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ArticleScientific reports2020

Added value recyclability of glass fiber waste as photo-oxidation catalyst for toxic cytostatic micropollutants.

Gheorghe Nechifor, Eugenia Eftimie Totu, Aurelia Cristina Nechifor, Lucian Constantin, Alina Mirela Constantin, Mihaela Elena Cărăuşu, Ibrahim Isildak

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Gheorghe NechiforFaculty of Applied Chemistry and Material Science, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, 060042, Bucharest, Romania.
Eugenia Eftimie TotuFaculty of Applied Chemistry and Material Science, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, 060042, Bucharest, Romania. eugenia.totu@upb.ro.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7040-5060
Aurelia Cristina NechiforFaculty of Applied Chemistry and Material Science, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, 060042, Bucharest, Romania.
Lucian ConstantinNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology - ECOIND Bucharest, 71-73 Drumul Podul Dambovitei Str., 060652, Bucharest, Romania.
Alina Mirela ConstantinNational Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology - ECOIND Bucharest, 71-73 Drumul Podul Dambovitei Str., 060652, Bucharest, Romania.
Mihaela Elena CărăuşuDepartment of Public Health and Management, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115, Iasi, Romania.
Ibrahim IsildakDepartment of Bioengineering, Faculty of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, 34210, Esenler-Istanbul, Turkey.
University of Bucharest · RONational Institute for Research and Development for Industrial Ecology · ROGrigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROYıldız Technical University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is an increased interest in recycling valuable waste materials for usage in procedures with high added values. Silica microparticles are involved in the processes of catalysis, separation, immobilization of complexants, biologically active compounds, and different nanospecies, responding to restrictive requirements for selectivity of various chemical and biochemical processes. This paper presents the surface modification of accessible and dimensionally controlled recycled silica microfiber with titanium dioxide. Strong base species in organic solvents: methoxide, ethoxide, propoxide, and potassium butoxide in corresponding alcohol, activated the glass microfibres with 12-13 µm diameter. In the photo-oxidation process of a toxic micro-pollutant, cyclophosphamide, the new composite material successfully proved photocatalytic effectiveness. The present work fulfills simultaneously two specific objectives related to the efforts directed towards a sustainable environment and circular economy: recycling of optical glass microfibers resulted as waste from the industry, and their usage for the photo-oxidation of highly toxic emerging micro-pollutants.

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Photochemical ProcessesWaste ProductsCatalysisCytostatic AgentsEnvironmental PollutantsGlassMicrospheresOxidation-ReductionRecyclingSilicon DioxideSurface PropertiesTitaniumCytostatic AgentsEnvironmental PollutantsfiberglassSilicon DioxideTitaniumtitanium dioxideWaste Products

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PMID31924816
PMCPMC6954219
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