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ArticlePloS one2013

Photocatalytic degradation of bacteriophages evidenced by atomic force microscopy.

Emrecan Soylemez, Maarten P de Boer, Udom Sae-Ueng, Alex Evilevitch, Tom A Stewart, May Nyman

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. An approach to the photocatalytic mechanism in the TiOApplied catalysis. B, Environmental · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Emrecan SoylemezMechanical Engineering Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Maarten P de Boer
Udom Sae-Ueng
Alex Evilevitch
Tom A Stewart
May Nyman

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methods to supply fresh water are becoming increasingly critical as the world population continues to grow. Small-diameter hazardous microbes such as viruses (20-100 nm diameter) can be filtered by size exclusion, but in this approach the filters are fouled. Thus, in our research, we are investigating an approach in which filters will be reusable. When exposed to ultraviolet (UV) illumination, titanate materials photocatalytically evolve (•)OH and O2(•-) radicals, which attack biological materials. In the proposed approach, titanate nanosheets are deposited on a substrate. Viruses adsorb on these nanosheets and degrade when exposed to UV light. Using atomic force microscopy (AFM), we image adsorbed viruses and demonstrate that they are removed by UV illumination in the presence of the nanosheets, but not in their absence.

Indexed as

Microscopy, Atomic ForceWater MicrobiologyAdsorptionBacteriophagesCatalysisCell AdhesionElectrodesFiltrationNanoparticlesNanotechnologyParticle SizePhotochemistrySurface PropertiesTitaniumUltraviolet RaysWater PurificationTitanium

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PMID23301095
PMCPMC3536765

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