The overlooked short-and ultrashort-chain poly-and perfluorinated substances: A review

M Ateia, A Maroli, N Tharayil, T Karanfil - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Poly-and perfluorinated substances (PFAS) comprise more than 3000 individual
compounds; nevertheless, most studies to date have focused mainly on the fate, transport …

New advances in fluorescence excitation-emission matrix spectroscopy for the characterization of dissolved organic matter in drinking water treatment: A review

L Li, Y Wang, W Zhang, S Yu, X Wang, N Gao - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fluorescence technology has been increasingly applied in dissolved organic matter (DOM)
characterization due to its remarkable sensitivity and selectivity. Interest in using …

Efficient PFAS removal by amine-functionalized sorbents: critical review of the current literature

M Ateia, A Alsbaiee, T Karanfil… - Environmental Science & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of persistent and mobile
fluoro-organic chemicals that have been detected in many water supplies, and their …

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in water and wastewater: a review of treatment processes and use of photocatalyst immobilized on functionalized carbon …

AO Oluwole, EO Omotola, OS Olatunji - BMC chemistry, 2020 - Springer
The presence of emerging contaminants such as pharmaceutical and personal care
products in many aqueous matrices have been reported. One of such matrix is streams of …

Sorption behavior of real microplastics (MPs): insights for organic micropollutants adsorption on a large set of well-characterized MPs

M Ateia, T Zheng, S Calace, N Tharayil, S Pilla… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) have been recognized as transport vectors for micropollutants in the
natural water environment and the food web; therefore, the sorption behavior of contaminant …

Adsorption of dissolved organic matter (DOM) on polystyrene microplastics in aquatic environments: Kinetic, isotherm and site energy distribution analysis

A Abdurahman, K Cui, J Wu, S Li, R Gao, J Dai… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics and dissolved organic matter (DOM) are ubiquitous in aquatic environments.
The adsorption behavior of DOM on microplastics in aquatic environments is a prominent …

Decorating graphene oxide with zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) and pseudo-boehmite offers ultra-high adsorption capacity of diclofenac in hospital effluents

P Arabkhani, H Javadian, A Asfaram, M Ateia - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
This study reports on an easy and scalable synthesis method of a novel magnetic
nanocomposite (GO/ZIF-8/γ-AlOOH) based on graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets decorated …

Cationic polymer for selective removal of GenX and short-chain PFAS from surface waters and wastewaters at ng/L levels

M Ateia, M Arifuzzaman, S Pellizzeri, MF Attia… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
The emerging classes of perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS)(eg, Perfluorobutanoic acid
(PFBA), perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS), GenX, ADONA, and F–53B) are persistent …

Photocatalytic degradation of organic micropollutants: Inhibition mechanisms by different fractions of natural organic matter

D Awfa, M Ateia, M Fujii, C Yoshimura - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural organic matter (NOM) can inhibit the photocatalytic degradation of organic
micropollutants (OMPs) through inner filter effect, reactive oxygen species (ROS) …