Nanotechnology responses to COVID‐19

E Ruiz‐Hitzky, M Darder, B Wicklein… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Researchers, engineers, and medical doctors are made aware of the severity of the COVID‐
19 infection and act quickly against the coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2 using a large variety of …

Assessment of socioeconomic inequality based on virus-contaminated water usage in developing countries: a review

B Adelodun, FO Ajibade, JO Ighalo, G Odey… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water is an essential resource required for various human activities such as drinking,
cooking, and other recreational activities. While developed nations have made significant …

Viruses at solid–water interfaces: a systematic assessment of interactions driving adsorption

A Armanious, M Aeppli, R Jacak… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Adsorption to solid–water interfaces is a major process governing the fate of waterborne
viruses in natural and engineered systems. The relative contributions of different interaction …

Graphene‐based technologies for tackling COVID‐19 and future pandemics

S Afroj, L Britnell, T Hasan, DV Andreeva… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The COVID‐19 pandemic highlighted the need for rapid tools and technologies to combat
highly infectious viruses. The excellent electrical, mechanical and other functional properties …

Differences in removal rates of virgin/decayed microplastics, viruses, activated carbon, and kaolin/montmorillonite clay particles by coagulation, flocculation …

Y Nakazawa, T Abe, Y Matsui, K Shinno, S Kobayashi… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the main purposes of drinking water treatment is to reduce turbidity originating from
clay particles. Relatively little is known about the removal of other types of particles …

Recent progress in nanotechnology for COVID-19 prevention, diagnostics and treatment

Y Rasmi, KS Saloua, M Nemati, JR Choi - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic is currently an unprecedented public health threat. The rapid
spread of infections has led to calls for alternative approaches to combat the virus …

Make it clean, make it safe: A review on virus elimination via adsorption

L Sellaoui, M Badawi, A Monari, T Tatarchuk… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, the potential dangers of viral infection transmission through water and air have
become the focus of worldwide attention, via the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. The …

Recent advances in photocatalytic removal of airborne pathogens in air

Y Ahmadi, N Bhardwaj, KH Kim, S Kumar - Science of the total environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The abatement of airborne pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi has become an
important goal of air-quality management. Efficient and effective treatment techniques such …

Virus removal by membrane bioreactors: A review of mechanism investigation and modeling efforts

Y Zhu, R Chen, YY Li, D Sano - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing pressure on the global water supply calls for more advanced solutions with
higher efficiency and better sustainability, leading to the promptly developing water …

Water treatment with exceptional virus inactivation using activated carbon modified with silver (Ag) and copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles

QL Shimabuku, FS Arakawa… - Environmental …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Continuous flow experiments (450 mL min− 1) were performed in household filter in order to
investigate the removal and/or inactivation of T4 bacteriophage, using granular activated …