Why five decades of massive research on heterogeneous photocatalysis, especially on TiO2, has not yet driven to water disinfection and detoxification applications …

JA Rengifo-Herrera, C Pulgarin - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
For fifty years, heterogeneous photocatalysis has been considered as having potential to
remove organic and microbiological pollutants from water under either artificial UV light or …

Light-activated nanozymes: catalytic mechanisms and applications

J Zhang, J Liu - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, nanozymes have attracted enormous interest for their high stability, low cost and
various enzyme-like activities. In nature, many biochemical reactions require light. Recently …

Photoexcited quantum dots for killing multidrug-resistant bacteria

CM Courtney, SM Goodman, JA McDaniel… - Nature materials, 2016 - nature.com
Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections are an ever-growing threat because of the shrinking
arsenal of efficacious antibiotics,,,. Metal nanoparticles can induce cell death, yet the toxicity …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review on N-modified TiO2 limits to treat chemical and biological contaminants in water. Evidence that enhanced visible light absorption does not …

JA Rengifo-Herrera, P Osorio-Vargas… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Intensive research has been focused on the synthesis of N-modified TiO 2 materials having
visible light absorption in order to get higher solar photocatalytic degradation rates of …

Synthesis and characterization of WO3 nanoparticles prepared by the precipitation method: evaluation of photocatalytic activity under vis-irradiation

A Martínez-de La Cruz, DS Martínez, EL Cuéllar - Solid State Sciences, 2010 - Elsevier
WO3 nanoparticles were synthesized by the precipitation method varying the time employed
in the formation of their precursor in aqueous media and the calcination temperature. The …

[HTML][HTML] Photoreactivity of new rose bengal-SiO2 heterogeneous photocatalysts with and without a magnetite core for drug degradation and disinfection

J Flores, P Moya, F Bosca, ML Marin - Catalysis Today, 2023 - Elsevier
The main drawback of homogeneous photocatalysis is the difficult separation of the
photocatalysts from the reaction media after treatment completion; thus, heterogeneous …

Phototreatment of water by organic photosensitizers and comparison with inorganic semiconductors

M Thandu, C Comuzzi, D Goi - International Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Phototreatment of water is drawing the attention of many as a promising alternative to
replace methods like chlorination, ozonization, and other oxidation processes, used in …

[HTML][HTML] Solar photocatalytic disinfection of E. coli and bacteriophages MS2, ΦX174 and PR772 using TiO2, ZnO and ruthenium based complexes in a continuous flow …

J Mac Mahon, SC Pillai, JM Kelly, LW Gill - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The performance of photocatalytic treatment processes were assessed using different
photocatalysts against E. coli and bacteriophages MS2, ΦX174 and PR772, in a …

Toxicity of metallic nanoparticles in microorganisms-a review

JH Niazi, MB Gu - Atmospheric and biological environmental monitoring, 2009 - Springer
Recent advances in the synthesis and development of nanoparticles (NPs) for wide
applications has lead to a serious threat to both human and environmental health. NPs are …

Targeted photothermal ablation of pathogenic bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, with nanoscale reduced graphene oxide

YW Wang, YY Fu, LJ Wu, J Li, HH Yang… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Nowadays, bacterial infection is very common in the world. As a result of overusing
antibiotics, several human pathogenic bacteria have become resistant to most of the …