, biological, plant, industrial, and environmental matrices [...]

The impact of the gut microbiota on human physiology through their vast metabolic activities has surfaced as a remarkable scientific discovery over the past decade [...]

The global-scale production of plastics has been instrumental for sustaining the modern way of life, while the accumulation of plastics in landfills, oceans, and any other environment has become a major stressor for environmental sustainability, clim...

Chironomus riparius, a common test organism [...]

In recent years, plastic use and pollution have gained a lot of attention [...]

Graphene-based derivatives, such as graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO), have gained significant attention in the field of electrochemical sensors [...]

In response to the increasing demand for environmentally friendly materials and the necessity of effective end-of-life management [...]

This study is dedicated to the development of an environmentally friendly building material made from non-fired clay, stabilized with various biopolymers (starch, alginate, and chitosan) [...]

The Gulf of Finland, in the northeastern Baltic Sea, is experiencing ongoing adverse effects due to human activities, leading to a decline in the quality of the marine environment [...]

This study is the first systematic investigation of microplastics in influents and effluents of Estonian wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) using continuous sampling filtration method and FTIR-spectroscopy [...]

Nowadays, it is difficult to imagine agriculture without the use of fertilizers, because plants cannot absorb the required amount of nutrients from the soil [...]

The great increase in nanotechnology in the last 20 years has led to the alarming presence of nanomaterials in the environment as a new category of pollutants. Given the fact that legislation on nanomaterials is not concrete, the monitoring of their...

In the renewable energy field, the conversion of solar light into electrical or chemical energy is considered essential to moving towards a truly green energy economy. Solar energy can be harnessed not just through generating electricity with photovo...

The annual inputs of nitrogen and phosphorus by the Narva river into the Baltic Sea are distributed between Estonia and Russia according to the catchment area shares of 33% and 67%, respectively [...]

In the early 1990s, the seminal work by B [...]

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are extensively utilized engineered nanomaterials that inevitably find their way into the aquatic environment [1]. [...]

Hospital-acquired infections are serious medical problems worldwide [...]

Recently, layered double hydroxides (LDHs) have attracted substantial attention due to their wide range of important application areas, e [...]

With the increasing trend of hard-to-treat microbial infections, including multiresistant nosocomial infections, food-related outbreaks, and the rapid spread of potentially infectious microbes in the common spaces of densely populated areas, awarenes...

Forests in Latvia are crucial, covering over half of the country’s territory and expanding continuously through afforestation and natural growth [...]

Opposite to the significant knowledge about the toxicity of AgNPs to phytoplankton species, rather limited knowledge is available about the role of phytoplankton secretions such as extracellular polymer substances (EPS) in NPs’ fate [...]

Considering the climate, societal and health-related current and emerging issues facing the world, our group, as part of the (nano-)material science community, will play a part in providing materials and technology that can tackle these issues [...]

Plastic pollution is a global emergency [...]

Burning candles, magic candles, incense, and pyrotechnics such as fountain candles creates a sense of joy and celebration in various life and social events [...]

Research on the use of neoteric solvents has been motivated by an increase in pollution-controlled legislation and more regulations of common solvents, especially related to the treatment of biomass [...]