Nanotechnology for targeted detection and removal of bacteria: opportunities and challenges

MJ Hajipour, AA Saei, ED Walker, B Conley… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of nanotechnology has created unprecedented hopes for addressing
several unmet industrial and clinical issues, including the growing threat so‐termed …

[HTML][HTML] Analytical methods for assessing antimicrobial activity of nanomaterials in complex media: advances, challenges, and perspectives

X Zhang, X Hou, L Ma, Y Shi, D Zhang, K Qu - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Assessing the antimicrobial activity of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs), especially in
realistic scenarios, is of great significance for both basic research and applications. Multiple …

Fe (II) catalyzing sodium percarbonate facilitates the dewaterability of waste activated sludge: performance, mechanism, and implication

Y Li, Y Zhu, D Wang, G Yang, L Pan, Q Wang, BJ Ni… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, Fe (II) catalyzing sodium percarbonate (Fe (II)/SPC) was managed to facilitate
waste activated sludge (WAS) dewatering for the first time. The results showed that after …

A novel partial denitrification, anammox-biological phosphorus removal, fermentation and partial nitrification (PDA-PFPN) process for real domestic wastewater and …

Z Fan, W Zeng, H Liu, Y Jia, Y Peng - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel process was developed for real domestic wastewater and waste activated sludge
(WAS) treatment based on partial denitrification, anammox-biological phosphorus removal …

Destroying the structure of extracellular polymeric substance to improve the dewatering performance of waste activated sludge by ionic liquid

C Chen, T Zhang, L Lv, Y Chen, W Tang, S Tang - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The disposal and resource utilization of waste activated sludge (WAS) is a big challenge for
its high moisture content. Ionic liquid (IL), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium …

Insight into Na+ assistant anaerobic fermentation of waste activated sludge from carbon migration, bio-transformation and recovery perspectives

H Pang, Q Jiao, L An, Y Xu, J He, Z Zhang… - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) produced from anaerobic fermentation of waste activated
sludge (WAS) have been regarded as the preferred carbon source, however the carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and characterization of TiO2 nanoparticles combined with geraniol and their synergistic antibacterial activity

AB Younis, V Milosavljevic, T Fialova, K Smerkova… - BMC microbiology, 2023 - Springer
Background The emergence of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria has become a
global threat, encouraging the adoption of efficient and effective alternatives to conventional …

Effects of polystyrene nanoplastics on extracellular polymeric substance composition of activated sludge: The role of surface functional groups

J Qian, X He, P Wang, B Xu, K Li, B Lu, W Jin… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Here we investigated the acute effects (12 h exposure) of three polystyrene nanoplastics (PS
NPs, including PS, PS− COOH and PS− NH 2) on extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) …

Peroxide/Zero-valent iron (Fe0) pretreatment for promoting dewaterability of anaerobically digested sludge: A mechanistic study

Y Li, Q Xu, X Liu, Y Wang, D Wang, G Yang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Peroxide/Zero-valent iron (Fe 0) was reported to promote dewaterability of
anaerobically digested sludge (ADS), but the mechanism of how Peroxide/Fe 0 facilitates …

Exposure to nanoplastic induces cell damage and nitrogen inhibition of activated sludge: Evidence from bacterial individuals and groups

S Tang, J Qian, P Wang, B Lu, Y He, Z Yi… - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are almost the only place where plastic fragments are
artificially removed, resulting in mass accumulation of nanoplastics (NPs). In this research …