Applications of nanotechnology in water and wastewater treatment

The Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles: The Influence of Size, Shape, and Dielectric Environment

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Probing Single Molecules and Single Nanoparticles by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

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The Future of Seawater Desalination: Energy, Technology, and the Environment

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TiO2 photocatalysis and related surface phenomena

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Electrospinning of Nanofibers: Reinventing the Wheel?

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Recent developments in photocatalytic water treatment technology: A review

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Calculated Absorption and Scattering Properties of Gold Nanoparticles of Different Size, Shape, and Composition: Applications in Biological Imaging and Biomedicine

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A review and recent developments in photocatalytic water-splitting using TiO2 for hydrogen production

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A mechanistic study of the antibacterial effect of silver ions onEscherichia coli andStaphylococcus aureus

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Water conduction through the hydrophobic channel of a carbon nanotube

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Fast Mass Transport Through Sub-2-Nanometer Carbon Nanotubes

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Extreme Oxygen Sensitivity of Electronic Properties of Carbon Nanotubes

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Antibacterial Activity of Graphite, Graphite Oxide, Graphene Oxide, and Reduced Graphene Oxide: Membrane and Oxidative Stress

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Advanced Carbon Electrode Materials for Molecular Electrochemistry

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Antimicrobial nanomaterials for water disinfection and microbial control: Potential applications and implications

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Dendrimer-Encapsulated Metal Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications to Catalysis

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Negligible Particle-Specific Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles

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A review of water treatment membrane nanotechnologies

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Towards a definition of inorganic nanoparticles from an environmental, health and safety perspective

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Surface‐enhanced Raman spectroscopy: a brief retrospective

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Synthesis of Titania Nanosheets with a High Percentage of Exposed (001) Facets and Related Photocatalytic Properties

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Environmental Applications of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials

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Understanding Polymorphic Phase Transformation Behavior during Growth of Nanocrystalline Aggregates: Insights from TiO 2

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Carbon Nanomaterials in Biosensors: Should You Use Nanotubes or Graphene?

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Role of Particle Size in Nanocrystalline TiO 2 -Based Photocatalysts

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Electrospun nanofibers: solving global issues

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Localized surface plasmon resonance: Nanostructures, bioassays and biosensing—A review

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Interfacial polymerization of thin film nanocomposites: A new concept for reverse osmosis membranes

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Adsorption Mechanisms of Organic Chemicals on Carbon Nanotubes

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Low-Field Magnetic Separation of Monodisperse Fe 3 O 4 Nanocrystals

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Antibacterial Effects of Carbon Nanotubes: Size Does Matter!

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Sorption of divalent metal ions from aqueous solution by carbon nanotubes: A review

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The efficiency and mechanisms of catalytic ozonation

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Adsorption of Organic Compounds by Carbon Nanomaterials in Aqueous Phase: Polanyi Theory and Its Application

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Interaction of silver nitrate with readily identifiable groups: relationship to the antibacterialaction of silver ions

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Competitive adsorption of Pb2+, Cu2+ and Cd2+ ions from aqueous solutions by multiwalled carbon nanotubes

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Self‐Organized TiO 2 Nanotube Layers as Highly Efficient Photocatalysts

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Polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes impregnated with silver nanoparticles show improved biofouling resistance and virus removal

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Mechanisms for strong adsorption of tetracycline to carbon nanotubes: A comparative study using activated carbon and graphite as adsorbents

Ji, L., Chen, W., Duan, L., & Zhu, D. (2009) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es803268b · Cited by 801 · see citing works

Nanotechnology for a Safe and Sustainable Water Supply: Enabling Integrated Water Treatment and Reuse

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Adsorption of Polar and Nonpolar Organic Chemicals to Carbon Nanotubes

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Platinized WO3 as an Environmental Photocatalyst that Generates OH Radicals under Visible Light

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Adsorption thermodynamic, kinetic and desorption studies of Pb2+ on carbon nanotubes

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Detection and characterization of engineered nanoparticles in food and the environment

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Highly permeable polymeric membranes based on the incorporation of the functional water channel protein Aquaporin Z

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Anatase TiO2 with Dominant High-Energy {001} Facets: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

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Ion exclusion by sub-2-nm carbon nanotube pores

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Adsorption of Phenolic Compounds by Carbon Nanotubes: Role of Aromaticity and Substitution of Hydroxyl Groups

Lin, D., & Xing, B. (2008) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es801297u · Cited by 594 · see citing works

Fabrication and characterization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes/polymer blend membranes

Choi, J.-H., Jegal, J., & Kim, W.-N. (2006) · Journal of Membrane Science · doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2006.08.013 · Cited by 588 · see citing works

Signal amplification using functional nanomaterials for biosensing

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Decentralized systems for potable water and the potential of membrane technology

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Differential Effect of Common Ligands and Molecular Oxygen on Antimicrobial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles versus Silver Ions

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Electronic-Structure-Dependent Bacterial Cytotoxicity of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

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Sol–gel preparation of mesoporous photocatalytic TiO2 films and TiO2/Al2O3 composite membranes for environmental applications

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Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes as a Solid-Phase Extraction Adsorbent for the Determination of Bisphenol A, 4-n-Nonylphenol, and 4-tert-Octylphenol

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Effect of TiO2 nanoparticles on fouling mitigation of ultrafiltration membranes for activated sludge filtration

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Identifying the Mechanism of Biosensing with Carbon Nanotube Transistors

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A Single‐Walled‐Carbon‐Nanotube Filter for Removal of Viral and Bacterial Pathogens

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The effect of nanocrystalline magnetite size on arsenic removal

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Comparative Photoactivity and Antibacterial Properties of C60 Fullerenes and Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles

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Polyamide thin-film nanofiltration membranes containing TiO2 nanoparticles

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Influence of Zeolite Crystal Size on Zeolite-Polyamide Thin Film Nanocomposite Membranes

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Adsorption and Hysteresis of Bisphenol A and 17α-Ethinyl Estradiol on Carbon Nanomaterials

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Effect of magnetite particle size on adsorption and desorption of arsenite and arsenate

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Aqueous Adsorption of Aniline, Phenol, and their Substitutes by Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

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Nano‐adsorbents for the removal of metallic pollutants from water and wastewater

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Engineered Graphite Oxide Materials for Application in Water Purification

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Physicochemical Determinants of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Bacterial Cytotoxicity

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Electrochemical Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Filter for Viral and Bacterial Removal and Inactivation

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Dye-doped nanoparticles for bioanalysis

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Selective Removal of Heavy Metals from Industrial Wastewater Using Maghemite Nanoparticle: Performance and Mechanisms

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Covalent Binding of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes to Polyamide Membranes for Antimicrobial Surface Properties

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Ultrasensitive Sensing of Hg2+ and CH3Hg+ Based on the Fluorescence Quenching of Lysozyme Type VI-Stabilized Gold Nanoclusters

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Evaluation of a photocatalytic reactor membrane pilot system for the removal of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds from water

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Modeling Cd and Zn Sorption to Hydrous Metal Oxides

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Biocompatible fluorescent nanocrystals for immunolabeling of membrane proteins and cells

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Using nanocomposite materials technology to understand and control reverse osmosis membrane compaction

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Dendrimer Enhanced Ultrafiltration. 1. Recovery of Cu(II) from Aqueous Solutions Using PAMAM Dendrimers with Ethylene Diamine Core and Terminal NH2 Groups

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Preconcentration of some trace elements via using multiwalled carbon nanotubes as solid phase extraction adsorbent

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Shape-Controlled Anatase Titanium(IV) Oxide Particles Prepared by Hydrothermal Treatment of Peroxo Titanic Acid in the Presence of Polyvinyl Alcohol

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Sorption of As(V) ions by akaganéite-type nanocrystals

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Removal of Zinc(II) from Aqueous Solution by Purified Carbon Nanotubes: Kinetics and Equilibrium Studies

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Antifouling Ultrafiltration Membranes via Post-Fabrication Grafting of Biocidal Nanomaterials

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Electrochemical Carbon-Nanotube Filter Performance toward Virus Removal and Inactivation in the Presence of Natural Organic Matter

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Nanomaterial Enabled Biosensors for Pathogen Monitoring - A Review

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Preparation of Nitrogen-Substituted TiO2 Thin Film Photocatalysts by the Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering Deposition Method and Their Photocatalytic Reactivity under Visible Light Irradiation

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The stability of polymeric membranes in a TiO2 photocatalysis process

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Sorption materials for arsenic removal from water:

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Oxidation of organics in retentates from reverse osmosis wastewater reuse facilities

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Hydrophilic Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Performance in Forward Osmosis Processes

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Tailoring the Structure of Thin Film Nanocomposite Membranes to Achieve Seawater RO Membrane Performance

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Enhanced Adsorption of Arsenic onto Maghemites Nanoparticles: As(III) as a Probe of the Surface Structure and Heterogeneity

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Preparation and properties of novel organic–inorganic porous membranes

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Uptake of rare earth elements from solution by metal oxides

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Analytical chemistry of metallic nanoparticles in natural environments

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Influence of inorganic fillers on the compaction behaviour of porous polymer based membranes

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A low-energy forward osmosis process to produce drinking water

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Ozonation of model organic compounds catalysed by nanostructured cerium oxides

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Effect of mobile cation on zeolite-polyamide thin film nanocomposite membranes

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Supported Lipid Bilayer Membranes for Water Purification by Reverse Osmosis

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Antimicrobial Applications of Electroactive PVK-SWNT Nanocomposites

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A Hybrid Sorbent Utilizing Nanoparticles of Hydrous Iron Oxide for Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water

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