Red phosphorus: An earth-abundant elemental photocatalyst for "green" bacterial inactivation under visible light

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 6264-6273

  Xia, Dehua ^a   Shen, Zhurui ^a,b   Huang, Guocheng ^a   Wang, Wanjun ^a   Yu, Jimmy C ^a   Wong, Po Keung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXYLATION; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BACTERIAL INACTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K-12; INTRACELLULAR COMPONENTS; INTRACELLULAR PROTEINS; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

CYTOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CELL PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; PHOSPHORUS; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RED PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHROMOSOME; DNA; ENZYME; MEMBRANE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOLYSIS; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOXYLATION; CATALYST; CELL DEATH; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DNA DEGRADATION; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; LIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84929648775     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00531     Document Type: Article

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