Influence of pyrolytic seeds on ZnO nanorod growth onto rigid substrates for photocatalytic abatement of Escherichia coli in water

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1087-1094

  Sanchez, Luis ^a   Guz, Lucas ^b   García, Pilar ^a   Ponce, Silvia ^c   Goyanes, Silvia ^d   Marchi, María Claudia ^e   Candal, Roberto ^b,e   Estrada, Walter ^a   Rodriguez, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERÍA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LIMA   (Peru)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Nanorods; Photocatalytic disinfection; Spray pyrolysis; ZnO

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PYROLYSIS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; TIN OXIDES; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; PHOTOCATALYTIC DISINFECTIONS; RIGID SUBSTRATES; SOLVENT EVAPORATION; WATER DISINFECTIONS; WATER ETHANOL MIXTURES; ZNO;

SUBSTRATES;

ALCOHOL; NANOROD; TIN OXIDE; WATER; ZINC ACETATE; ZINC OXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATALYSIS; FILM; GROWTH RATE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PYROLYSIS; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

ALKALINITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVAPORATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PYROLYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84920876824     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2014.068     Document Type: Article

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