Making waves: Opportunities and challenges of applying far-UVC radiation in controlling micropollutants in water

J Zhao, EM Payne, B Liu, C Shang, ER Blatchley III… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Concerns over human health risks associated with chemical contaminants (micropollutants)
in drinking waters are rising due to the increased use of reclaimed water or water supplies …

Antibiotics soil-solution chemistry: A review of environmental behavior and uptake and transformation by plants

JN Nkoh, C Shang, ES Okeke… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The increased use of antibiotics by humans for various purposes has left the environment
polluted. Antibiotic pollution remediation is challenging because antibiotics exist in trace …

Biofilm-colonized versus virgin black microplastics to accelerate the photodegradation of tetracycline in aquatic environments: analysis of underneath mechanisms

R Ding, Z Ouyang, X Zhang, Y Dong… - … Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Tire wear particles (TWPs) exposed to the aquatic environment are rapidly colonized by
microorganisms and provide unique substrates for biofilm formation, which potentially serve …

Redox oscillations activate thermodynamically stable iron minerals for enhanced reactive oxygen species production

G Zhao, M Tan, B Wu, X Zheng, R Xiong… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play key roles in driving biogeochemical processes. Recent
studies have revealed nonphotochemical electron transfer from redox-active substances …

Tide-triggered production of reactive oxygen species in coastal soils

G Zhao, B Wu, X Zheng, B Chen… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report an unrecognized, tidal source of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Using a newly
developed ROS-trapping gel film, we observed hot spots for ROS generation within∼ 2.5 …

Comparing photoactivities of dissolved organic matter released from rice straw-pyrolyzed biochar and composted rice straw

Y Liu, M Wang, S Yin, L Xie, X Qu, H Fu… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Here, we systematically compared the photoactivity and photobleaching behavior between
dissolved black carbon (DBC) from rice straw biochar and leached dissolved organic carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Photochemical transformation mechanisms of dissolved organic matters (DOM) derived from different bio-stabilization sludge

A Hu, L Li, Y Huang, QL Fu, D Wang, W Zhang - Environment International, 2022 - Elsevier
Bio-stabilization sludge contains numerous dissolved organic matter (DOM) that could enter
aquatic environments by soil leaching after sludge land use, but a clear understanding of …

Cooperative pollutant adsorption and persulfate-driven oxidation on hierarchically ordered porous carbon

C Chu, J Yang, D Huang, J Li, A Wang… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
This study presents a 3D hierarchically ordered porous carbon material (HOPC) that
simultaneously achieves efficient adsorption of a range of water pollutants as well as …

Diel fluctuation of extracellular reactive oxygen species production in the rhizosphere of rice

H Dai, B Wu, B Chen, B Ma, C Chu - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are ubiquitous on earth and drive numerous redox-centered
biogeochemical processes. The rhizosphere of wetland plants is a highly dynamic interface …

Insights into the mechanisms of natural organic matter on the photodegradation of indomethacin under natural sunlight and simulated light irradiation

P Yu, Z Guo, T Wang, J Wang, Y Guo, L Zhang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Indomethacin (INDO) is an antipyretic and analgesic pharmaceutical that has been widely
detected in the aquatic environment. Photodegradation is an essential pathway for removal …