Bioinspired superhydrophobic surfaces, inhibiting or promoting microbial contamination?

Y Chen, J Ao, J Zhang, J Gao, L Hao, R Jiang, Z Zhang… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Bioinspired superhydrophobic surfaces have offered unique advantages in combating
microbial contaminations involving fungi, bacteria, and viruses, especially during the global …

Fate of viruses in water systems

I Xagoraraki, Z Yin, Z Svambayev - Journal of Environmental …, 2014 - ascelibrary.org
This paper reviews the state of knowledge regarding human viruses in water systems from
an environmental engineer's perspective. The authors describe (1) viruses of concern and …

Viral aggregation: impact on virus behavior in the environment

CP Gerba, WQ Betancourt - Environmental science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Aggregates of viruses can have a significant impact on quantification and behavior of
viruses in the environment. Viral aggregates may be formed in numerous ways. Viruses may …

Aggregation of carboxyl-modified polystyrene nanoplastics in water with aluminum chloride: Structural characterization and theoretical calculation

Y Gong, Y Bai, D Zhao, Q Wang - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoplastics (NPs) pollution of aquatic systems is becoming an emerging environmental
issue due to their stable structure, high mobility, and easy interactions with ambient …

Visible-light-driven photocatalytic disinfection of human adenovirus by a novel heterostructure of oxygen-doped graphitic carbon nitride and hydrothermal carbonation …

C Zhang, M Zhang, Y Li, D Shuai - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2019 - Elsevier
Waterborne pathogenic viruses, with an ultra-small particle size of tens of nanometers, a
high risk of causing disease, and strong persistence in natural environment and water …

Interactions between virus surrogates and sewage sludge vary by viral analyte: Recovery, persistence, and sorption

W Yang, C Cai, X Dai - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge, as a reservoir of viruses, may pose threats to human health. Understanding
how virus particles interact with sludge is the key to controlling virus exposure and …

[HTML][HTML] Ion enrichment on the hydrophobic carbon-based surface in aqueous salt solutions due to cation-π interactions

G Shi, J Liu, C Wang, B Song, Y Tu, J Hu, H Fang - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
By incorporating cation-π interactions to classic all-atoms force fields, we show that there is
a clear enrichment of Na+ on a carbon-based π electron-rich surface in NaCl solutions using …

A review of virus removal in wastewater treatment pond systems

ME Verbyla, JR Mihelcic - Water Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment ponds (lagoons) are one of the most common types of technologies
used for wastewater management worldwide, especially in small cities and towns. They are …

Recent advances in biosensors for detecting viruses in water and wastewater

M Pilevar, KT Kim, WH Lee - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
As there is a considerable number of virus particles in wastewater which cause numerous
infectious diseases, it is necessary to eliminate viruses from domestic wastewater before it is …

Elimination of viruses from domestic wastewater: requirements and technologies

CM Zhang, LM Xu, PC Xu, XC Wang - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2016 - Springer
Domestic wastewater contains various pathogens, which, if not sufficiently eliminated, may
enter the receiving water bodies and cause water-transmitted diseases. Among the …