Project Publications: Harvard School of Public Health: Designing the Next Generation of Highly Selective Sorbent Materials for Remediation of Target Inorganic Contaminants in Aqueous Systems

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

2023

• 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