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Hydrophobic-modified metal-hydroxide nanoflocculants enable one-step removal of multi-contaminants for drinking water production.

Zhen Yang, Lina Zhao, Min Hu, Di Cai, Ziqi Tian, Jan Baeyens, Raf Dewil, Peiyong Qin, Weiben Yang, Nigel J D Graham

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Article in iScience, 2021. 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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Zhen YangSchool of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Material Cycling and Pollution Control, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China.
Lina ZhaoSchool of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Material Cycling and Pollution Control, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China.
Min HuSchool of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Material Cycling and Pollution Control, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China.
Di CaiCollege of Life Science and Technology, National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
Ziqi TianNingbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315000, China.
Jan BaeyensCollege of Life Science and Technology, National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
Raf DewilDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Process and Environmental Technology Lab, KU Leuven, 2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium.
Peiyong QinCollege of Life Science and Technology, National Energy R&D Center for Biorefinery, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
Weiben YangSchool of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Material Cycling and Pollution Control, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China.
Nigel J D GrahamDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flocculation is a mainstream technology for the provision of safe drinking water but is limited due to the ineffectiveness of conventional flocculants in removing trace low-molecular-weight emerging contaminants. We described a synthesis strategy for the development of high-performance nanoflocculants (hydrophobic-organic-chain-modified metal hydroxides [HOC-M]), imitating surfactant-assembling nano-micelles, by integration of long hydrophobic chains with traditional inorganic metal (Fe/Al/Ti)-based flocculants. The core-shell nanostructure was highly stable in acidic stock solution and transformed to meso-scale coagulation nuclei in real surface water. In both jar and continuous-flow tests, HOC-M was superior over conventional flocculants in removing many contaminants (turbidity, UV

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