Developing and disseminating new technologies for environmental remediation of emerging contaminants

• Grant number: 22/06219-3
• Support Opportunities: Generation Project Research Grant
• Start date: July 01, 2023
• End date: June 30, 2028
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry
• Principal Investigator: Ailton Jose Moreira
• Grantee: Ailton Jose Moreira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Eduardo Costa de Figueiredo ; Elaine Cristina Paris ; Raquel Fernandes Pupo Nogueira
• Associated scholarship(s): 25/00788-4 - Adsorptive capacity of emerging contaminants from porous carbon and molecularly imprinted polymers., BP.IC; 25/00512-9 - Use of ecological and operational spaces for collective dissemination of environmental education and processes applied to water and effluent treatment, BP.MS; 24/06199-8 - New materials applied to extraction processes and sample preparation for the quali-quantification of emerging contaminants in surface water and effluent samples., BP.TT; + associated scholarships 23/17483-6 - Obtaining Mo-modified FeWO4 for environmental remediation of emerging contaminants by solar photocatalysis., BP.DR; 23/18399-9 - New sustainable adsorbents for environmental remediation of emerging contaminants in water and effluents, BP.MS; 23/14265-8 - Developing and disseminating new technologies for environmental remediation of emerging contaminants, BP.IC; 23/07525-3 - Developing and disseminating new technologies for environmental remediation of emerging contaminants, BP.GR - associated scholarships

Abstract

The class of emerging contaminants, which include pharmaceutical residues and pesticides, has been widely studied due to their presence and toxicity in different environmental ecosystems. Due to their proven risks, European countries and the USA have created mechanisms and standards to deal with, monitor, and control their presence in the environment. However, Brazil, which has a "strong" pharmaceutical industry and is one of the largest consumers of agricultural pesticides in the world, has not shown the same concerns regarding this global problem. In this scenario, expanding actions aimed at the development of new technologies for treatment, pollution control and environmental monitoring of these compounds are necessary. Therefore, this project presents a proposal for a public-public partnership for the development of new technologies aimed at the treatment, control, and monitoring of emerging contaminants in a real environment. Inspired by the solar platform in Almeria-ES for the treatment of wastewater, the proposal aims at field experimentation, with the potential construction of an experimental solar mini-platform at the ETE in the municipality of Gavião Peixoto - SP, located in the mesoregion of Araraquara - SP. The experimental stations fed by real effluent and surface water will be used to develop research aimed at the environmental remediation of emerging contaminants. Combined type solar reactors will be installed in the effluent stream previously treated by biological processes, and the efficiency of solar photocatalysis will be investigated using different advanced oxidation (AOP) and adsorption processes. The photocatalyst nanomaterials will be synthesized by the hydrothermal method assisted by microwave (MW), ultraviolet (UV), visible (Vis) radiation proposed for the first time by the responsible researcher. The adsorbent materials will be based on high porosity carbon and molecular imprinting polymers (MIP) for application in the removal of emerging pollutants and sample preparation processes. The public-public partnership will be an opportunity to, in loco, promote the dissemination of technical-scientific knowledge on the proposed theme to new researchers, technical professionals, and primary-medium education students. In the real environment of the ETE and an existing Ecological Park in the respective municipality, local and regional public schools at basic, medium, and technical levels, in addition to society in general, will be encouraged to visit the spaces as an activity of extension. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GEBARA, RENAN CASTELHANO; DE ABREU, CINTHIA BRUNO; ROCHA, GISELI SWERTS; MANSANO, ADRISLAINE DA SILVA; ASSIS, MARCELO; MOREIRA, AILTON JOSE; SANTOS, MYKAELLI ANDRADE; PEREIRA, THALLES MARANESI; VIRTUOSO, LUCIANO SINDRA; MELAO, MARIA DA GRACA GAMA; et al. Harmful effects of the semiconductor copper tungstate (CuWO4) on multiple photosynthetic parameters of the green microalga Raphidocelis subcapitata. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY, v. 279, p. 8-pg., 2025-01-15. (14/14139-3, 18/07988-5, 21/13607-7, 21/13583-0, 22/06219-3, 13/07296-2)

RIBEIRO, M. H. DA SILVA; MARQUES, G. N.; MOREIRA, A. J.; OLIVEIRA, M. M.; OLIVEIRA, R. C.; DA SILVA, R. T.; KROHLING, A. C.; MACEDO, W. A. A.; BERNARDI, M. I. B.; MASCARO, L. H.; et al. Green-assisted synthesis of highly defective nanostructured Fe-doped SnO2: Magnetic and photocatalytic properties evaluation. ACTA MATERIALIA, v. 277, p. 15-pg., 2024-07-21. (13/07296-2, 21/06128-5, 22/06219-3, 23/04376-7)

FERREIRA, DAVI S.; MARQUES, GLEISON N.; FERREIRA, ADRIANADAS MERCES P.; OLIVEIRA, MARCELO M.; DA ROCHA, CLAUDIA Q.; MOREIRA, AILTON J.; FERNANDES, CARLOS H. M.; LANZA, MARCOS R.; BERNARDI, MARIA INES B.; MASCARO, LUCIA H.; et al. Synthesis of hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanoparticles using Syzygium cumini extract: Photodegradation of norfloxacin and enhanced recyclability. Materials Chemistry and Physics, v. 332, p. 12-pg., 2024-12-20. (18/22210-0, 23/06558-5, 23/07525-3, 19/06650-3, 18/22022-0, 18/09761-8, 21/06128-5, 23/01425-7, 22/12895-1, 22/06219-3, 13/07296-2, 18/22211-7)

MARQUES, GLEISON N.; MOREIRA, AILTON JOSE; NOBREGA, ERYKA THAMYRIS D.; BRAGA, SANDALENE; ARGENTIN, MARCELA N.; CAMARGO, ILANA L. B. DA CUNHA; AZEVEDO, EMILIO; PEREIRA, ERNESTO C.; BERNARDI, MARIA INES B.; MASCARO, LUCIA H.. Selective inhibitory activity of multidrug-resistant bacteria by zinc oxide nanoparticles. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, v. 12, n. 1, p. 13-pg., 2024-01-13. (22/06219-3, 13/07296-2, 21/06128-5, 22/05254-0, 13/07600-3, 22/07984-5)

MOREIRA, AILTON J.; DE ARAUJO, KELVIN C.; MARQUES, GLEISON N.; NOBREGA, ERYKA T. D.; SANTOS, HUGO L. S.; MASCARO, LUCIA H.; ONOFRE, YINA J.; GALETI, HELDER V. A.; GOBATO, YARA GALVAO; MASTELARO, VALMOR R.; et al. Anatase-rutile-brookite: Structural and photocatalytic properties of TiO₂ modified with different boron concentrations. Materials Research Bulletin, v. 179, p. 13-pg., 2024-06-26. (22/06219-3, 13/07296-2, 22/05254-0, 19/26860-2, 17/11986-5)

BERNARDI, BARBARA; MALAFATTI, JOAO OTAVIO DONIZETTE; MOREIRA, AILTON JOSE; NASCIMENTO, ANDRESSA CRISTINA DE ALMEIDA; LIMA, JULIANA BRUZACA; VERMEERSCH, LILIAN APARECIDA FIORINI; PARIS, ELAINE CRISTINA. Antimicrobial membranes based on polycaprolactone:pectin blends reinforced with zeolite faujasite for cloxacillin-controlled release. DISCOVER NANO, v. 20, n. 1, p. 15-pg., 2025-01-14. (19/23412-9, 21/14992-1, 22/06219-3, 23/17483-6, 23/03632-0)

DE ABREU, CINTHIA BRUNO; GEBARA, RENAN CASTELHANO; ROCHA, GISELI SWERTS; MANSANO, ADRISLAINE DA SILVA; ASSIS, MARCELO; PEREIRA, THALLES MARANESI; VIRTUOSO, LUCIANO SINDRA; MOREIRA, AILTON JOSE; SANTOS, MYKAELLI ANDRADE; MELAO, MARIA DA GRACA GAMA; et al. The effects of nickel tungstate nanoparticles (NiWO₄ NPs) on freshwater microalga Raphidocelis subcapitata (Chlorophyceae). INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY, v. N/A, p. 13-pg., 2025-01-09. (18/07988-5, 21/13607-7, 21/13583-0, 22/06219-3, 13/07296-2)

ERYKA T. D. NOBREGA; KELVIN C. DE ARAÚJO; AILTON J. MOREIRA; REGIANE C. DE OLIVEIRA; GELSON T. S. T. DA SILVA; SIRLON F. BLASKIEVICZ; LEANDRO L. SOARES; SHERLAN G. LEMOS; LUCIA H. MASCARO; ERNESTO C. PEREIRA. Pure and Cobalt-Modified ZnO Nanostructures Prepared by a New Synthesis Route Applied to Environmental Remediation. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, v. 35, n. 11, 2024-05-10. (13/07296-2, 23/07525-3, 22/06219-3, 22/10255-5, 23/11554-9, 19/26860-2, 22/05254-0, 21/12394-0)

ARAUJO, KELVIN C.; NOBREGA, ERYKA T. D.; MOREIRA, AILTON J.; LEMOS, SHERLAN G.; FRAGOSO, WALLACE D.; PEREIRA, ERNESTO C.. Fast and efficient processes for oxidation and monitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in environmental matrices. Catalysis Communications, v. 187, p. 8-pg., 2024-04-30. (22/05254-0, 13/07296-2, 22/06219-3)

MORAIS, ELIZANGELA MARIA DE CASTILHO ALVES; MENDES, TASSIA VENGA; ARNONI, ESTELA DOMINGOS; GORUP, LUIZ FERNANDO; ROSA, MARIANA AZEVEDO; MOREIRA, AILTON JOSE; FIGUEIREDO, EDUARDO COSTA. Magnetic particle spray mass spectrometry for the determination of beta-blockers in plasma samples. Microchimica Acta, v. 191, n. 10, p. 15-pg., 2024-10-01. (22/06219-3)