Research Seminar – Magnetic nanoparticles in drinking water treatment
By Dr. Konstantinos Simeonidis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of University, Greece.
Date and Venue: 13th March, 2025 at 11h – Sala Graus Eduard Fontserè (Faculties of Physics and Chemistry UB)
(Chaired by Dr. Carlos Moya, IN²UB and Faculty of Chemistry UB)
Abstract
Recent advances in nanomaterials and increasing concern of consumers regarding drinking water quality, provide a great challenge to develop and implement innovative processes to supply safe drinking water at acceptable cost, minimum waste and energy consumption. Magnetically-responding nanoparticles appear as the most favorable class offering a wide range of possibilities to play the role of low-cost consumables, direct adsorbents or carriers, implemented into simple water purification systems. This presentation is going to summarize up-to-date progress in the development of magnetic nanoparticle destined for environmental remediation, attempting to evaluate the potential of scaling-up in real-world applications and understand aspects related to the sustainability of large-scale production and secondary risks of their use. Particularly, the topics of industrial-scale synthesis, efficient capture of heavy metals and organic micropollutants, design of viable water treatment plants and alternative applications for drinking water quality analysis and monitoring, will be discussed.