Patil, Nikhil Avinash Gore, Prakash Macchindra Prakash, Niranjana Jaya Govindaraj, Premika Yadav, Ramdayal Verma, Vivek Shanmugarajan, Dhivya Patil, Shivanand Kore, Abhay Kandasubramanian, Balasubramanian
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Chemical Engineering Journal
The emergence of COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected human health and world economies. According to WHO guidelines, continuous use of face mask is mandatory for personal protection for restricting the spread of bacteria and virus. Here, we report a 3-ply cotton-PLA-cotton layered biodegradable face-mask containing encapsulated phytochemicals in...
Kumaravel, Vignesh Nair, Keerthi M. Mathew, Snehamol Bartlett, John Kennedy, James E. Manning, Hugh G. Whelan, Barry J. Leyland, Nigel S. Pillai, Suresh C.
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Chemical Engineering Journal
Engineering of self-disinfecting surfaces to constrain the spread of SARS-CoV-2 is a challenging task for the scientific community, because the human coronavirus spreads through respiratory droplets. Titania (TiO2) nanocomposite antimicrobial coatings is one of the ideal remedies to disinfect pathogens (virus, bacteria, fungi) from common surfaces ...
Li, Xuan Zhang, Shuxin Shi, Jiahua Luby, Stephen P. Jiang, Guangming
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Chemical Engineering Journal
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a promising approach for estimating population-wide COVID-19 prevalence through detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA in wastewater. However, various methodological challenges associated with WBE would affect the accuracy of prevalence estimation. To date, the overall un...
Tong, Yimin Shi, Gansheng Hu, Gaowei Hu, Xiaoyou Han, Lin Xie, Xiaofeng Xu, Yongfen Zhang, Rong Sun, Jing Zhong, Jin
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Chemical Engineering Journal
Previous observations have been reported that viruses were inactivated using strong irradiation. Here, new evidence was disclosed by studying the effects of nanosized TiO2 on viral pathogens under a low irradiation condition (0.4 mW/cm2 at UVA band) that mimics the field setting. We showed that photo-activated TiO2 efficiently inhibits hepatitis C ...
Jung, Sungyup Lee, Sangyoon Dou, Xiaomin Kwon, Eilhann E
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Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996)
It becomes common to wear a disposable face mask to protect from coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) amid this pandemic. However, massive generations of contaminated face mask cause environmental concerns because current disposal processes (i.e., incineration and reclamation) for them release toxic chemicals. The disposable mask is made of different ...
Patrício Silva, Ana L Prata, Joana C Walker, Tony R Duarte, Armando C Ouyang, Wei Barcelò, Damià Rocha-Santos, Teresa
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Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996)
Plastics have become a severe transboundary threat to natural ecosystems and human health, with studies predicting a twofold increase in the number of plastic debris (including micro and nano-sized plastics) by 2030. However, such predictions will likely be aggravated by the excessive use and consumption of single-use plastics (including personal p...
Mohan, S Venkata Hemalatha, Manupati Kopperi, Harishankar Ranjith, I Kumar, A Kiran
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Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996)
The unprecedented global spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused by SARS-CoV-2 is depicting the distressing pandemic consequence on human health, economy as well as ecosystem services. So far novel coronavirus (CoV) outbreaks were associated with SARS-CoV-2 (2019), middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV, 2012),...
Li, Fanghua Hülsey, Max J Yan, Ning Dai, Yanjun Wang, Chi-Hwa
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Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996)
Key challenges for the application of biodiesel include their high acid value, high viscosity, and low ester content. It is essential to develop later-generation biodiesel from unexploited non-food resources for a more sustainable future. Reuse of biowaste is critically important to address these issues of food safety and sustainability. Thus, the ...
Tobaldi, D M Dvoranová, D Lajaunie, L Rozman, N Figueiredo, B Seabra, M P Škapin, A Sever Calvino, J J Brezová, V Labrincha, J A
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Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996)
Outdoor and indoor air pollution has become a global concern in modern society. Although many policies and regulations on air quality have been promulgated worldwide over the past decades, airborne pollution still negatively affects health and therefore the life-style of human beings. One of the strategies to challenge this problem might be reducin...
Yang, Xiuru Chen, Zhi Zhao, Wan Liu, Chunxi Qian, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Ming Wei, Guoying Khan, Eakalak Hau Ng, Yun Sik Ok, Yong
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Chemical engineering journal (Lausanne, Switzerland : 1996)
Antibiotics are widely present in the environment due to their extensive and long-term use in modern medicine. The presence and dispersal of these compounds in the environment lead to the dissemination of antibiotic residues, thereby seriously threatening human and ecosystem health. Thus, the effective management of antibiotic residues in water and...
