A comprehensive review on the use of second generation TiO2 photocatalysts: Microorganism inactivation

CSU Demirel, NC Birben, M Bekbolet - Chemosphere, 2018 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic disinfection practices have been applied for decades and attract current
interest along with the developments in synthesis of novel photocatalysts. A survey based …

Cross-assembly phage and pepper mild mottle virus as viral water quality monitoring tools—potential, research gaps, and way forward

A Bivins, K Crank, J Greaves, D North, Z Wu… - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbial water quality is currently assessed by fecal indicator bacteria that are poor
representatives of viral pathogens in the environment. Viruses are predicted to account for …

Iron oxide-mediated semiconductor photocatalysis vs. heterogeneous photo-Fenton treatment of viruses in wastewater. Impact of the oxide particle size.

S Giannakis, S Liu, A Carratalà, S Rtimi… - Journal of hazardous …, 2017 - Elsevier
The photo-Fenton process is recognized as a promising technique towards microorganism
disinfection in wastewater, but its efficiency is hampered at near-neutral pH operating …

Nano-sized copper (oxide) on alumina granules for water filtration: effect of copper oxidation state on virus removal performance

JM Mazurkow, NS Yüzbasi… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Virus removal can be successfully achieved based on an electrostatic adsorption
mechanism. The key requirement for this process is to develop filter materials that can be …

Evaluating the microheterogeneous distribution of photochemically generated singlet oxygen using furfuryl amine

K Cheng, L Zhang, G McKay - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Singlet oxygen (1O2) is an important reactive species in natural waters produced during
photolysis of dissolved organic matter (DOM). Prior studies have demonstrated that 1O2 …

Analogies and differences among bacterial and viral disinfection by the photo-Fenton process at neutral pH: a mini review

S Giannakis - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018 - Springer
Over the last years, the photo-Fenton process has been established as an effective, green
alternative to chemical disinfection of waters and wastewaters. Microorganisms' inactivation …

Electron transfer at microbe-humic substances interfaces: electrochemical, microscopic and bacterial community characterizations

Y Yuan, X Cai, Y Wang, S Zhou - Chemical Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
Soluble and colloidal humic substances (HSs) involved in microbial extracellular electron
transfer (EET) have been extensively investigated. However, little is known regarding EET at …

A systematic investigation on the bactericidal transient species generated by photo-sensitization of natural organic matter (NOM) during solar and photo-Fenton …

M Kohantorabi, S Giannakis, MR Gholami… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, the role of dissolved oxygen in the solar and the photo-Fenton-mediated E. coli
inactivation process was put under scrutiny. The effect of transient species that were …

Environmental fate of insecticidal plant-incorporated protectants from genetically modified crops: knowledge gaps and research opportunities

KM Parker, M Sander - 2017 - ACS Publications
Plant-incorporated protectants (PIPs) are biopesticides expressed in genetically modified
(GM) crops and are typically macromolecular in nature. First-generation insecticidal PIPs …

Virus transfer at the skin–liquid interface

AK Pitol, HN Bischel, T Kohn… - Environmental science & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Understanding virus transfer between liquid and skin is necessary to estimate transmission
during water-related activities. Here, we modeled virus transfer from liquid-to-skin and skin …