2025
Dialysis opens a new pathway for high-salinity organic wastewater treatment
Chen Y, Wang L, del Cerro M, Wang L, Zhang X, Elimelech M, Wang Z. Dialysis opens a new pathway for high-salinity organic wastewater treatment. Nature Water 2025, 3: 49-58. DOI: 10.1038/s44221-024-00368-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-salinity organic wastewaterOrganic wastewaterConventional wastewater treatment processesOrganic wastewater treatmentExcellent fouling resistanceWastewater treatment processesWastewater treatment schemesApplication of hydraulic pressurePassage of saltCountercurrent flow modeBench-scale experimentsFouling resistanceMembrane foulingWastewater treatmentWastewater streamsFlow modeHydraulic pressureTreatment processWastewaterOrganic substancesWater transportFoulingUltrafiltrationFractional saltingInnovative solutions
2024
Ultrastable ceramic-based metal–organic framework membranes with missing linkers for robust desalination
Dong Y, Lyu Q, Lin L, Violet C, Lin B, Han Y, Tang C, Yu H, Elimelech M. Ultrastable ceramic-based metal–organic framework membranes with missing linkers for robust desalination. Nature Water 2024, 2: 464-474. DOI: 10.1038/s44221-024-00218-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-performance desalination membranesPolymeric membranesWater treatment applicationsMetal–organic framework membranesMissing-linker defectsUiO-66 membraneDesalination membranesLow energy barrierMolecular simulation resultsHarsh chemical conditionsMissing linkersUiO-66Water clustersIndustrial wastewater treatmentEnergy barrierIncreased water fluxDesalination performanceDesalination applicationsTreatment applicationsAlkaline conditionsNanoporous membranesInsufficient stabilityWastewater treatmentPore sizeSimulation results
2022
Photocatalytically recovering hydrogen energy from wastewater treatment using MoS2 @TiO2 with sulfur/oxygen dual-defect
Wu Y, Chen X, Cao J, Zhu Y, Yuan W, Hu Z, Ao Z, Brudvig G, Tian F, Yu J, Li C. Photocatalytically recovering hydrogen energy from wastewater treatment using MoS2 @TiO2 with sulfur/oxygen dual-defect. Applied Catalysis B Environment And Energy 2022, 303: 120878. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120878.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchH2 evolution rateEvolution rateHighest H2 evolution rateCharge carrier separationSulfur/oxygenWastewater treatment approachTiO2 hierarchical microspheresPhotocatalytic activityDefect engineeringHydrogen energyHierarchical microspheresPromising technologyHeterojunction systemEnrofloxacin degradationEnvironment applicationsWastewater treatmentCoking wastewaterOxygen vacanciesPharmaceutical wastewaterRefractory contaminantsWastewaterNanosheetsPhotocatalysisMoS2Herein
2020
Doing nano-enabled water treatment right: sustainability considerations from design and research through development and implementation
Falinski M, Turley R, Kidd J, Lounsbury A, Lanzarini-Lopes M, Backhaus A, Rudel H, Lane M, Fausey C, Barrios A, Loyo-Rosales J, Perreault F, Walker W, Stadler L, Elimelech M, Gardea-Torresdey J, Westerhoff P, Zimmerman J. Doing nano-enabled water treatment right: sustainability considerations from design and research through development and implementation. Environmental Science Nano 2020, 7: 3255-3278. DOI: 10.1039/d0en00584c.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConventional water treatment systemsWater treatment systemsUnique physicochemical propertiesBroad electromagnetic spectrumFundamental nanoscienceTreatment systemWater treatmentIndustrial wastewater treatmentWater treatment technologiesWater treatment devicesConventional water treatmentPerformance enhancementWastewater treatmentElectromagnetic spectrumTreatment technologiesIndustrial wastewaterPhysicochemical propertiesTreatment devicesSustainability considerationsDevicesWorld lack accessNanoscienceTechnology developmentContaminants of concernNano
2018
Conventional wastewater treatment and reuse site practices modify bacterial community structure but do not eliminate some opportunistic pathogens in reclaimed water
Kulkarni P, Olson N, Paulson J, Pop M, Maddox C, Claye E, Goldstein R, Sharma M, Gibbs S, Mongodin E, Sapkota A. Conventional wastewater treatment and reuse site practices modify bacterial community structure but do not eliminate some opportunistic pathogens in reclaimed water. The Science Of The Total Environment 2018, 639: 1126-1137. PMID: 29929281, PMCID: PMC8290890, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWastewater treatment plantsTreatment plantsWastewater treatmentSpray irrigation siteMunicipal wastewater treatment plantU.S. wastewater treatment plantsConventional wastewater treatmentReclaimed waterIrrigated sitesCommunity structureBacterial communitiesFuture treatment technologiesOpen-air storageOn-site treatmentTreatment technologiesAlpha diversity of bacterial communitiesUltraviolet treatmentOperational taxonomic unitsRRNA gene sequencesInfluentBacterial community structureSprayWastewaterPumphouseWater recycling
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