Titanium dioxide nanoparticles as a sustainable solution for soil and water polluted with naphthalene and phenanthrene
Adel S El-Hassanin, Sherif H Abd-Alrahman, Shereen F Abd El-Kader, Abdalrahman S Ahmed · 2026
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Adel S El-Hassanin and co-authors test, in a 2026 study, titanium dioxide nanoparticles as a cleanup agent for soil and water spiked with two ring-shaped aromatic hydrocarbons, naphthalene and phenanthrene. These combustion-born pollutants persist in the environment and threaten health. The team tested the nanoparticles, then dosed contaminated water and soil at three concentrations, with and without sunlight, measuring what gas chromatography said remained.
More catalyst meant more cleanup, even in the dark. In water without light, naphthalene removal climbed from 21 percent at the lowest dose to 92 percent at the highest. In soil, the second pollutant's removal rose from 44.63 percent to 73.53 percent across the dose ladder in the reported figures. Performance depended on light availability, catalyst dose, and which pollutant was targeted. The authors claim the first demonstration that modest, safe nanoparticle doses can remediate even subsurface soil, where sunlight-driven methods usually fail, at low cost.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Adel S El-Hassanin, Sherif H Abd-Alrahman, Shereen F Abd El-Kader, Abdalrahman S Ahmed |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |