Project Publications: Louisiana State University: Activation, Sensing, and Prevention of Formation EPFRs in Thermal Treatment of Superfund Wastes

Superfund Research Program

Activation, Sensing, and Prevention of Formation EPFRs in Thermal Treatment of Superfund Wastes

Project Leader: Slawomir Lomnicki
Co-Investigator: Lavrent Khachatryan
Grant Number: P42ES013648
Funding Period: 2011-2025

Publications

2023

• Yamamoto A, Sly PD, Chew KY, Khachatryan L, Begum N, Yeo AJ, Vu LD, Short KR, Cormier SA, Fantino E. 2023. Environmentally persistent free radicals enhance SARS-CoV-2 replication in respiratory epithelium. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) doi:10.1177/15353702221142616 PMID:36628928 PMCID:PMC9836833

2022

• Baltrenaite-Gediene E, Lomnicki S, Guo C. 2022. Impact of biochar, fertilizers and cultivation type on environmentally persistent free radicals in agricultural soil. Environ Technol Innov 28:doi:10.1016/j.eti.2022.102755
• Khachatryan L, Barekati-Goudarzi M, Asatryan R, Ozarowski A, Boldor D, Lomnicki S, Cormier SA. 2022. Metal-free Biomass-Derived Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals (Bio-EPFRs) from lignin pyrolysis. ACS Omega 7(34):30241-30249. doi:10.1021/acsomega.2c03381 PMID:36061701 PMCID:PMC9434622

2021

• Guan X, Truong L, Lomnicki S, Tanguay RL, Cormier SA. 2021. Developmental hazard of environmentally persistent free radicals and protective effect of TEMPOL in zebrafish model. Toxics 9:doi:10.3390/toxics9010012 PMID:33467068 PMCID:PMC7829864
• Guo C, Hasan F, Lay D, dela Cruz AL, Ghimire A, Lomnicki S. 2021. Phytosampling - A supplementary tool for particulate matter (PM) speciation characterization. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 28(29):39310-39321. doi:10.1007/s11356-021-13292-z PMID:33755885

2019

• Guan X, Ghimire A, Potter PM, Lomnicki S. 2019. Role of Fe2O3 in fly ash surrogate on PCDD/Fs formation from 2-monochlorophenol. Chemosphere 226:809-816. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.03.175 PMID:30965252 PMCID:PMC6504581

2018

• Potter PM, Guan X, Lomnicki S. 2018. Synergy of iron and copper oxides in the catalytic formation of PCDD/Fs from 2-monochlorophenol. Chemosphere 203:96-103. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.03.118 PMID:29614415 PMCID:PMC5911412
• Vejerano E, Rao G, Khachatryan L, Cormier SA, Lomnicki S. 2018. Environmentally persistent free radicals: insights on a new class of pollutants. Environ Sci Technol 52:2468-2481. doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b04439 PMID:29443514

2017

• Feld-Cook EE, Bovenkamp-Langlois L, Lomnicki S. 2017. Effect of particulate matter mineral composition on Environmentally Persistent Free Radical (EPFR) formation. Environ Sci Technol 51(18):10396-10402. doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b01521 PMID:28817261 PMCID:PMC5778880
• Nganai S, Lomnicki S. 2017. Surface catalysed PCDD/F formation from precursors - high PCDF yield does not indicate de novo mechanism!. Int. J. Environ Pollution 61(3-4):208-222. doi:10.1504/IJEP.2017.10008687 PMID:30147247 PMCID:PMC6107310
• Oyana T, Lomnicki S, Guo C, Cormier SA. 2017. A scalable field study protocol and rationale for passive ambient air sampling: a spatial phytosampling for leaf data collection. Environ Sci Technol 51(18):10663-10673. doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b03643 PMID:28805054

2016

• Dugas TR, Lomnicki S, Cormier SA, Dellinger B, Reams MA. 2016. Addressing emerging risks: scientific and regulatory challenges associated with environmentally persistent free radicals. Int J Environ Res Public Health 13(6):573. doi:10.3390/ijerph13060573 PMID:27338429 PMCID:PMC4924030
• Nwosu UG, Khachatryan L, Youm SG, Roy A, dela Cruz AL, Nesterov EE, Dellinger B, Cook RL. 2016. Model system study of environmentally persistent free radicals formation in a semiconducting polymer modified copper clay system at ambient temperature. RSC Adv 6(49):43453-43462. PMID:28670444 PMCID:PMC5489243
• Potter PM, Dellinger B, Lomnicki S. 2016. Contribution of aluminas and aluminosilicates to the formation of PCDD/Fs on fly ashes. Chemosphere 144:2421-2426. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.11.009 PMID:26615490 PMCID:PMC4695248

2015

• Herring M, Khachatryan L, Dellinger B. 2015. Speciation of iron (III) oxide nanoparticles and other paramagnetic intermediates during high-temperature oxidative pyrolysis of 1-methylnaphthalene. World Acad Sci Eng Technol 9(7):804-812. PMID:26413257 PMCID:PMC4581597
• Jaligama S, Chen Z, Saravia J, Yadav N, Lomnicki S, Dugas TR, Cormier SA. 2015. Exposure to deepwater horizon crude oil burnoff particulate matter induces pulmonary inflammation and alters adaptive immune response. Environ Sci Technol 49(14):8769-8776. doi:10.1021/acs.est.5b01439 PMID:26115348 PMCID:PMC4526136
• Patterson MC, Thibodeaux CA, Kizilkaya O, Kurtz RL, Poliakoff ED, Sprunger PT. 2015. Electronic signatures of a model pollutant-particle system: chemisorbed phenol on TiO₂(110). Langmuir 31(13):3869-3875. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00030 PMID:25774565 PMCID:PMC4407492
• Sussan TE, Gajghate S, Thimmulappa RK, Ma J, Kim J, Sudini K, Consolini N, Cormier SA, Lomnicki S, Hasan F, Pekosz A, Biswal S. 2015. Exposure to electronic cigarettes impairs pulmonary anti-bacterial and anti-viral defenses in a mouse model. PLoS One 10(2):e0116861. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116861 PMID:25651083 PMCID:PMC4317176

2014

• Gehling W, Khachatryan L, Dellinger B. 2014. Hydroxyl radical generation from environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) in PM25. Environ Sci Technol 48(8):4266-4272. doi:10.1021/es401770y PMID:24004313 PMCID:PMC4308723
• Khachatryan L, McFerrin CA, Hall RW, Dellinger B. 2014. Environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs). 3. Free versus bound hydroxyl radicals in EPFR aqueous solutions. Environ Sci Technol 48(16):9220-9226. doi:10.1021/es501158r PMID:25036238 PMCID:PMC4140529
• Kiruri LW, Khachatryan L, Dellinger B, Lomnicki S. 2014. Effect of copper oxide concentration on the formation and persistency of environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) in particulates. Environ Sci Technol 48(4):2212-2217. doi:10.1021/es404013g PMID:24437381 PMCID:PMC3983329
• Nganai S, Dellinger B, Lomnicki S. 2014. PCDD/PCDF ratio in the precursor formation model over CuO surface. Environ Sci Technol 48(23):13864-13870. doi:10.1021/es504253w PMID:25372621 PMCID:PMC4255659
• Reed JR, Cawley GF, Ardoin TG, Dellinger B, Lomnicki S, Kiruri LW, Backes WL. 2014. Environmentally persistent free radicals inhibit cytochrome P450 activity in rat liver microsomes. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 277(2):200-209. doi:10.1016/j.taap.2014.03.021 PMID:24713513 PMCID:PMC4049543

2013

• Gehling W, Dellinger B. 2013. Environmentally persistent free radicals and their lifetimes in PM2.5. Environ Sci Technol 47:8172-8178. doi:10.1021/es401767m PMID:23844657 PMCID:PMC4309365
• Herring M, Khachatryan L, Lomnicki S, Dellinger B. 2013. Paramagnetic centers in particulate formed from the oxidative pyrolysis of 1-methylnaphthalene in the presence of Fe(lll)₂0₃ nanoparticles. Combustion and Flame 160(12):2996-3003. doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2013.06.025 PMID:25673882 PMCID:PMC4321761
• Herring M, Potter PM, Wu H, Lomnicki S, Dellinger B. 2013. Fe₂O₃ nanoparticle mediated molecular growth and soot inception from the oxidative pyrolysis of 1-methylnaphthalene. Proc Combust Inst 34(1):1749-1757. doi:10.1016/j.proci.2012.07.057 PMID:25530732 PMCID:PMC4269167
• Kelley MA, Hebert VY, Thibeaux TM, Orchard MA, Hasan F, Cormier SA, Thevenot PT, Lomnicki S, Varner KJ, Dellinger B, Latimer BM, Dugas TR. 2013. Model combustion-generated particulate matter containing persistent free radicals redox cycle to produce reactive oxygen species. Chem Res Toxicol 26(12):1862-1871. doi:10.1021/tx400227s PMID:24224526 PMCID:PMC4112599
• Kiruri LW, Dellinger B, Lomnicki S. 2013. Tar balls from Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill: environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFR) formation during crude weathering. Environ Sci Technol 47(9):4220-4226. doi:10.1021/es305157w PMID:23510127 PMCID:PMC4267227
• Maskos Z, Khachatryan L, Dellinger B. 2013. Role of the filters in the formation and stabilization of semiquinone radicals collected from cigarette smoke. Energy Fuels 27(9):5506-5512. doi:10.1021/ef4010253 PMID:24265513 PMCID:PMC3831374
• Patterson MC, Keilbart ND, Kiruri LW, Thibodeaux CA, Lomnicki S, Kurtz RL, Poliakoff ED, Dellinger B, Sprunger PT. 2013. EPFR formation from phenol adsorption on Al₂O₃ and TiO₂: EPR and EELS studies. Chem Phys 422:277-282. doi:10.1016/j.chemphys.2012.12.003 PMID:24443627 PMCID:PMC3891583
• Saravia J, Lee GI, Lomnicki S, Dellinger B, Cormier SA. 2013. Particulate matter containing environmentally persistent free radicals and adverse infant respiratory health effects: A review. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 27(1):56-68. doi:10.1002/jbt.21465 PMID:23281110 PMCID:PMC3580159
• Thevenot PT, Saravia J, Jin N, Giaimo JD, Chustz RE, Mahne S, Kelley MA, Hebert VY, Dellinger B, Dugas TR, DeMayo FJ, Cormier SA. 2013. Radical-containing ultrafine particulate matter initiates epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions in airway epithelial cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 48(2):188-197. doi:10.1165/rcmb.2012-0052OC PMID:23087054 PMCID:PMC3604062

2012

• dela Cruz AL, Cook RL, Lomnicki S, Dellinger B. 2012. Effect of low temperature thermal treatment on soils contaminated with pentachlorophenol and environmentally persistent free radicals. Environ Sci Technol 46:5971-5978. doi:10.1021/es300362k PMID:22548284 PMCID:PMC3381800
• Khachatryan L, McFerrin CA, Dellinger B. 2012. Free vs. bound hydroxyl radicals generated by environmentally persistent free radicals in aqueous solutions. Free Radic Biol Med 53:S149. doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.10.404
• Nganai S, Lomnicki S, Dellinger B. 2012. Formation of PCDD/Fs from oxidation of 2-monochlorophenol over an Fe203/silica surface. Chemosphere 88:371-376. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.03.060 PMID:22525510 PMCID:PMC3361902
• Vejerano E, Lomnicki S, Dellinger B. 2012. Formation and stabilization of combustion-generated, environmentally persistent radicals on Ni(II)O supported on a silica surface. Environ Sci Technol 46:9406-9411. doi:10.1021/es301136d PMID:22831558 PMCID:PMC3597086
• Vejerano E, Lomnicki S, Dellinger B. 2012. Lifetime of combustion-generated environmentally persistent free radicals on Zn(II)O and other transition metal oxides. J Environ Monit 14:2803-2806. doi:10.1039/c2em30545c PMID:22990982 PMCID:PMC4303464

2011

• Balakrishna S, Saravia J, Thevenot PT, Ahlert TA, Lominiki S, Dellinger B, Cormier SA. 2011. Environmentally persistent free radicals induce airway hyperresponsiveness in neonatal rat lungs. Part Fibre Toxicol 8(1):11. doi:10.1186/1743-8977-8-11 PMID:21388553 PMCID:PMC3061909 (Completed with ARRA Funds)
• dela Cruz AL, Gehling W, Lomnicki S, Cook RL, Dellinger B. 2011. Detection of environmentally persistent free radicals at a superfund wood treating site. Environ Sci Technol 45(15):6356–6365. doi:10.1021/es2012947 PMID:21732664 PMCID:PMC3167238 (Completed with ARRA Funds)
• Khachatryan L, Dellinger B. 2011. Environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs)-2. Are free hydroxyl radicals generated in aqueous solutions?. Environ Sci Technol 45:9232-9239. doi:10.1021/es201702q PMID:21942783 PMCID:PMC3236504 (Completed with ARRA Funds)
• Khachatryan L, Vejerano E, Lomnicki S, Dellinger B. 2011. Environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs). 1. Generation of reactive oxygen species in aqueous solutions. Environ Sci Technol 45:8559-8566. doi:10.1021/es201309c PMID:21823585 PMCID:PMC3230252 (Completed with ARRA Funds)
• Lord K, Moll D, Lindsey JK, Mahne S, Raman G, Dugas TR, Cormier SA, Troxlair D, Lomnicki S, Dellinger B, Varner KJ. 2011. Environmentally persistent free radicals decrease cardiac function before and after ischemia/reperfusion injury in vivo. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 31(2):157-167. doi:10.3109/10799893.2011.555767 PMID:21385100 PMCID:PMC3152960 (Completed with ARRA Funds)
• Nganai S, Lomnicki S, Dellinger B. 2011. Formation of PCDD/Fs from the copper oxide-mediated pyrolysis and oxidation of 1,2-dichlorobenzene. Environ Sci Technol 45(3):1034-1040. doi:10.1021/es102948f PMID:21174454
• Vejerano E, Lomnicki S, Dellinger B. 2011. Formation and stabilization of combustion-generated environmentally persistent free radicals on an Fe(lll)(2)0-3/silica surface. Environ Sci Technol 45(2):589-94. doi:10.1021/es102841s PMID:21138295