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Applications of nanotechnology in water and wastewater treatment by Qu, Xiaolei, Alvarez, Pedro J.J., Li, Qilin

“…Providing clean and affordable water to meet human needs is a grand challenge of the 21st century. Worldwide, water supply struggles to keep up with the fast…”
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Which Micropollutants in Water Environments Deserve More Attention Globally? by Yang, Yun, Zhang, Xiangru, Jiang, Jingyi, Han, Jiarui, Li, Wanxin, Li, Xiaoyan, Yee Leung, Kenneth Mei, Snyder, Shane A, Alvarez, Pedro J.J

“…Increasing chemical pollution of aquatic environments is a growing concern with global relevance. A large number of organic chemicals are termed as…”
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The Technology Horizon for Photocatalytic Water Treatment: Sunrise or Sunset? by Loeb, Stephanie K, Alvarez, Pedro J. J, Brame, Jonathon A, Cates, Ezra L, Choi, Wonyong, Crittenden, John, Dionysiou, Dionysios D, Li, Qilin, Li-Puma, Gianluca, Quan, Xie, Sedlak, David L, David Waite, T, Westerhoff, Paul, Kim, Jae-Hong

“…Advanced oxidation processes via semiconductor photocatalysis for water treatment have been the subject of extensive research over the past three decades,…”
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2D N‑Doped Porous Carbon Derived from Polydopamine-Coated Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Efficient Nonradical Activation of Peroxymonosulfate by Miao, Jie, Geng, Wei, Alvarez, Pedro J. J, Long, Mingce

“…Nitrogen-doped carbon materials attract broad interest as catalysts for peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation toward an efficient, nonradical advanced oxidation…”
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Nanotechnology for a Safe and Sustainable Water Supply: Enabling Integrated Water Treatment and Reuse by Qu, Xiaolei, Brame, Jonathon, Li, Qilin, Alvarez, Pedro J. J

“…Ensuring reliable access to clean and affordable water is one of the greatest global challenges of this century. As the world’s population increases, water…”
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Ultrahigh Peroxymonosulfate Utilization Efficiency over CuO Nanosheets via Heterogeneous Cu(III) Formation and Preferential Electron Transfer during Degradation of Phenols by Wei, Yan, Miao, Jie, Ge, Jianxin, Lang, Junyu, Yu, Chunyang, Zhang, Lizhi, Alvarez, Pedro J. J., Long, Mingce

“…In persulfate activation by copper-based catalysts, high-valent copper (Cu­(III)) is an overlooked reactive intermediate that contributes to efficient…”
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Trends in Antibiotic Resistance Genes Occurrence in the Haihe River, China by Luo, Yi, Mao, Daqing, Rysz, Michal, Zhou, Qixing, Zhang, Hongjie, Xu, Lin, J. J. Alvarez, Pedro

“…The occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) was quantified in water and sediment samples collected from a 72 km stretch of the Haihe…”
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Cooperative Pollutant Adsorption and Persulfate-Driven Oxidation on Hierarchically Ordered Porous Carbon by Chu, Chiheng, Yang, Ji, Huang, Dahong, Li, Jianfeng, Wang, Aiqin, Alvarez, Pedro J. J, Kim, Jae-Hong

“…This study presents a 3D hierarchically ordered porous carbon material (HOPC) that simultaneously achieves efficient adsorption of a range of water pollutants…”
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Negligible Particle-Specific Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles by Xiu, Zong-ming, Zhang, Qing-bo, Puppala, Hema L, Colvin, Vicki L, Alvarez, Pedro J. J

“…For nearly a decade, researchers have debated the mechanisms by which AgNPs exert toxicity to bacteria and other organisms. The most elusive question has been…”
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Photochemistry of Dissolved Black Carbon Released from Biochar: Reactive Oxygen Species Generation and Phototransformation by Fu, Heyun, Liu, Huiting, Mao, Jingdong, Chu, Wenying, Li, Qilin, Alvarez, Pedro J. J, Qu, Xiaolei, Zhu, Dongqiang

“…Dissolved black carbon (BC) released from biochar can be one of the more photoactive components in the dissolved organic matter (DOM) pool. Dissolved BC was…”
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Selective Degradation of Organic Pollutants Using an Efficient Metal-Free Catalyst Derived from Carbonized Polypyrrole via Peroxymonosulfate Activation by Hu, Peidong, Su, Hanrui, Chen, Zhenyu, Yu, Chunyang, Li, Qilin, Zhou, Baoxue, Alvarez, Pedro J. J, Long, Mingce

“…Metal-free carbonaceous materials, including nitrogen-doped graphene and carbon nanotubes, are emerging as alternative catalysts for peroxymonosulfate (PMS)…”
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Phosphate Changes Effect of Humic Acids on TiO2 Photocatalysis: From Inhibition to Mitigation of Electron–Hole Recombination by Long, Mingce, Brame, Jonathon, Qin, Fan, Bao, Jiming, Li, Qilin, Alvarez, Pedro J. J

“…A major challenge for photocatalytic water purification with TiO2 is the strong inhibitory effect of natural organic matter (NOM), which can scavenge…”
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Toward a Comprehensive Strategy to Mitigate Dissemination of Environmental Sources of Antibiotic Resistance by Vikesland, Peter J, Pruden, Amy, Alvarez, Pedro J. J, Aga, Diana, Bürgmann, Helmut, Li, Xiang-dong, Manaia, Celia M, Nambi, Indumathi, Wigginton, Krista, Zhang, Tong, Zhu, Yong-Guan

“…Antibiotic resistance is a pervasive global health threat. To combat the spread of resistance, it is necessary to consider all possible sources and understand…”
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Selective Adsorption and Photocatalytic Degradation of Extracellular Antibiotic Resistance Genes by Molecularly-Imprinted Graphitic Carbon Nitride by Yuan, Qingbin, Zhang, Danning, Yu, Pingfeng, Sun, Ruonan, Javed, Hassan, Wu, Gang, Alvarez, Pedro J. J

“…There is a growing need to mitigate the discharge of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) from municipal wastewater treatment systems. Here,…”
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Porous Electrospun Fibers Embedding TiO2 for Adsorption and Photocatalytic Degradation of Water Pollutants by Lee, Chang-Gu, Javed, Hassan, Zhang, Danning, Kim, Jae-Hong, Westerhoff, Paul, Li, Qilin, Alvarez, Pedro J. J

“…Using a bipolymer system consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and poly­(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF), P25-TiO2 was immobilized into thin film mats of porous…”
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Nanomaterials in the environment: Behavior, fate, bioavailability, and effects—An updated review by Lead, Jamie R., Batley, Graeme E., Alvarez, Pedro J. J., Croteau, Marie‐Noële, Handy, Richard D., McLaughlin, Michael J., Judy, Jonathan D., Schirmer, Kristin

“…The present review covers developments in studies of nanomaterials (NMs) in the environment since our much cited review in 2008. We discuss novel insights into…”
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Effect of natural organic matter on toxicity and reactivity of nano-scale zero-valent iron by Chen, Jiawei, Xiu, Zongming, Lowry, Gregory V., Alvarez, Pedro J.J.

“…Nano-scale zero-valent iron (NZVI) particles are increasingly used to remediate aquifers contaminated with hazardous oxidized pollutants such as…”
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Occurrence and Transport of Tetracycline, Sulfonamide, Quinolone, and Macrolide Antibiotics in the Haihe River Basin, China by Luo, Yi, Xu, Lin, Rysz, Michal, Wang, Yuqiu, Zhang, Hao, Alvarez, Pedro J. J

“…The occurrence and transport of 12 antibiotics (from the tetracycline, sulfonamide, quinolone, and macrolide families) was studied in a 72-km stretch of the…”
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Polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes impregnated with silver nanoparticles show improved biofouling resistance and virus removal by Zodrow, Katherine, Brunet, Léna, Mahendra, Shaily, Li, Dong, Zhang, Anna, Li, Qilin, Alvarez, Pedro J.J.

“…Biofouling and virus penetration are two significant obstacles in water treatment membrane filtration. Biofouling reduces membrane permeability, increases…”
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Spin-State-Dependent Peroxymonosulfate Activation of Single-Atom M–N Moieties via a Radical-Free Pathway by Miao, Jie, Zhu, Yuan, Lang, Junyu, Zhang, Jingzhen, Cheng, Shixian, Zhou, Baoxue, Zhang, Lizhi, Alvarez, Pedro J. J, Long, Mingce

“…Transition metal catalysts are known to activate persulfate, but the properties that govern the intrinsic activity of these catalysts are still unknown. Here,…”
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