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ArticleCurrent opinion in chemical engineering2021

Utilizing the Broad Electromagnetic Spectrum and Unique Nanoscale Properties for Chemical-Free Water Treatment.

Paul Westerhoff, Pedro J J Alvarez, Jaehong Kim, Qilin Li, Alessandro Alabastri, Naomi J Halas, Dino Villagran, Julie Zimmerman, Michael S Wong

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Article in Current opinion in chemical engineering, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Paul WesterhoffSchool of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-3005, United States.
Pedro J J AlvarezCivil and Environmental Engineering, Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Jaehong KimDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), Yale University, 17 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States.
Qilin LiCivil and Environmental Engineering, Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Alessandro AlabastriDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Naomi J HalasDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005.
Dino VillagranDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
Julie ZimmermanSchool of the Environment, Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
Michael S WongDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, United States.
Systems Engineering Research CenterYale University · USArizona State University · USNeoPhotonics (United States) · USThe University of Texas at El Paso · US

Funding

Spatial patterns of metals and metal mixtures in drinking waterP42ES030990 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI LU, QUAN · 2020 to 2024
$8.3M
NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES030990
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clean water is critical for drinking, industrial processes, and aquatic organisms. Existing water treatment and infrastructure are chemically-intensive and based on nearly century-old technologies that fail to meet modern large and decentralized communities. The next-generation of water processes can transition from outdated technologies by utilizing nanomaterials to harness energy from across the electromagnetic spectrum, enabling electrified and solar-based technologies. The last decade was marked by tremendous improvements in nanomaterial design, synthesis, characterization, and assessment of material properties. Realizing the benefits of these advances requires placing greater attention on embedding nanomaterials onto and into surfaces within reactors and applying external energy sources. This will allow nanomaterial-based processes to replace Victorian-aged, chemical intensive water treatment technologies.

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Identifiers

PMID34804780
PMCPMC8597955
OpenAlexW3185294975

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