Visualising the Invisible: Active Sites in Antibacterial Nanomaterials

Fluorescence lifetime microscopy has great potential to systematically enhance the effectivenes of antibacterial nanomaterials

20-Dec-2024 - Interest in antibacterial nanomaterials has surged due to the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant microbes. A particularly promising strategy involves the use of nanomaterials that generate reactive oxygen species upon exposure to light, effectively combating microorganisms. However, a key ...

Breakthrough: Previously unknown compound in chloraminated drinking water identified

Identifying the compound required a more complete understanding of chemistry and better analytical instrumentation

26-Nov-2024 - Since the 1980s, its been known that a mysterious contaminant forms in chloraminated drinking water, but only now has a Swiss-American research team been able to identify the unknown product in US drinking water systems. A team of researchers from the United States and Switzerland have reported ...

The Clues for Cleaner Water

Pitt, Drexel, and Brookhaven engineers solve the “catalysis vs corrosion” mystery in electrochemical ozone production

08-May-2024 - Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Drexel University in Philadelphia, along with Brookhaven National Laboratory, are working to solve a multipart mystery to make water disinfection treatments more sustainable. Scalable electrochemical ozone production (EOP) technologies to disinfect ...

Making Drinking Water Bacteria-Free

Efficient disinfection of water with silver sulfide quantum dots in a peptide coat

02-Mar-2023 - Water contaminated with bacteria is a large threat to global health. A Chinese research team has described a simple new method of disinfection in the journal Angewandte Chemie. It is based on tiny biocompatible assemblies of atoms, known as quantum dots, made of silver sulfide with caps made of a ...

Reusable UV sensor films

TU Dresden spin-off project PRUUVE launched

16-May-2022 - With the EXIST research transfer PRUUVE (Phosphorescent Response Under UV Excitation) three physicists of the TU Dresden want to bring reusable UV sensor foils and labels to market maturity. With this idea, the team is currently also nominated for the Saxon Founders Award 2022 ...

LANXESS expands capacity of microbial active ingredient Preventol CMK by 50 percent

Long-term trend towards more disinfection

27-Jan-2022 - LANXESS is expanding its production capacity for the active ingredient Preventol CMK (chlorocresol) at the Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany, site by around 50 percent in response to the continuing strong demand for disinfectants and industrial preservation. The specialty chemicals company has invested ...

LANXESS aims to acquire disinfection and hygiene solutions provider Theseo

Strong presence of Theseo in Europe will complement the global material protection business of LANXESS

12-Jan-2021 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS intends to further expand its Consumer Protection business and has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire the Theseo group. The French group, headquartered in Laval, is a leading manufacturer of disinfection and hygiene solutions in Europe and Latin ...

An alternative to water chlorination

15-Feb-2018 - Specialists of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), participant of the Project 5-100, developed a unique equipment for complex water purification which can improve or in some cases replace the process of disinfection with chlorine. The developed equipment is an ...

Clean water that's 'just right' with Sandia sensor solution

13-Jul-2017 - Water utilities have a Goldilocks problem: If they don't add enough chlorine, nasty bacteria that cause typhoid and cholera survive the purification process. Too much chlorine produces disinfection byproducts such as chloroform, which increase cancer risks. The amount of chlorine needs to be ...

LANXESS takes over Chemours’ Clean and Disinfect specialties business

First acquisition after successful completion of realignment program

27-Apr-2016 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is expanding its portfolio of material protection products by taking over the Clean and Disinfect business of US-based chemical company Chemours. The business comprises active ingredients as well as specialty chemicals used especially in disinfectant and ...