[HTML][HTML] Nanoplastics removal during drinking water treatment: Laboratory-and pilot-scale experiments and modeling

G Pulido-Reyes, L Magherini, C Bianco, R Sethi… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics detected in potable water sources and tap water have led to concerns about
the efficacy of current drinking water treatment processes to remove these contaminants. It is …

Natural clay and biopolymer-based nanopesticides to control the environmental spread of a soluble herbicide

M Granetto, L Serpella, S Fogliatto, L Re… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work a novel nano-formulation is proposed to control leaching and volatilization of a
broadly used herbicide, dicamba. Dicamba is subject to significant leaching in soils, due to …

[HTML][HTML] A pore-scale investigation of the effect of nanoparticle injection on properties of sandy porous media

RD Fopa, C Bianco, NL Archilha, AC Moreira… - Journal of Contaminant …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoremediation is a new groundwater remediation technology in which nanoparticles
(NPs) are injected into the sub-surface to promote in-situ degradation of aquifer …

Exploring the potential of graphene oxide nanosheets for porous media decontamination from cationic dyes

A Beryani, C Bianco, A Casasso, R Sethi… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets, often embedded in nano-composites, have been studied
as promising materials for waste water purification, in particular to adsorb heavy metals and …

A large-scale 3D study on transport of humic acid-coated goethite nanoparticles for aquifer remediation

M Velimirovic, C Bianco, N Ferrantello, T Tosco… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Humic acid-coated goethite nanoparticles (HA-GoeNPs) have been recently proposed as an
effective reagent for the in situ nanoremediation of contaminated aquifers. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling trends in migration of iron-based nanoparticles in saturated porous media

V Veselská, L Magherini, C Bianco, J Šembera… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) particles are routinely used for environmental
remediation, but their transport dynamics in different settings remain unclear, hindering …

A self-healable metallohydrogel for drug encapsulations and drug release

M Dutta, S Banerjee, M Mandal, M Bhattacharjee - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A self-healable metallohydrogel (MOG) of Mn (II) has been prepared using a low molecular
weight gelator, Na2HL {H3L= L-(3, 5-di-tert-butyl-2-hydroxy-benzyl) amino aspartic acid} …

[HTML][HTML] Validating the Efficiency of the FeS2 Method for Elucidating the Mechanisms of Contaminant Removal Using Fe0/H2O Systems

M **ao, X Cui, R Hu, W Gwenzi, C Noubactep - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
There is growing interest in using pyrite minerals (FeS2) to enhance the efficiency of metallic
iron (Fe0) for water treatment (Fe0/H2O systems). This approach contradicts the …

Electrokinetic delivery of permanganate in clay inclusions for targeted contaminant degradation

A Gallo, R Sprocati, M Rolle, R Sethi - Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of electrokinetics (EK) has great potential to deliver reactants in impervious porous
media, thus overcoming some of the challenges in the remediation of contaminants trapped …