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Advanced oxidation process

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Efficiency of pre-oxidation of natural organic matter for the mitigation of disinfection byproducts: Electron donating capacity and UV absorbance as surrogate parameters

Urs von Gunten

Pre-oxidation is often used before disinfection with chlorine to decrease the reactivity of the water matrix and mitigate the formation of regulated disinfection byproducts (DBPs). This study provides insights on the impact of oxidative pre-treatment with ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2020

Chlorothalonil transformation products in drinking water resources: Widespread and challenging to abate

Urs von Gunten

Chlorothalonil, a fungicide applied for decades worldwide, has recently been banned in the European Union (EU) and Switzerland due to its carcinogenicity and the presence of potentially toxic transformation products (TPs) in groundwater. The spread and con ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2020

Pivotal role of the redox-active tyrosine in driving the water splitting catalyzed by photosystem II

Leonardo Guidoni, Daniele Narzi

Photosynthetic water oxidation is catalyzed by the Mn4Ca cluster in photosystem II (PSII). The nearby redox-active tyrosine (Y-Z) serves as a direct electron acceptor of the Mn4Ca cluster and it forms a low-barrier H-bond (LBHB) with a neighboring histidin ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020

Comparison of the impact of ozone, chlorine dioxide, ferrate and permanganate pre-oxidation on organic disinfection byproduct formation during post-chlorination

Urs von Gunten

Pre-oxidation is commonly used to mitigate the formation of byproducts during post-disinfection. A comparative study of the impact of four pre-oxidants, ozone (O-3), chlorine dioxide (ClO2), permanganate (Mn(vii)) and ferrate (Fe(vi)), on the formation of ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020

Nano-sized iron oxides supported on polyester textile to remove fluoroquinolones in hospital wastewater

Sami Rtimi

In this study, we examined the removal kinetics of two fluoroquinolones (FQs), flumequine (FLU) and ciprofloxacin (CIP), in synthetic wastewater (SWW) and real hospital wastewater (RHW) using FeOx thin films, peroxymonosulfate (PMS) and visible light. Nano ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020

Natural iron ligands promote a metal-based oxidation mechanism for the Fenton reaction in water environments

César Pulgarin, Stefanos Giannakis

The Fenton reaction is an effective advanced oxidation process occurring in nature and applied in engineering processes toward the degradation of harmful substances, including contaminants of emerging concern. The traditional Fenton application can be rema ...

ELSEVIER2020

Visible light plays a significant role during bacterial inactivation by the photo-fenton process, even at sub-critical light intensities

César Pulgarin, Stefanos Giannakis, Cristina del Socorro Lonfat

The aim of this research is to clarify the contribution of sunlight wavelengths, irradiance and Fe2+/H2O2 during bacterial disinfection by the photo-Fenton process in clear surface waters. We considered different solar spectrum distributions (visible, UVA- ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2020

Photocatalytic Nanowires-Based Air Filter: Towards Reusable Protective Masks

László Forró, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Endre Horvath, Lidia Rocoffort de Vinnière, Caroline Lehmann

In the last couple decades, several viral outbreaks resulting in epidemics and pandemics with thousands of human causalities have been witnessed. The current Covid-19 outbreak represents an unprecedented crisis. In stopping the virus' spread, it is fundame ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2020

Biological responses at the interface of Ti-doped diamond-like carbon surfaces for indoor environment application

Sami Rtimi

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) and titanium-doped DLC coatings were prepared by hybrid PECVD/direct current magnetron sputtering (DCMS). In this study, we show that the operating conditions of titanium-doped DLC coatings used for implants in surgical devices si ...

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG2020

Coupled As and Mn Redox Transformations in an Fe(0) Electrocoagulation System: Competition for Reactive Oxidants and Sorption Sites

Victor Carle Adrien Boureau, Sachiko Hirosue

Iron electrocoagulation (EC) can be used for the decentralized treatment of arsenic(As)-contaminated groundwater. Iron EC involves the electrolytic dissolution of an Fe(0) electrode to Fe(II). This process produces reactive oxidants, which oxidize As(III) ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Persulfate-Based Advanced Oxidation: Critical Assessment of Opportunities and Roadblocks

Urs von Gunten

Reports that promote persulfate-based advanced oxidation process (AOP) as a viable alternative to hydrogen peroxide-based processes have been rapidly accumulating in recent water treatment literature. Various strategies to activate peroxide bonds in persul ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Nanoplasma-enabled picosecond switches for ultrafast electronics

Elison de Nazareth Matioli, Armin Jafari, Mohammad Samizadeh Nikooytabalvandani, Palliyage Srilak Nirmana Perera, Minghua Zhu, Giovanni Santoruvo

The broad applications of ultrawide-band signals and terahertz waves in quantum measurements, imaging and sensing techniques, advanced biological treatments, and very-high-data-rate communications have drawn extensive attention to ultrafast electronics. In ...

2020