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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2026

Drinking Water Disinfection Using Nutritional Level Zinc Assisted with Electric Field Treatment.

Wei Wang, Mourin Jarin, Farshid Khan, Feiyang Mo, Shuai Wang, Kaiqin Bian, Anuja Tripathi, Ameet J Pinto, Xing Xie

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2026. 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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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Wei WangSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6231-2216
Mourin JarinSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID 0009-0002-1514-4990
Farshid KhanSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.
Feiyang MoSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID 0009-0002-6844-1761
Shuai WangSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6181-1371
Kaiqin BianSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.
Anuja TripathiSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.
Ameet J PintoSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1089-5664
Xing XieSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2253-0964

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Next-generation drinking water treatment should not only ensure effective disinfection without generating harmful byproducts but also contribute to human health. Herein, we report the first demonstration of a combined electric field treatment and zinc (EFT-Zn) process that achieves water disinfection at Zn concentrations within safe and nutritionally beneficial limits, providing a previously unexplored approach for applying Zn in drinking water disinfection. Using a lab-on-a-chip device, we directly visualized and quantified the synergistic effect between electric field exposure and Zn < 5 mg/L for microbial inactivation. This synergistic mechanism was further validated in a bench-scale continuous-flow reactor, achieving ∼3-log inactivation of

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DisinfectionDrinking WaterWater PurificationZincElectricityEscherichia coliDrinking WaterZincchlorine-free disinfectionelectric field treatmentelectroporationmicrobial inactivationzinc fortification

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PMCPMC13173648

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