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

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 …

Understanding TiO2 Photocatalysis: Mechanisms and Materials

J Schneider, M Matsuoka, M Takeuchi, J Zhang… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Environmental pollution and destruction as well as the lack of sufficient clean and natural
energy resources are some of the most serious problems presently faced on a global scale …

Mineral–organic associations: formation, properties, and relevance in soil environments

M Kleber, K Eusterhues, M Keiluweit, C Mikutta… - Advances in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Minerals and organic matter (OM) may form intricate associations via myriad interactions. In
soils, the associations of OM with mineral surfaces are mainly investigated because of their …

High surface area mesoporous nanocast LaMO3 (M= Mn, Fe) perovskites for efficient catalytic ozonation and an insight into probable catalytic mechanism

S Afzal, X Quan, J Zhang - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2017 - Elsevier
Mesoporous nanocast perovskites (NC-LaMnO 3 and NC-LaFeO 3) were synthesized by
nanocasting technique using SBA-15 as a template and for the first time they were used in …

Paramagnetic ultrasmall gadolinium oxide nanoparticles as advanced T 1 MRI contrast agent: account for large longitudinal relaxivity, optimal particle diameter, and in …

JY Park, MJ Baek, ES Choi, S Woo, JH Kim, TJ Kim… - ACS …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Paramagnetic ultrasmall gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3) nanoparticles with particle diameters (d)
of∼ 1 nm were synthesized by using three kinds of Gd (III) ion precursors and by refluxing …

Soil chemical insights provided through vibrational spectroscopy

SJ Parikh, KW Goyne, AJ Margenot, FND Mukome… - Advances in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Vibrational spectroscopy techniques provide a powerful approach to the study of
environmental materials and processes. These multifunctional analytical tools can be used …

ATR-FTIR spectroscopy as a tool to probe surface adsorption on nanoparticles at the liquid–solid interface in environmentally and biologically relevant media

IA Mudunkotuwa, A Al Minshid, VH Grassian - Analyst, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Given the importance of nanoparticle surface composition in nanotoxicology, analytical tools
that can probe nanoparticle surfaces in aqueous media are crucial but remain limited …

Citric Acid Adsorption on TiO2 Nanoparticles in Aqueous Suspensions at Acidic and Circumneutral pH: Surface Coverage, Surface Speciation, and Its Impact on …

IA Mudunkotuwa, VH Grassian - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Citric acid plays an important role as a stabilizer in several nanomaterial syntheses and is a
common organic acid found in nature. Here, the adsorption of citric acid onto TiO2 anatase …

Environmental implications of nanoparticle aging in the processing and fate of copper-based nanomaterials

IA Mudunkotuwa, JM Pettibone… - Environmental science & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Copper nanomaterials are being used in a large number of commercial products because
these materials exhibit unique optical, magnetic, and electronic properties. Metallic copper …

Self-degrading niosomes for encapsulation of hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs: an efficient carrier for cancer multi-drug delivery

V Sharma, S Anandhakumar, M Sasidharan - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, we have examined the encapsulation and release of hydrophilic and
hydrophobic drugs in self-degrading niosomes as a unique method for anticancer therapy …