Collaboration of SUT and EPFL Researchers in an Investigation on the Role of Dissolved Oxygen in the Solar and the Photo-Fenton-mediated E. coli Inactivation Process
An article entitled “A systematic investigation on the bactericidal transient species generated by photo-sensitization of natural organic matter (NOM) during solar and photo-Fenton disinfection of surface waters” authored by Mona Kohantorabi, PhD student at the Department of Chemistry and Prof. Mohammad R. Gholami, Head of Kinetics and Catalyst Laboratory at Sharif University of Technology in collaboration with researchers of Pulgarin Group of EPFL published in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.
In this study, the role of dissolved oxygen in the solar and the photo-Fenton-mediated E. coli inactivation process was put under scrutiny and the effect of transient species that were produced in the presence of various natural organic matter isolates (NOM), namely Suwannee River (SR) NOM, Nordic Reservoir (NR) NOM, SR Humic acid (SRHA), and SR Fulvic acid (SRFA) was studied in detail. The role of 1O2 in this reaction was systematically evaluated by modifying the O2 concentration and the matrix composition. To read more you might visit https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926337318311652
Kinetics and Catalyst Laboratory at the Department of Chemistry of Sharif University of Technology, headed by Prof. Mohammad R. Gholami, has its research focus on Kinetics and Mechanism of Reactions, Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysis, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Ionic and Molecular Solvents Effects, Synthesis of Nano Materials, Ab Initio Calculations of Solvent Effect and Computational Chemistry. Please visit the laboratory homepage to explore more.
It is worth mentioning that one of the previous works of Prof. Gholami on E. coli inactivation process was highlighted in JACS in 2007.
Keywords:
Advanced oxidation process (AOPs); E. coli; Solar disinfection (SODIS); Triplet state; Singlet oxygen
Reference
Mona Kohantorabi, Stefanos Giannakis, Mohammad Reza Gholami, Ling Feng, Cesar Pulgarin, “A systematic investigation on the bactericidal transient species generated by photo-sensitization of natural organic matter (NOM) during solar and photo-Fenton disinfection of surface waters”, Volume 244, 5 May 2019, Pages 983-995.
