Key Environmental Behaviors of Tire Wear Particles and Their Influencing Mechanisms

Hongwei Liu; Yuxin Yuan; Tianchi Cao; Tong Zhang; Wei Chen

doi:10.7536/PC240708

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Prog Chem ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1) : 103-111. DOI: 10.7536/PC240708

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Key Environmental Behaviors of Tire Wear Particles and Their Influencing Mechanisms

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Due to the rapid growth in the number of vehicles and freight transport, tire wear particles (TWPs), generated from the friction between tires and road surfaces, have become the main source of microplastics in the environment. TWPs are widely detected in various environmental media, including soil, surface water, and sediments. An in-depth mechanistic understanding of the environmental interfacial processes of TWPs is of great significance for the control of microplastic pollution. In this paper, we first summarized recent progress in the interfacial chemical processes of TWPs, including the transport behavior, environmental transformation, release of toxic additives, and the adsorption of co-existing pollutants on TWPs. We then addressed some existing issues in current research and proposed future directions toward a better understanding of the environmental behavior and potential environmental risks of TWPs.

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1 Introduction

2 Fate and transport of TWPs in the environment

2.1 Transport via rainfall and runoff

2.2 Atmospheric transport

2.3 Aggregation and sedimentation behavior of TWPs in the aquatic environment

3 Transformations of TWPs in the environment

3.1 Physical and chemical transformations of TWPs

3.2 Microbial transformation of TWPs

4 Release of additives from TWPs

5 Accumulation of contaminants on TWPs

6 Conclusion and outlook

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tire wear particles / environmental interfacial processes / transport / transformation / release of additives

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Hongwei Liu , Yuxin Yuan , Tianchi Cao , et al . Key Environmental Behaviors of Tire Wear Particles and Their Influencing Mechanisms[J]. Progress in Chemistry. 2025, 37(1): 103-111 https://doi.org/10.7536/PC240708

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