Review on heterogeneous photocatalytic disinfection of waterborne, airborne, and foodborne viruses: can we win against pathogenic viruses?

A Habibi-Yangjeh, S Asadzadeh-Khaneghah… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microbial pathogenic contaminations have world widely represented a serious health
hazard to humans. Viruses, as a member of microbial contaminants, seriously threaten …

Silver nanoparticles: various methods of synthesis, size affecting factors and their potential applications–a review

AA Yaqoob, K Umar, MNM Ibrahim - Applied Nanoscience, 2020 - Springer
Currently, synthesis of nanoparticles from several noble metals like palladium, tin, copper,
silver and gold etc. has received more attention because of their unique properties as well …

Nanotechnology for environmental remediation: materials and applications

FD Guerra, MF Attia, DC Whitehead, F Alexis - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Environmental remediation relies mainly on using various technologies (eg, adsorption,
absorption, chemical reactions, photocatalysis, and filtration) for the removal of contaminants …

The role of nanotechnology in tackling global water challenges

MS Mauter, I Zucker, F Perreault, JR Werber… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Sustainable provision of safe, clean and adequate water supply is a global challenge. Water
treatment and desalination technologies remain chemically and energy intensive, ineffective …

Recent advances in nanomaterials for water protection and monitoring

R Das, CD Vecitis, A Schulze, B Cao… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The efficient handling of wastewater pollutants is a must, since they are continuously defiling
limited fresh water resources, seriously affecting the terrestrial, aquatic, and aerial flora and …

Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) in wastewater treatment

Y Deng, R Zhao - Current Pollution Reports, 2015 - Springer
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) were first proposed in the 1980s for drinking water
treatment and later were widely studied for treatment of different wastewaters. During the …

Effects of Calcination Temperature on the Phase Composition, Photocatalytic Degradation, and Virucidal Activities of TiO2 Nanoparticles

MG Kim, JM Kang, JE Lee, KS Kim, KH Kim, M Cho… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The application of TiO2 nanoparticles in the photocatalytic treatment of chemically or
biologically contaminated water is an attractive, albeit unoptimized, method for …

Recent innovations of nanotechnology in water treatment: A comprehensive review

MP Ajith, M Aswathi, E Priyadarshini, P Rajamani - Bioresource technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution from organic and inorganic pollutants poses a threat to the
ecosystem. Pollutant's prevalence and persistence have increased significantly in recent …

Overview of the main disinfection processes for wastewater and drinking water treatment plants

MC Collivignarelli, A Abbà, I Benigna, S Sorlini… - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
The use of water disinfection as a public health measure reduces the spread of diseases.
Various disinfection technologies can be used to meet the pathogen inactivation demand in …

[HTML][HTML] Passive antifouling and active self-disinfecting antiviral surfaces

O Lishchynskyi, Y Shymborska, Y Stetsyshyn… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Viruses pose a serious threat to human health and society in general, as virus infections are
one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality. Till May 2022, over 513 million people …