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Graphene as a Soil Amendment for the Mitigation of Fungicide Kresoxim-Methyl Pollution

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  • Kamyar Shirvanimoghaddam

    (School of Fashion and Textiles, RMIT University, Brunswick, VIC 3056, Australia)

  • Agnieszka Krzyszczak-Turczyn

    (Department of Biomedical and Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Konstantynów 1J, 20-708 Lublin, Poland)

  • Ilona Sadok

    (Department of Biomedical and Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Konstantynów 1J, 20-708 Lublin, Poland)

  • Bożena Czech

    (Department of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, Pl. M. Curie-Skłodowskiej 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland)

  • Omid Zabihi

    (Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC 3216, Australia)

  • Minoo Naebe

    (Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC 3216, Australia)

Abstract

The global demand for high-quality food is rising due to the increasing population, necessitating intensive farming practices that often involve the extensive use of pesticides, which can accumulate in soils and enter the food chain. This study explores the use of synthesized and commercial graphenes for the removal of kresoxim-methyl (KM), a common strobilurin fungicide, from soil. Adding only 1 wt% of graphene to soil enhanced its partitioning capacity from about 4.77 mg/g for unamended soil to 9.57 mg/g, indicating effective immobilization and reduced environmental risk. The adsorption efficacy was notably higher in materials rich in oxygen-containing functional groups and with a large surface area, highlighting the significance of surface characteristics and porosity. The adsorption followed pseudo-second-order kinetics, underscoring the importance of surface heterogeneity in KM adsorption.

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  • Kamyar Shirvanimoghaddam & Agnieszka Krzyszczak-Turczyn & Ilona Sadok & Bożena Czech & Omid Zabihi & Minoo Naebe, 2026. "Graphene as a Soil Amendment for the Mitigation of Fungicide Kresoxim-Methyl Pollution," Clean Technol., MDPI, vol. 8(2), pages 1-15, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jcltec:v:8:y:2026:i:2:p:39-:d:1891313
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