Bioinspired marine antifouling coatings: Status, prospects, and future

H **, L Tian, W Bing, J Zhao, L Ren - Progress in Materials Science, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Marine biofouling has negatively affected human sailing since ancient times. Traditional
antifouling coatings were banned worldwide in 2003 due to their toxicity towards nontarget …

Biofilm-developed microplastics as vectors of pollutants in aquatic environments

J Wang, X Guo, J Xue - Environmental Science & Technology, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Microplastics are a big and growing part of global pollution, which has aroused increasing
concern in recent years because of their large amount, wide distribution, and adverse …

Diversified metabolism makes novel Thauera strain highly competitive in low carbon wastewater treatment

T Ren, Y Chi, Y Wang, X Shi, X **, P ** - Water research, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Thauera, as one of the core members of wastewater biological treatment systems, plays an
important role in the process of nitrogen and phosphorus removal from low-carbon source …

Critical review on biofilm methods

J Azeredo, NF Azevedo, R Briandet… - Critical reviews in …, 2017‏ - Taylor & Francis
Biofilms are widespread in nature and constitute an important strategy implemented by
microorganisms to survive in sometimes harsh environmental conditions. They can be …

Environmental applications of microbial extracellular polymeric substance (EPS): a review

T Siddharth, P Sridhar, V Vinila, RD Tyagi - Journal of Environmental …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
During the last decade, water demand and wastewater generation has increased due to
urbanization around the globe which had led to an increase in the utilization of …

Bioinspired superhydrophobic surfaces, inhibiting or promoting microbial contamination?

Y Chen, J Ao, J Zhang, J Gao, L Hao, R Jiang, Z Zhang… - Materials Today, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Bioinspired superhydrophobic surfaces have offered unique advantages in combating
microbial contaminations involving fungi, bacteria, and viruses, especially during the global …

A review of the role of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in wastewater treatment systems

L Huang, Y **, D Zhou, L Liu, S Huang, Y Zhao… - International journal of …, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
A review of the characterization and functions of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of
microbial aggregates in biological wastewater treatment systems is presented in this paper …

Bioinspired marine antifouling coatings: Antifouling mechanisms, design strategies and application feasibility studies

Z Li, P Liu, S Chen, X Liu, Y Yu, T Li, Y Wan… - European Polymer …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Marine fouling is one of the major challenges facing humanity in marine industrial
production and transport activities. Traditional antifouling coatings use toxic antifouling …

Performance and enhancement mechanism of redox mediator for nitrate removal in immobilized bioreactor with preponderant microbes

S Zhang, A Ali, J Su, T Huang, M Li - Water Research, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The acceleration of nitrate removal in wastewater treatment by redox mediator (RM) is
greatly weakened due to wash-out loss and mass transfer resistance (low hydrophilia) of RM …

Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) in wastewater treatment

Y Deng, R Zhao - Current Pollution Reports, 2015‏ - Springer
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) were first proposed in the 1980s for drinking water
treatment and later were widely studied for treatment of different wastewaters. During the …