Keisuke Kuroda, René Itten, Lubomira Kovalova, Christoph Ort, David Weissbrodt, and Christa S. McArdell
Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted
Publication Date (Web): March 24, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00653
A model to predict the mass flows and concentrations of pharmaceuticals predominantly used in hospitals across a large number of sewage treatment plant (STP) effluents and river waters was developed at high spatial resolution. It comprised 427 geo-...
Hui Wang, Xiaoyu Gu, and Chaoyang Wang
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8 (14), pp 9413–9422
Publication Date (Web): March 23, 2016 (Research Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b00197
We fabricate a kind of catalytic self-propelling hydrogel soft motor (H-motor) via a facile injection loading method with low energy consumption. The factors influencing the practicability of H-motors, including locomotive ability and reusability, are ...
Diana Vilela, Jemish Parmar, Yongfei Zeng, Yanli Zhao, and Samuel Sánchez
Nano Lett., 2016, 16 (4), pp 2860–2866
Publication Date (Web): March 21, 2016 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00768
Heavy metal contamination in water is a serious risk to the public health and other life forms on earth. Current research in nanotechnology is developing new nanosystems and nanomaterials for the fast and efficient removal of pollutants and heavy metals ...
Kazuya Yoshimura, Yuichi Onda, and Taeko Wakahara
Environ. Sci. Technol., Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable)
Publication Date (Web): March 21, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05513
The concentration of particulate 137Cs in paddy fields, which can be a major source of 137Cs entering the water system, was studied following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. To parametrize the concentration and to estimate the time ...
Saikat Dutta, Shu-Yun Huang, Cephas Chen, Jeffrey E. Chen, Zeid A. Alothman, Yusuke Yamauchi, Chia-Hung Hou, and Kevin C.-W. Wu
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2016, 4 (4), pp 1885–1893
Publication Date (Web): March 18, 2016 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b01587
We demonstrate a cellulose-templating method for synthesizing a hierarchically porous carbon electrode that is capable of high-performance capacitive deionization (CDI). Hierarchically porous carbons (denoted as HPC-X, X = 500–900 °C) of an exceptionally ...
Cellulose-framework templated hierarchically porous carbon materials were synthesized and used for capacitive deionization of brackish water.
Fengxia Yang, Daqing Mao, Hao Zhou, Xiaolong Wang, and Yi Luo
Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 2016, 3 (4), pp 138–143
Publication Date (Web): March 10, 2016 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00036
The emergence and spread of NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1) are of great concern to public health. Our previous study reported the occurrence and persistence of NDM-1 genes in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). In this study, the occurrence and ...
Jay R. Werber, Akshay Deshmukh, and Menachem Elimelech
Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 2016, 3 (4), pp 112–120
Publication Date (Web): March 7, 2016 (Review)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00050
Desalination membranes are essential for the treatment of unconventional water sources, such as seawater and wastewater, to alleviate water scarcity. Promising research efforts on novel membrane materials may yield significant performance gains over state-...
Sae Yun Kwon, Joel D. Blum, Celia Y. Chen, Dustin E. Meattey, and Robert P. Mason
Environ. Sci. Technol., 2016, 50 (6), pp 3283–3283
Publication Date (Web): March 7, 2016 (Addition/Correction)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00898
Tzu-Yu Lin, Chia-Cheng Wei, Chi-Wei Huang, Chun-Han Chang, Fu-Lan Hsu, and Vivian Hsiu-Chuan Liao
J. Agric. Food Chem., 2016, 64 (11), pp 2214–2222
Publication Date (Web): March 3, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b00253
Arsenic (As) is a human carcinogen, and arsenic contamination in groundwater is a worldwide public health concern. Arsenic-affected areas are found in many places but are reported mostly in agricultural farmlands, yet the interaction of fertilizers, ...
Ningyi Chen, Yujie Zhang, Hongyu Liu, Xiaoxia Wu, Yonglong Li, Lijing Miao, Zheyu Shen, and Aiguo Wu
ACS Sens., Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable)
Publication Date (Web): March 3, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.6b00001
Mercury ion (Hg2+) arising from a variety of natural sources and industrial wastes has been widely recognized as one of the most hazardous pollutants. It is very important to develop highly selective and sensitive probe for rapid detection of Hg2+ in ...
Heinz P. Singer, Annika E. Wössner, Christa S. McArdell, and Kathrin Fenner
Environ. Sci. Technol., Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable)
Publication Date (Web): March 3, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03332
Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) have raised considerable concern over the past decade due to their widespread detection in water resources and their potential to affect ecosystem health. This triggered many attempts to prioritize the large number ...
Jin Yong Choi, Kerry A. Kinney, and Lynn E. Katz
Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted
Publication Date (Web): February 29, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05255
The role of calcite heterogeneous nucleation was studied in a particle coagulation treatment process for removing microalgae from water. Batch experiments were conducted with Scenedesmus sp. and Chlorella sp. in the presence and absence of carbonate and ...
Dongyan Li, Jian Hu, Ze-Xian Low, Zhaoxiang Zhong, and Yong Wang
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2016, 55 (10), pp 2806–2812
Publication Date (Web): February 29, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b00086
Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) is one of the most common membrane materials, but the intrinsic hydrophobic nature is a major reason for deteriorating performances in water purification. In this work, the influences of atomic layer deposition (...
Eric W. Chan, John D. Kessler, Alan M. Shiller, DongJoo Joung, and Frank Colombo
Environ. Sci. Technol., 2016, 50 (6), pp 3039–3046
Publication Date (Web): February 26, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04304
Previous studies of microbially mediated methane oxidation in oceanic environments have examined the many different factors that control the rates of oxidation. However, there is debate on what factor(s) are limiting in these types of environments. These ...
Stephanie Loeb, Ron Hofmann, and Jae-Hong Kim
Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 2016, 3 (3), pp 73–80
Publication Date (Web): February 25, 2016 (Review)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00023
This critical review analyzes and compares the efficiency of select technologies that harness solar energy for point-of-use water disinfection, including photocatalysts, photosensitizing chromophores, UVC light-emitting diodes, and visible-to-UVC ...
Yi Shen, Ling Li, Kaijun Xiao, and Jingyu Xi
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2016, 4 (4), pp 2351–2358
Publication Date (Web): February 23, 2016 (Research Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b00030
Developing high-performance nanostructured sorbents for water treatment is of great importance. Herein, we report a facile strategy to fabricate three-dimensional hierarchical architectures by integrating carbon nanofibers (CNFs) into macroscopic graphite ...
Three-dimensional hierarchical CNF@GF monoliths were utilized as versatile sorbents to remove Pb2+, Congo red, organic solvents, and oils from water solutions.
Environ. Sci. Technol., 2016, 50 (6), pp 2765–2766
Publication Date (Web): February 23, 2016 (Viewpoint)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00679
Matthew Cole, Penelope K. Lindeque, Elaine Fileman, James Clark, Ceri Lewis, Claudia Halsband, and Tamara S. Galloway
Environ. Sci. Technol., 2016, 50 (6), pp 3239–3246
Publication Date (Web): February 23, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05905
Plastic debris is a widespread contaminant, prevalent in aquatic ecosystems across the globe. Zooplankton readily ingest microscopic plastic (microplastic, < 1 mm), which are later egested within their faecal pellets. These pellets are a source of food ...
Sarah-Jane Haig, Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay, Gavin Collins, and Christopher Quince
Environ. Sci. Technol., 2016, 50 (6), pp 3101–3110
Publication Date (Web): February 19, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05027
Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), such as estrogens, is a growing issue for human and animal health as they have been shown to cause reproductive and developmental abnormalities in wildlife and plants and have been linked to male ...
Sarah G. Pati, Hans-Peter E. Kohler, Anna Pabis, Piotr Paneth, Rebecca E. Parales, and Thomas B. Hofstetter
Environ. Sci. Technol., Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable)
Publication Date (Web): February 19, 2016 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05084
Compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) is a promising approach for tracking biotransformation of organic pollutants, but isotope fractionation associated with aromatic oxygenations is only poorly understood. We investigated the dioxygenation of a ...
