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Digitizing the Filtration Interface: A Smart, Modular Janus Wood Platform for Self‐Reporting Oil/Water Remediation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This work developed a smart Janus wood membrane integrating asymmetric wettability with built‐in electrical sensing for oil‐water separation. The membrane achieved > 99.5% separation efficiency and high flux by leveraging wood's natural anisotropic pore structure.
Kaiwen Chen, Cheng Hao, Wenjuan Zhao, Haonan Zhang, Yujing Tan, Fengze Sun, Xuewen Han, Hui Peng, Tianyi Zhan, Jianxiong Lyu, Ning Yan   +10 more
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Presence of antibiotics in children’s urine: a silent risk beyond drinking water

Scientific Reports
This study investigated the presence of 32 antibiotic residues in drinking water, their potential association with antibiotic concentrations in children’s urine samples, and anthropometric indicators.
Franz Zirena Vilca, Marisol Rojas Barreto, Ingrid Maldonado, Clara Nely Campos Quiróz, F. Hernández, A. M. Botero-Coy   +5 more
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Solar Concentration for Wastewaters Remediation: A Review of Materials and Technologies

Applied Sciences, 2018
As the effectiveness of conventional wastewater treatment processes is increasingly challenged by the growth of industrial activities, a demand for low-cost and low-impact treatments is emerging.
Murilo Alexandre Fendrich, Alberto Quaranta, Michele Orlandi, Marco Bettonte, Antonio Miotello   +4 more
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Pickering‐Engineered Microparticles for Magnetically Guided Motion and Light‐Triggered Catalysis

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Magnetically responsive wax microparticles stabilized by hematite cubes through the Pickering emulsification strategy are developed, showing controlled size, motion, and light‐activated catalytic activity. Annealing under a magnetic field enhances their mobility and steering.
Chiara Ferlito, Ludovico Guercio, Giuseppe Cavallaro, Giuseppe Lazzara, Theodore Hueckel, Lorenzo Lisuzzo, Stefano Sacanna   +6 more
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A Proof-of-Concept Portable Water Purification Device Obtained from PET Bottles and a Magnetite-Carbon Nanocomposite

Recycling, 2018
Widespread access to potable water is still far from being granted to populations of developing countries, especially in rural zones. For this reason, the development of easy-to-make, easy-to-use water purification devices is a topic of great social and ...
Elisabetta Gaita, Claudio Evangelisti, Guido Panzarasa   +2 more
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Tuning Amorphous‐Crystalline Catalytic Interfaces by Mechanochemistry: Cu‐Based Metallic Glasses Coupled with Ceria for CO Oxidation

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Ball‐milling Cu‐based metallic glasses with ceria creates a unique nanostructure where metallic glass particles are wrapped by CeO2 nanoparticles. The intimate integration triggers copper state reorganization during reaction and aging, boosting CO oxidation and COPrOx activity.
Maahin Mirzay‐Shahim, Mehran Nabahat, Laia Pascua‐Solé, Isabel Serrano, Ilaria Lucentini, Xènia Garcia, Marina Armengol‐Profitós, Asier Agrelo‐Lestón, Ignasi Burgués‐Ceballos, Núria J. Divins, Ignacio J. Villar‐Garcia, Virginia Pérez‐Dieste, Carlos Escudero, Carlo Marini, Jordi Llorca, Eloi Pineda, Pere Bruna, Lluís Soler   +17 more
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Endophytes Enhance Rice Inorganic Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Mitigate Nitrogen Loss Via Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction To Ammonium in Paddy Soils

Rice
Rice cultivation involves the large amounts of fertilizers application, but nitrogen (N) use efficiency remains low. Endophytes are considered key microorganisms that regulate nitrogen utilization and gaseous nitrogen loss in rice paddy ecosystems ...
Mengting Liu, Ting Liu, Zixian Zhang, Jinzhi Yao, Xiao Xiao, Huanhuan An, Pangzhi Wei, Xubiao Luo, Shuping Qin   +8 more
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Processing Fluorescence Spectra for Pollutants Detection Systems in Inland Waters

Sensors, 2020
Development of contaminant detection systems in various natural and industrial environments has been favored in recent years thanks to the evolution of processors and sensors. Our group works specifically on contaminant detection systems in inland waters:
F. Jose Arques-Orobon, Francisco Prieto-Castrillo, Neftali Nuñez, Vicente Gonzalez-Posadas   +3 more
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Polysaccharides as Economic and Sustainable Raw Materials for the Preparation of Adsorbents for Water Treatment

Polysaccharides, 2023
Adsorption processes, due to their technical simplicity and cost-effectiveness, have arisen as one of the most well-known, straightforward solutions to water pollution.
Gema Díaz Bukvic, Ezequiel Rossi, María Inés Errea   +2 more
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Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Advances and Prospects

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles offer unique properties like high surface area, tunable pores, and functionalization. They excel in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and stimuli‐responsive therapies, enabling targeted and controlled treatments. With roles in cancer therapy and diagnostics, their clinical translation requires addressing challenges in ...
Miguel Manzano, María Vallet‐Regí
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