Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from wastewater: a review

J Wang, S Wang - Journal of environmental management, 2016 - Elsevier
The pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) are emerging pollutants which
might pose potential hazards to environment and health. These pollutants are becoming …

Influence of water matrix on the degradation of organic micropollutants by ozone based processes: A review on oxidant scavenging mechanism

A Asghar, HV Lutze, J Tuerk, TC Schmidt - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The prevalence of organic micropollutants (OMPs) in aquatic environment has expedited
scientific and regulatory efforts to retrofit existing wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The …

Pharmaceuticals as emerging contaminants and their removal from water. A review

J Rivera-Utrilla, M Sánchez-Polo, MÁ Ferro-García… - Chemosphere, 2013 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study was to conduct an exhaustive review of the literature on the
presence of pharmaceutical-derived compounds in water and on their removal. The most …

Mechanistic insight into reactivity of sulfate radical with aromatic contaminants through single-electron transfer pathway

S Luo, Z Wei, DD Dionysiou, R Spinney, WP Hu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Removal of aromatic contaminants (ACs) in waters by sulfate radical anion (SO 4 radical
dot−) based advanced oxidation technology has been extensively studied. Three main …

Pharmaceutically active compounds in aqueous environment: A status, toxicity and insights of remediation

A Majumder, B Gupta, AK Gupta - Environmental research, 2019 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) have pernicious effects on all kinds of life
forms because of their toxicological effects and are found profoundly in various wastewater …

Pharmaceuticals in the environment: biodegradation and effects on natural microbial communities. A review

AB Caracciolo, E Topp, P Grenni - Journal of pharmaceutical and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Environmental microorganisms play a key role in fundamental ecological processes such as
biogeochemical cycling and organic contaminant degradation. Microorganisms comprise a …

Efficient degradation of diclofenac sodium by periodate activation using Fe/Cu bimetallic modified sewage sludge biochar/UV system

L He, L Lv, SC Pillai, H Wang, J Xue, Y Ma, Y Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Iron/copper bimetallic nanoparticles based sludge biochar (Fe/Cu-SBC) was prepared by
using a modified co-precipitation route. The Fe/Cu-SBC system prepared was subsequently …

[BUCH][B] Chemistry of ozone in water and wastewater treatment

C Von Sonntag, U Von Gunten - 2012 - library.oapen.org
Even though ozone has been applied for a long time for disinfection and oxidation in water
treatment, there is lack of critical information related to transformation of organic compounds …

Photocatalytic degradation of model pharmaceutical pollutant by novel magnetic TiO2@ ZnFe2O4/Pd nanocomposite with enhanced photocatalytic activity and …

N Ahmadpour, MH Sayadi, S Sobhani… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the last decades, the use of magnetic nanocomposites as a catalyst was considered for
removal of organic pollutants due to its easy separation. Therefore, initially, TiO 2@ ZnFe 2 …

Visible Light Driven Heterojunction Photocatalyst of CuO–Cu2O Thin Films for Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants

N Dasineh Khiavi, R Katal, S Kholghi Eshkalak… - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
A high recombination rate and low charge collection are the main limiting factors of copper
oxides (cupric and cuprous oxide) for the photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants. In …