Outputs (8)

From Exhaust to Extraction: Evaluating Car Catalysts Waste for a Resilient Economy (2024)
Journal Article
Funari, V., Dinelli, E., Gomes, H., Mantovani, L., Meisel, T., Siciliano, A., Vassura, I., Vigliotti, L., & Vitale, L. (2024). From Exhaust to Extraction: Evaluating Car Catalysts Waste for a Resilient Economy. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.114883

Spent Automotive Catalytic Converters (SACC) are comprised of a support (a honeycomb ceramic structure) coated with a catalytic layer, where Platinum Group Elements (PGE), especially Pt and Pd, facilitate oxidation and reduction reactions to reduce h... Read More about From Exhaust to Extraction: Evaluating Car Catalysts Waste for a Resilient Economy.

Scalable bioreactor production of an O2‐protected [FeFe]‐hydrogenase enables simple aerobic handling for clean chemical synthesis (2024)
Journal Article
Cleary, S. E., Hall, S. J., Galan-Bataller, R., Lurshay, T. C., Hancox, C., Williamson, J. J., Heap, J. T., Reeve, H. A., & Morra, S. (2024). Scalable bioreactor production of an O2‐protected [FeFe]‐hydrogenase enables simple aerobic handling for clean chemical synthesis. ChemCatChem, 16(16), Article e202400193. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202400193

The enzyme CbA5H, a [FeFe]-hydrogenase from Clostridium beijerinckii, has previously been shown to survive exposure to oxygen, making it a promising candidate for biotechnological applications. Thus far [NiFe]-hydrogenases are typically considered fo... Read More about Scalable bioreactor production of an O2‐protected [FeFe]‐hydrogenase enables simple aerobic handling for clean chemical synthesis.

Methanogenesis from Mineral Carbonates, a Potential Indicator for Life on Mars (2022)
Journal Article
Wormald, R. M., Hopwood, J., Humphreys, P. N., Mayes, W., Gomes, H. I., & Rout, S. P. (2022). Methanogenesis from Mineral Carbonates, a Potential Indicator for Life on Mars. Geosciences, 12(3), Article 138. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12030138

Priorities for the exploration of Mars involve the identification and observation of biosignatures that indicate the existence of life on the planet. The atmosphere and composition of the sediments on Mars suggest suitability for anaerobic chemolitho... Read More about Methanogenesis from Mineral Carbonates, a Potential Indicator for Life on Mars.

Selenium (Se) recovery for technological applications from environmental matrices based on biotic and abiotic mechanisms (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, Z., Wang, Y., Gomes, R. L., & Gomes, H. I. (2022). Selenium (Se) recovery for technological applications from environmental matrices based on biotic and abiotic mechanisms. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 427, Article 128122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.128122

Selenium (Se) is an essential element with application in manufacturing from food to medical industries. Water contamination by Se is of concern due to anthropogenic activities. Recently, Se remediation has received increasing attention. Hence, diffe... Read More about Selenium (Se) recovery for technological applications from environmental matrices based on biotic and abiotic mechanisms.

Research trends and future perspectives in marine biomimicking robotics (2021)
Journal Article
Aguzzi, J., Costa, C., Calisti, M., Funari, V., Stefanni, S., Danovaro, R., Gomes, H. I., Vecchi, F., Dartnell, L. R., Weiss, P., Nowak, K., Chatzievangelou, D., & Marini, S. (2021). Research trends and future perspectives in marine biomimicking robotics. Sensors, 21(11), Article 3778. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21113778

Mechatronic and soft robotics are taking inspiration from the animal kingdom to create new high-performance robots. Here, we focused on marine biomimetic research and used innovative bibliographic statistics tools, to highlight established and emergi... Read More about Research trends and future perspectives in marine biomimicking robotics.

Electro-oxidation of amoxicillin using titanium electrodes electrophoretically coated by iridium or ruthenium with tantalum oxides (2020)
Journal Article
León, I., Gomes, H., Sepúlveda‐Guzmán, S., Cárdenas, J., Rivera, F., Manríquez, J., & Bustos, E. (2021). Electro-oxidation of amoxicillin using titanium electrodes electrophoretically coated by iridium or ruthenium with tantalum oxides. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 96(3), 622-629. https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.6575

© 2020 Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) BACKGROUND: Amoxicillin (AMX) is one of the pharmaceutical compounds in waters being targeted in wastewater decontamination studies, and some of the technological alternatives to degrade it involve using modi... Read More about Electro-oxidation of amoxicillin using titanium electrodes electrophoretically coated by iridium or ruthenium with tantalum oxides.

Bioleaching for resource recovery from low-grade wastes like fly and bottom ashes from municipal incinerators: A SWOT analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Gomes, H. I., Funari, V., & Ferrari, R. (2020). Bioleaching for resource recovery from low-grade wastes like fly and bottom ashes from municipal incinerators: A SWOT analysis. Science of the Total Environment, 715, Article 136945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136945

Bioleaching (or microbial leaching) is a biohydrometallurgical technology that can be applied for metal recovery from anthropogenic waste streams. In particular, fly ashes and bottom ashes of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) can be used as a... Read More about Bioleaching for resource recovery from low-grade wastes like fly and bottom ashes from municipal incinerators: A SWOT analysis.

Constructed wetlands for steel slag leachate management: Partitioning of arsenic, chromium, and vanadium in waters, sediments, and plants (2019)
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Gomes, H. I., Mayes, W. M., Whitby, P., & Rogerson, M. (2019). Constructed wetlands for steel slag leachate management: Partitioning of arsenic, chromium, and vanadium in waters, sediments, and plants. Journal of Environmental Management, 243, 30-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.127

Constructed wetlands can treat highly alkaline leachate resulting from the weathering of steel slag before reuse (e.g. as aggregate) or during disposal in repositories and legacy sites. This study aimed to assess how metal(loid)s soluble at high pH,... Read More about Constructed wetlands for steel slag leachate management: Partitioning of arsenic, chromium, and vanadium in waters, sediments, and plants.