Marta Pedrosa

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Drinking water treatment: Removal of pharmaceuticals using a Spirulina-based carbon biosorbent
Ana L.R. Cabral, Leonor R. Barroca, Marta Pedrosa, Ana Rita Lado Ribeiro, Adrián M.T. Silva
Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2025
Correction to: Nanocomposite PVDF/TiO2 Photocatalytic Membranes for Micropollutant Removal in Secondary Effluent (Catalysts, (2024), 14, 2, (109), 10.3390/catal14020109)
Juan C. Aldana, Marta Pedrosa, Adrián M. T. Silva, Joaquim L. Faria, Juan L. Acero, et al.
Catalysts, 2024
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Spirulina-based carbon materials as adsorbents for drinking water taste and odor control: Removal efficiency and assessment of cyto-genotoxic effects
Maria Antonopoulou, Anna Tzamaria, Marta F.F. Pedrosa, Ana R.L. Ribeiro, Adrián M.T. Silva, et al.
Science of the Total Environment, 2024
An overview of bio-cellulose derived materials for catalytic water treatment
Marta F.F. Pedrosa
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024
Nanocomposite PVDF/TiO2 Photocatalytic Membranes for Micropollutant Removal in Secondary Effluent
Juan C. Aldana, Marta Pedrosa, Adrián M. T. Silva, Joaquim L. Faria, Juan L. Acero, et al.
Catalysts, 2024
In this study, a mixed-matrix method was used to prepare PVDF polymeric membranes with different amounts of TiO2 P25 photocatalyst embedded, which were employed in filtration processes in the presence of UV radiation (LED, peak emission at 375 nm) to eliminate two aqueous micropollutants (MPs) used as model compounds (venlafaxine and metoprolol). The obtained membranes were characterized to gain insights into their texture, morphology, composition, and other catalyst-related properties that could affect the photocatalytic filtration process. For that purpose, N2 adsorption–desorption, contact angle, SEM-EDX, thermal analysis, FTIR, XPS, UV-vis DRS, and PL spectroscopy were used. Filtration tests were carried out in continuous mode using a dead-end filtration cell to evaluate the performance of the prepared membranes in removing the selected MPs. Experiments were performed both in ultrapure water and a secondary effluent from a municipal wastewater treatment plant. It was found that the synthesized membranes could effectively remove the target MPs in ultrapure water, achieving up to 99% elimination. Such process performance decreased drastically in the secondary effluent with removals below 35%. Carbonate/bicarbonate ions in the secondary effluent were identified as the main scavenging substances. Thus, after the partial removal of carbonate/bicarbonate ions from the secondary effluent, the removal of MPs achieved was above 60%.
Efficiency of the bank filtration for removing organic priority substances and contaminants of emerging concern: A critical review
Attila Csaba Kondor, Anna Viktória Vancsik, László Bauer, Lili Szabó, Zoltán Szalai, et al.
Environmental Pollution, 2024
Application of g-C3N4-PVDF membrane for the photocatalytic degradation of micropollutants in continuous flow mode: Impact of water matrix
Julia Nieto-Sandoval, André Torres-Pinto, Marta Pedrosa, Macarena Munoz, Zahara M. de Pedro, et al.
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023
Comprehensive characterization and development of multi-core shell superparamagnetic nanoparticles for controlled delivery of drugs and their kinetic release modelling
Simone Moretto, Adriano Santos Silva, Jose L. Diaz de Tuesta, Fernanda F. Roman, Rita Cortesi, et al.
Materials Today Chemistry, 2023
3D structured photocatalysts for sustainable H2O2 generation from saccharides derivatives
Rita A. Borges, Marta F. Pedrosa, Yaidelin A. Manrique, Cláudia G. Silva, Adrián M.T. Silva, et al.
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023
Selective denitrification of simulated oily wastewater by oxidation using Janus-structured carbon nanotubes
Fernanda F. Roman, Jose L. Diaz de Tuesta, Flávia K.K. Sanches, Adriano Santos Silva, Pricila Marin, et al.
Catalysis Today, 2023
Water disinfection by persulfate activation using a nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide – PVDF membrane
Joaquín A. Marrero, Rui S. Ribeiro, Sara Ribeirinho-Soares, Marta Pedrosa, Adrián M.T. Silva, et al.
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023
Carbon nitride – PVDF photocatalytic membranes for visible-light degradation of venlafaxine as emerging water micropollutant
Laura Valenzuela, Marta Pedrosa, Ana Bahamonde, Roberto Rosal, André Torres-Pinto, et al.
Catalysis Today, 2023
Pd and Pd-Cu supported on different carbon materials and immobilized as flow-through catalytic membranes for the chemical reduction of NO3-, NO2- and BrO3- in drinking water treatment
Adrián Marí, José Alberto Baeza, Marta Pedrosa, O. Salomé G.P. Soares, Luisa Calvo, et al.
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023
A technological approach using a metal-free immobilized photocatalyst for the removal of pharmaceutical substances from urban wastewaters
Maria J. Sampaio, Ana R.L. Ribeiro, Cláudia M.R. Ribeiro, Rita A. Borges, Marta F. Pedrosa, et al.
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023
Performance of polycarbonate, cellulose nitrate and polyethersulfone filtering membranes for culture-independent microbiota analysis of clean waters
Joana Abreu-Silva, Sara Ribeirinho-Soares, Inês Oliveira-Inocêncio, Marta Pedrosa, Adrián M.T. Silva, et al.
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023
Spirulina-based carbon bio-sorbent for the efficient removal of metoprolol, diclofenac and other micropollutants from wastewater
Marta Pedrosa, Rui S. Ribeiro, Sonia Guerra-Rodríguez, Jorge Rodríguez-Chueca, Encarnación Rodríguez, et al.
Environmental Nanotechnology Monitoring and Management, 2022
Mild temperature-gas separation performance of graphene oxide membranes for extended period: micropore to meso- and macropore readjustments and the fate of membranes under the influence of dynamic graphene oxide changes
Chrysoula P. Athanasekou, Marta F. Pedrosa, Adrián M.T. Silva, Vassilis P. Psycharis, George E. Romanos
Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 2021
Graphene-based catalytic membranes for water treatment - A review
Marta Pedrosa, José L. Figueiredo, Adrián M.T. Silva
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2021
Nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide – PVDF nanocomposite membrane for persulfate activation and degradation of water organic micropollutants
Octávia Vieira, Rui S. Ribeiro, Marta Pedrosa, Ana R. Lado Ribeiro, Adrián M.T. Silva
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020
Hummers’ and Brodie's graphene oxides as photocatalysts for phenol degradation
Marta Pedrosa, Eliana S. Da Silva, Luisa M. Pastrana-Martínez, Goran Drazic, Polycarpos Falaras, et al.
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2020
Visible-light-induced self-cleaning functional fabrics using graphene oxide/carbon nitride materials
Marta Pedrosa, Maria J. Sampaio, Tajana Horvat, Olga C. Nunes, Goran Dražić, et al.
Applied Surface Science, 2019
Metal-free graphene-based catalytic membrane for degradation of organic contaminants by persulfate activation
Marta Pedrosa, Goran Drazic, Pedro B. Tavares, José L. Figueiredo, Adrián M.T. Silva
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019
N/S-doped graphene derivatives and TiO2 for catalytic ozonation and photocatalysis of water pollutants
Marta Pedrosa, Luisa M. Pastrana-Martínez, M. Fernando R. Pereira, Joaquim L. Faria, José L. Figueiredo, et al.
Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018
Ozonation and UV254 nm radiation for the removal of microorganisms and antibiotic resistance genes from urban wastewater
José M. Sousa, Gonçalo Macedo, Marta Pedrosa, Cristina Becerra-Castro, Sérgio Castro-Silva, et al.
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2017
Comparison of self-standing and supported graphene oxide membranes prepared by simple filtration: Gas and vapor separation, pore structure and stability
C. Athanasekou, M. Pedrosa, T. Tsoufis, L.M. Pastrana-Martínez, G. Romanos, et al.
Journal of Membrane Science, 2017
Photocatalytic ozonation of urban wastewater and surface water using immobilized TiO2 with LEDs: Micropollutants, antibiotic resistance genes and estrogenic activity
Nuno F.F. Moreira, José M. Sousa, Gonçalo Macedo, Ana R. Ribeiro, Luisa Barreiros, et al.
Water Research, 2016
Environmental friendly method for urban wastewater monitoring of micropollutants defined in the Directive 2013/39/EU and Decision 2015/495/EU
Ana R. Ribeiro, Marta Pedrosa, Nuno F.F. Moreira, Manuel F.R. Pereira, Adrián M.T. Silva
Journal of Chromatography A, 2015
Comparison of the antibacterial activity of modified-cotton with magainin I and LL-37 with potential as wound-dressings
Marta Pedrosa, Cláudia Mouro, Frederico Nogueira, Joana Vaz, Isabel Gouveia
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2014
Two surface activation strategies to functionalize cotton fibers with Cys-LC-LL-37 antibacterial peptide
Cláudia Mouro, Marta Pedrosa, Joana Vaz, Isabel Gouveia
AATCC Journal of Research, 2014
Development of flow injection potentiometric methods for the off-line and on-line determination of fluoride to monitor the biodegradation of a monofluorophenol in two bioreactors
Raquel B.R. Mesquita, Inês C. Santos, Marta F.F. Pedrosa, Anouk F. Duque, Paula M.L. Castro, et al.
Talanta, 2011

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