Superfund Research Program

Designing the Next Generation of Highly Selective Sorbent Materials for Remediation of Target Inorganic Contaminants in Aqueous Systems

Project Leader: Julie B. Zimmerman (Yale University)
Co-Investigators: Christopher Muhich (Arizona State University), Paul Westerhoff (Arizona State University)
Grant Number: P42ES030990
Funding Period: 2020-2025

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Publications

2024

• Nwokonkwo O, Muhich C. 2024. Mechanistic insights into the selectivity for arsenic over phosphate adsorption by Fe(3+)-cross-linked chitosan using DFT. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 128(7):1689-1699. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c06838 PMID:38353120 PMCID:10901294
• Qiu X, Robert A, McAlaine K, Quan L, Mangano J, Weisskopf MG. 2024. Early-life participation in cognitively stimulating activities and risk of depression and anxiety in late life. Psychol Med 54(5):962-970. doi:10.1017/s0033291723002702 PMID:37706289 PMCID:10937330

2023

• Farsad A, Marcos-Hernandez M, Sinha S, Westerhoff P. 2023. Sous vide-inspired impregnation of amorphous titanium (hydr)oxide into carbon block point-of-use filters for arsenic removal from water. Environ Sci Technol 57(48):20410-20420. doi:10.1021/acs.est.3c06586 PMID:37948748
• Farsad A, Niimi K, Ersan MS, Gonzalez-Rodriguez JR, Hristovski KD, Westerhoff P. 2023. Mechanistic study of arsenate adsorption onto different amorphous grades of titanium (hydr)oxides impregnated into a point-of-use activated carbon block. ACS ES&T Eng doi:10.1021/acsestengg.3c00012
• Gupta S, Chismar A, Muhich C. 2023. Understanding the effect of single atom cationic defect sites in an Al2O3 (o12) surface on altering selenate and sulfate adsorption: An Ab Initio Study. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 127(14):6925-6937. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c00098 PMID:37521103 PMCID:PMC10373637
• Nwokonkwo O, Pelletier V, Broud M, Muhich C. 2023. Functionalized ferrocene enables selective electrosorption of arsenic oxyanions over phosphate-a DFT examination of the effects of substitutional moieties, pH, and oxidation state. J Phys Chem A 127(37):7727-7738. doi:10.1021/acs.jpca.3c03826 PMID:37682592 PMCID:PMC10530435
• Rudel HE, Zimmerman JB. 2023. Elucidating the role of capping agents in facet-dependent adsorption performance of hematite nanostructures. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 15(29):34829-34837. doi:10.1021/acsami.3c05104 PMID:37441746
• Wutich A, Thomson P, Jepson W, Stoler J, Cooperman AD, Doss-Gollin J, Jantrania A, Mayer A, Nelson-Nunez J, Walker W, Westerhoff P. 2023. MAD water: Integrating modular, adaptive, and decentralized approaches for water security in the climate change era. WIREs Water doi:10.1002/wat2.1680

2022

• Gupta S, Nguyen NA, Muhich C. 2022. Surface water H-bonding network is key controller of selenate adsorption on [012] α-alumina: An Ab-initio study. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 617:136-146. doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2022.02.128 PMID:35272167 PMCID:PMC9007919
• Sharma N, Westerhoff P, Zeng C. 2022. Lithium occurrence in drinking water sources of the United States. Chemosphere 305:doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135458 PMID:35752313

2021

• Chen B, Jiang J, Yang X, Zhang X, Westerhoff P. 2021. Roles and knowledge gaps of point-of-use technologies for mitigating health risks from disinfection byproducts in tap water: a critical review. Water Res 200:117265. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2021.117265 PMID:34091221 PMCID:PMC8634687
• Kidd J, Westerhoff P, Maynard A. 2021. Survey of industrial perceptions for the use of nanomaterials for in-home drinking water purification devices. NanoImpact 22:100320. doi:10.1016/j.impact.2021.100320 PMID:35559977 PMCID:PMC9106971
• Lee C, Guo S, Rho H, Levi J, Garcia-Segura S, Wong MS, Westerhoff P, Gardea-Torresdey J. 2021. Unified metallic catalyst aging strategy and implications for water treatment. Environ Sci Technol doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c02364 PMID:34309365 PMCID:PMC972089
• Westerhoff P, Alvarez PJ, Kim J, Li Q, Alabastri A, Halas N, Villagran D, Zimmerman JB, Wong MS. 2021. Utilizing the broad electromagnetic spectrum and unique nanoscale properties for chemical-free water treatment. Curr Opin Chem Eng 33:doi:10.1016/j.coche.2021.100709 PMID:34804780 PMCID:PMC8597955

2020

• Rudel HE, Lane MM, Muhich C, Zimmerman JB. 2020. Toward informed design of nanomaterials: a mechanistic analysis of structure property function relationships for faceted nanoscale metal oxides. ACS Nano 16472-16501. doi:10.1021/acsnano.0c08356