2024
Assessing the Progress toward a Water-Efficient Economy in the United States from 1985 to 2015
Du Y, Wang R, Zimmerman J. Assessing the Progress toward a Water-Efficient Economy in the United States from 1985 to 2015. Environmental Science And Technology 2024, 58: 8696-8708. PMID: 38717867, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c09219.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAgricultural water use efficiencyWater use efficiencySustainable Development Goal 6Water priceEconomic growthTime series analysisUnited Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6Economic dataEquitable developmentAffluent statesWater withdrawalEffective water planningUS statesWater planningLocal communitiesWater utilitiesSeries analysisUS countiesGoal 6Increasing industrializationUse concernsUnited StatesNational trendsPriceCommunity
2020
Exploring the Mechanisms of Selectivity for Environmentally Significant Oxo-Anion Removal during Water Treatment: A Review of Common Competing Oxo-Anions and Tools for Quantifying Selective Adsorption
Pincus L, Rudel H, Petrović P, Gupta S, Westerhoff P, Muhich C, Zimmerman J. Exploring the Mechanisms of Selectivity for Environmentally Significant Oxo-Anion Removal during Water Treatment: A Review of Common Competing Oxo-Anions and Tools for Quantifying Selective Adsorption. Environmental Science And Technology 2020, 54: 9769-9790. PMID: 32515947, PMCID: PMC10514893, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01666.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelective adsorbentDensity functional theorySelective adsorptionSelectivity of materialsOxo anionsNovel adsorbentCompetitive adsorptionElectrostatic interactionsSurface complexationMechanism of selectivityAdsorptive competitionSteric hindranceAdsorbentFunctional theoryAdsorptionSorption sitesWater treatmentSelectivityPollutant removal potentialRemoval potentialComplexationMechanistic approachMaterialsBase hardnessHindrance
2003
Design of Hard Water Stable Emulsifier Systems for Petroleum- and Bio-based Semi-synthetic Metalworking Fluids
Zimmerman J, Clarens A, Hayes K, Skerlos S. Design of Hard Water Stable Emulsifier Systems for Petroleum- and Bio-based Semi-synthetic Metalworking Fluids. Environmental Science And Technology 2003, 37: 5278-5288. PMID: 14700311, DOI: 10.1021/es034437t.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHard water conditionsEmulsifier systemMolar ratioWater stabilitySurfactant molar ratioMetalworking fluidsParticle size stabilityLife cycle environmental impactsSemi-synthetic metalworking fluidsOil rejectionAnionic surfactantEmulsion destabilizationNonionic surfactantsEmulsion stabilityContact angleWater conditionsTorque efficiencyOil-based formulationSurfactantsTotal surfactantMWF formulationsMineral oilExtended lifetimeSize stabilityBio