Photocatalytic and antimicrobial multifunctional nanocomposite membranes for emerging pollutants water treatment applications

Antimicrobial TiO2 nanocomposite coatings for surfaces, dental and orthopaedic implants

“…Owing to the high surface to volume ratio of TiO 2 as well as the multitude of surface coating techniques, it could be easily applied as a surface coating to destroy the toxic pathogens for the long-term. The technical challenges in antimicrobial surface coatings may offer a plethora of opportunities for the innovation and development in medical devices [133] , sensors [134] , [135] , [136] , membranes [137] , food packaging [138] , etc .…”

Porous Composite Bifunctional Membranes for Lithium‐Ion Battery Separator and Photocatalytic Degradation Applications: Toward Multifunctionality for Circular Economy

“…The membrane morphology and the nanoparticle dispersion are essential parameters determining the membrane functional characteristics. [21,23] In this way, surface and cross-sectional scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of TiO 2 /PVDF-TrFE membranes with different TiO 2 contents are shown in Figure 1.…”

“…TiO 2 is the most used photocatalyst due to its high photocatalytic activity, chemical stability, low toxicity, remarkable optical and oxidizing properties, durability, and low cost [20b,21] . Among the variety of works using TiO 2 as photocatalyst, TiO 2 /poly(vinylidene fluoride‐co‐trifluoroethylene) (PVDF‐TrFE) membranes have been demonstrated, suitable for the degradation of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin (CIP), one of the most prescribed antibiotics with increased persistence in effluents.…”

High efficiency photocatalytic degradation of Ambroxol over Mn doped TiO2: Experimental designs, identification of transformation products, mineralization and mechanism

“…In recent years, numerous studies have indicated the presence of a new class of molecules in the aquatic environment, known as "emerging pollutants" (Bagheri et al, 2021;Salazar et al, 2020a;Tobajas et al, 2017a). The extent of their threat toward human life, fauna and flora has not yet been completely elucidated, and their recent detection in water, even at very low amounts (Salazar et al, 2020a), has caused toxicity to plants, animals and humans (Abbas et al, 2018;Iqbal, 2016), and represents a new kind of concern that has no regulatory status. The creation of productive strategies for the degradation of this type of pollutants has become an urgent question and a subject of high priority for the researchers.…”

“…The creation of productive strategies for the degradation of this type of pollutants has become an urgent question and a subject of high priority for the researchers. (Salazar et al, 2020b;Tobajas et al, 2017b).…”