title: A hybrid adsorbent/visible light photocatalyst for the abatement of microcystin-LR in water.
abstract: A hybrid adsorbent/photocatalyst was obtained and used for the removal of microcystin-LR, a potent toxin, from water via adsorption and photocatalyzed oxidation with singlet oxygen. The combined adsorption/photooxidation processes yielded a 500-fold decrease of the overall MC-LR concentration. The adsorbent/photocatalyst can be easily removed from the reaction system by sedimentation or centrifugation.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 3, 30-060 Kraków, Poland. nowakows@chemia.uj.edu.pl szczubia@chemia.uj.edu.pl.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Długosz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kwiecień
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Żmudzki
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bober
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krzek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bialczyk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nowakowska
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Szczubiałka
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002384:Catalysis; D008027:Light; D008387:Marine Toxins; D052998:Microcystins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D055668:Photochemical Processes / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D008387:Marine Toxins; D052998:Microcystins; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D014867:Water; C057862:cyanoginosin LR; D010100:Oxygen