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Montserrat Filella

Montserrat Filella

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
10122
World Ranking
15102
National Ranking
262

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
10619
World Ranking
5178
National Ranking
131

Overview

Montserrat Filella is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and has a research profile deeply rooted in environmental science. Their body of work includes over a hundred publications, with a strong emphasis on the study of pollution and the fate of plastics and heavy metals in the environment.

The scientist's main field of study is Environmental Science. Within this broad area, their research covers several subfields, including Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering. Their contributions span multiple interconnected topics such as Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Heavy metals in environment, Arsenic contamination and mitigation, Radioactive element chemistry and processing, Analytical chemistry methods development, and Extraction and Separation Processes.

Montserrat Filella's research has been published in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Solution Chemistry
  • Environmental Science Processes & Impacts

Frequent collaborators in their work include Andrew Turner, Daniel Arizteguí, Peter M. May, Takuji Adachi, and Alexandra Foetisch, collectively contributing to numerous publications alongside Filella.

Among recent papers featuring Montserrat Filella are the following:

  • "Antimony and PET bottles: Checking facts," 2020, Chemosphere
  • "Hazardous metal additives in plastics and their environmental impacts," 2021, Environment International
  • "Polyvinyl chloride in consumer and environmental plastics, with a particular focus on metal-based additives," 2021, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • "Identification and characterisation of individual nanoplastics by scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM)," 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "The influence of additives on the fate of plastics in the marine environment, exemplified with barium sulphate," 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin

These papers reflect a multidisciplinary approach focusing specifically on the interaction between plastics and metal additives, their environmental impacts, analytical detection techniques, and marine pollution. The number of citations for some of these papers indicates a degree of engagement within the scientific community on topics related to metal contamination and plastics.

Best Publications

  • Antimony in the environment: a review focused on natural waters: I. Occurrence

    Montserrat Filella;Nelson Belzile;Yu-Wei Chen

  • Antimony in the environment: a review focused on natural waters: II. Relevant solution chemistry

    Montserrat Filella;Nelson Belzile;Yu-Wei Chen

  • A Generalized Description of Aquatic Colloidal Interactions: The Three-colloidal Component Approach

    Jacques Buffle;Kevin J. Wilkinson;Serge Stoll;Montserrat Filella

  • Antimony in the environment: knowns and unknowns

    Montserrat Filella;Peter A. Williams;Nelson Belzile

  • Hazardous metal additives in plastics and their environmental impacts.

    Andrew Turner;Montserrat Filella

  • Antimony in the environment: A review focused on natural waters. III. Microbiota relevant interactions

    Montserrat Filella;Nelson Belzile;Marie-Claire Lett

  • Questions of size and numbers in environmental research on microplastics: methodological and conceptual aspects

    Montserrat Filella

  • Complexation by natural heterogeneous compounds: Site occupation distribution functions, a normalized description of metal complexation

    Jacques Buffle;Robert Scott Altmann;Montserrat Filella;A. Tessier

  • Analytical applications of photon correlation spectroscopy for size distribution measurements of natural colloidal suspensions: capabilities and limitations

    Montserrat Filella;Jingwu Zhang;Meredith E. Newman;Jacques Buffle

  • COST action TD1407: network on technology-critical elements (NOTICE)—from environmental processes to human health threats

    A. Cobelo-García;Montserrat Filella;P. Croot;C. Frazzoli

  • Freshwaters: which NOM matters?

    Montserrat Filella

  • Factors controlling the stability of submicron colloids in natural waters

    Montserrat Filella;Jacques Buffle

  • Dispelling the myths: Is the existence of L1 and L2 ligands necessary to explain metal ion speciation in natural waters?

    Raewyn M. Town;Montserrat Filella

  • Distribution and early diagenesis of antimony species in sediments and porewaters of freshwater lakes.

    Yu-Wei Chen;Tian-Long Deng;Montserrat Filella;Nelson Belzile

  • Computer simulation of the low-molecular-weight inorganic species distribution of antimony(III) and antimony(V) in natural waters

    Montserrat Filella;Peter M. May

  • Transport routes of metalloids into and out of the cell: A review of the current knowledge

    Ronen Zangi;Ronen Zangi;Montserrat Filella

  • Human Exposure to Antimony: I. Sources and Intake

    Nelson Belzile;Yu-Wei Chen;Montserrat Filella

  • Effect of physico-chemical heterogeneity of natural complexants. Part I, Voltammetry of labile metal-fulvic complexes

    Montserrat Filella;Jacques Buffle;H.P. Van Leeuwen

  • Colloidal Properties of Submicron Particles in Natural Waters

    Montserrat Filella

  • Bromine in plastic consumer products - Evidence for the widespread recycling of electronic waste.

    Andrew Turner;Montserrat Filella

  • Coagulation/sedimentation of submicron iron particles in a eutrophic lake

    Jaime Pizarro;Nelson Belzile;Montserrat Filella;Gary G. Leppard

  • Determination of inorganic antimony species in seawater by differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry: stability of the trivalent state

    François Quentel;Montserrat Filella

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques Buffle
Jacques Buffle University of Geneva
Nelson Belzile
Nelson Belzile Laurentian University
Andrew Turner
Andrew Turner Plymouth University
Peter M. May
Peter M. May Trinity College Dublin
Daniel Ariztegui
Daniel Ariztegui University of Geneva
Michael Melkonian
Michael Melkonian Max Planck Society
Janusz Dominik
Janusz Dominik University of Geneva
Simon Silver
Simon Silver University of Illinois at Chicago
Jörg Schäfer
Jörg Schäfer University of Bordeaux
Falko Langenhorst
Falko Langenhorst Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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