Publications by authors named "Nicoleta-Oana Nicula"
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- Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are harmful chemicals that can hurt the environment and living things.
- This review looks at how tiny organisms like bacteria and fungi can help break down these pollutants in water, which is a better option than traditional cleanup methods.
- It emphasizes the need for improving these biological techniques and finding better ways to use these organisms to protect our environment.
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- * The developed foam (PUF/AgNPs) shows strong antimicrobial properties against various bacteria and fungi while remaining non-toxic to human skin cells, making it safe for biomedical use.
- * With impressive durability, enhanced material strength, and potential applications in healthcare settings (like mattresses), this innovation aims to improve patient safety and reduce hospital-acquired infections.
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- * The yeast strains demonstrated significant removal efficiencies, achieving up to 97% for nitrate and 96% for lead in synthetic wastewater, while also boosting biomass growth.
- * The presence of a crude biosurfactant enhanced contaminant removal rates even further, suggesting effective practical applications for cleaning wastewater and recovering valuable metals at a low cost.
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- Nutrient and organic pollution threaten aquatic ecosystems by increasing organic carbon, reducing light penetration, and harming submerged vegetation.
- The study focuses on the ability of bacterial strains Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Chryseobacterium sp. to create biofilms for filtering out pollutants from municipal wastewater.
- Results indicate significant reductions in nutrient pollution (up to 91% for nitrite and 71% for phosphate) and lower chemical oxygen demand (COD) without additional aeration, highlighting potential cost-effective wastewater treatment solutions.
The use of nanotechnologies in the applied biomedical sciences can offer a new way to treat infections and disinfect surfaces, materials, and products contaminated with various types of viruses, bacteria, and fungi. The Cu-Au nanoparticles (NPs) were obtained by an eco-friendly method that allowed the obtaining in a one-step process of size controlled, well dispersed, fully reduced, highly stable NPs at very mild conditions, using high energy ionizing radiations. The gamma irradiation was performed in an aqueous system of Cu/Au/Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS)/Ethylene Glycol.
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