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Solar light (hv) and H2O2/hv photo-disinfection of natural alkaline water (pH 8.6) in a compound parabolic collector at different day periods in Sahelian region

The photo-disinfection of natural alkaline surface water (pH 8.6 +/- 0.3) for drinking purposes was carried out under solar radiation treatments. The enteric bacteria studied were the wild total coliforms/Escherichia coli (10(4) CFU/ml) and Salmonella spp. ...

Springer Heidelberg2015

New evidence for hybrid acrylic/TiO2 films inducing bacterial inactivation under low intensity simulated sunlight

Juan Kiwi, César Pulgarin, Sami Rtimi

This study addresses the preparation and characterization of hybrid films prepared from Titanium dioxide (TiO2) Pickering stabilized acrylic polymeric dispersion as well as their bacterial inactivation efficiency under sunlight irradiation. Complete bacter ...

Elsevier2015

Shift from heterogeneous to homogeneous catalysis during resorcinol degradation using the solar photo-Fenton process initiated at circumneutral pH

César Pulgarin, Luis Ferney Gonzalez Bahamon

The photo-Fenton process (Fe-2+,Fe-3+/H2O2/hv) is known to degrade aqueous organic compounds at acidic pHs. Nevertheless, recent studies have shown that this process also occurs at circumneutral pHs. Dihydroxybenzene isomers (i.e., resorcinol, hydroquinone ...

Elsevier Science Bv2015

Solar disinfection modeling and post-irradiation response of Escherichia coil in wastewater

César Pulgarin, Stefanos Giannakis

In this work, an intensive assessment of solar disinfection of secondary wastewater was elaborated in controlled laboratory conditions. Batch tests of Escherichia coil-spiked synthetic secondary effluent, at nine different constant intensity levels, were f ...

Elsevier2015

Light wavelength-dependent E. coli survival changes after simulated solar disinfection of secondary effluent

César Pulgarin, Sami Rtimi, Stefanos Giannakis

In this study, the photoreactivation and the modification of dark repair of E. coli in a simulated secondary effluent were investigated after initial irradiation under different conditions. The simulated solar exposure of the secondary wastewater was follo ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2015

Innovative photocatalyst (FeOx–TiO2): transients induced by femtosecond laser pulse leading to bacterial inactivation under visible light

Michaël Bensimon, Juan Kiwi, César Pulgarin, Rosendo Sanjines, Sami Rtimi

This study reports the photosensitizing effect/mechanism of FeOx under visible light irradiation and charge transfer to TiO2 on FeOx–TiO2 cosputtered film. The transients which were photo-induced by femtosecond laser pulses at 545 nm (25 fs) were identifie ...

RSC Publishing2015

Kinetics and mechanism for transparent polyethylene-TiO2 films mediated self-cleaning leading to MB dye discoloration under sunlight irradiation

Juan Kiwi, César Pulgarin, Rosendo Sanjines, Sami Rtimi

Polyethylene-TiO2 (from now on PE-TiO2) transparent, non-scattering sputtered films have been found effective in the discoloration of methylene blue (MB) under low intensity solar simulated light. By Fourier transform attenuated infrared spectroscopy (ATR- ...

Elsevier Science Bv2015

Novel FeOx–polyethylene transparent films: synthesis and mechanism of surface regeneration

Juan Kiwi, César Pulgarin, Rosendo Sanjines, Sami Rtimi

The first evidence for the synthesis of a uniform, adhesive polyethylene–FeOx (PE–FeOx) surface leading efficiently to bacterial inactivation is addressed in this study. PE was loaded with 0.04–0.08% Fe wt/wt PE after RF-plasma pretreatment was required to ...

RSC Publishing2015

Effect of advanced oxidation processes on the micropollutants and the effluent organic matter contained in municipal wastewater previously treated by three different secondary methods

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Dominique Grandjean, César Pulgarin, Anoys Magnet, Franco Alejandro Gamarra Vives, Stefanos Giannakis

In this study, wastewater from the output of three different secondary treatment facilities (Activated Sludge, Moving Bed Bioreactor and Coagulation-Flocculation) present in the municipal wastewater treatment plant of Vidy, Lausanne (Switzerland), was furt ...

Elsevier2015

Fe vs. TiO2 Photo-assisted Processes for Enhancing the Solar Inactivation of Bacteria in Water

César Pulgarin

Batch solar water disinfection (SODIS) is a known, simple and low-cost water treatment technology. SODIS is based on the synergistic action of temperature increase and light-assisted generation of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) on bacteria. ROS are generate ...

Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft2015

Deleterious effect of homogeneous and heterogeneous near-neutral photo-Fenton system on Escherichia coli. Comparison with photo-catalytic action of TiO2 during cell envelope disruption

César Pulgarin, Andrzej Sienkiewicz, Cristina del Socorro Lonfat

The mechanisms underlying bacterial inactivation by solar photo-Fenton at near-neutral pH have not yet been investigated in detail. In particular, no consensus exists on the bacterial inactivation mechanism under solar light enhanced by the Fenton's reagen ...

Elsevier Science Bv2014

Monitoring the post-irradiation E. coli survival patterns in environmental water matrices: Implications in handling solar disinfected wastewater

César Pulgarin, Stefanos Giannakis, Ana Isabel Merino Gamo

In this study, simulated solar disinfection of secondary effluent was followed by dark storage at different temperatures or different receiving water matrices. Escherichia coli illumination was followed by 3-day monitoring of the bacterial population and i ...

Elsevier2014

Degradation of Eight Relevant Micropollutants in Different Water Matrices by Neutral Photo-Fenton Process under UV254 and Simulated Solar Light Irradiation – a comparative study

Luiz Felippe De Alencastro, Dominique Grandjean, César Pulgarin, Andrzej Sienkiewicz

This is a comparative study of photolytic degradation under exposure to UV254 nm and solar-simulator irradiation of a mixture of eight equally concentrated relevant micropollutants in the presence of H2O2 and Fe(II) in ultrapure water, Lake Geneva water, a ...

Elsevier Science Bv2014

Innovative transparent non-scattering TiO2 bactericide thin films inducing increased E. coli cell wall fluidity

Juan Kiwi, Lioubov Kiwi, Andrzej Kulik, César Pulgarin, Rosendo Sanjines, Sami Rtimi, Mariusz Andrzejczuk

This study presents the first account for transparent, non-scattering TiO2 films on radio-frequency (RF) plasma and ultraviolet light in the C-spectral region (UVC) pretreated polyethylene (PE). These pretreatments allow the PE to bind higher amounts of Ti ...

Elsevier Science Sa2014

Elucidating bacterial regrowth: Effect of disinfection conditions in dark storage of solar treated secondary effluent

César Pulgarin, Stefanos Giannakis

In this study, we systematically investigate solar disinfection of synthetic secondary wastewater, with the effort to decrypt the effects disinfection conditions have on post-irradiation bacterial regrowth in the dark. A full factorial design of 240 experi ...

Elsevier2014

Neutral solar photo-Fenton degradation of 4-nitrophenol on iron-enriched hybrid montmorillonite-alginate beads (Fe-MABs)

César Pulgarin, Salvatore Barreca

Hybrid montmorillonite-alginate beads (MABs) were prepared by the ion-gelation method from alginate and montmorillonite clay suspension dropped in a calcium chloride solution. Similarly, iron-enriched beads (Fe-MABs) were prepared using iron-exchanged mont ...

Elsevier Science Sa2014

Accelerated Escherichia coli inactivation in the dark on uniform copper flexible surfaces

Michaël Bensimon, Juan Kiwi, César Pulgarin, Rosendo Sanjines, Sami Rtimi

The bacterial inactivation of Escherichia coli on Cu/CuO-polyester surfaces prepared by direct current magnetron sputtering was investigated in the dark and under actinic light (360nm

American Vacuum Society2014

New evidence for TiO2 uniform surfaces leading to complete bacterial reduction in the dark: Critical issues

Juan Kiwi, César Pulgarin, Danièle Laub, Sami Rtimi, Jelena Nesic

This study presents new evidence for the events leading to Escherichia coil reduction in the absence of light irradiation on TiO2-polyester (from now on TiO2-PES. By transmission electron microscopy (TEM) the diffusion of TiO2 NP's aggregates with the E. c ...

Elsevier Science Bv2014

Evaluation of the efficiency of the photo Fenton disinfection of natural drinking water source during the rainy season in the Sahelian region

César Pulgarin, Juliette Ndounla

The photo-disinfection of water from two different wells (W1, pH: 4.6–5.1 ± 0.02) and (W2 pH: 5.6–5.7 ± 0.02) was carried out during the rainy season at Ouagadougou–Burkina Faso, West Africa. The weather variation during the rainy season significantly affe ...

Elsevier2014

TiO2 and TiO2-Doped Films Able to Kill Bacteria by Contact: New Evidence for the Dynamics of Bacterial Inactivation in the Dark and under Light Irradiation

Juan Kiwi, César Pulgarin, Rosendo Sanjines, Sami Rtimi

This paper addresses recent developments in the design, evaluation, and characterization of flexible, uniform polyethylene-TiO2 (PE-TiO2), TiO2-In2O3, and TiO2-polyester able to inactivate bacteria under band gap irradiation and in the dark. The preparatio ...

Hindawi Publishing Corporation2014

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