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Pedro J. J. Alvarez
Researcher at Rice University
Publications - 416
Citations - 42141
Pedro J. J. Alvarez is an academic researcher from Rice University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chemistry & Catalysis. The author has an hindex of 89, co-authored 378 publications receiving 34837 citations. Previous affiliations of Pedro J. J. Alvarez include University of Minnesota & University of Michigan.
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Effects of Ethanol versus MTBE on Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene Natural Attenuation in Aquifer Columns
TL;DR: The increased use of ethanol as a replacement for the gasoline oxygenate, methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), may lead to indirect impacts related to natural attenuation of benzene, toluene, ethylbenze as discussed by the authors.
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Chemical and microbiological assessment of pendimethalin-contaminated soil after treatment with Fenton's reagent
TL;DR: In this paper, chemical effects and microbial response after Fenton's treatment of pendimethalin contaminated soils were assessed and it was found that the highest efficiency was associated with a soil having comparatively low organic matter and low acid neutralizing capacity.
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Effect of ethanol on BTEX biodegradation kinetics: aerobic continuous culture experiments.
TL;DR: Chemostat experiments were conducted with four pure cultures to determine how ethanol affects benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) biodegradation kinetics, and showed an increase in benzene removal efficiency when ethanol was fed at low concentrations.
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Inhibitory effect of natural organic matter or other background constituents on photocatalytic advanced oxidation processes: mechanistic model development and validation.
TL;DR: An analytical model is developed to account for various inhibition mechanisms in catalytic AOPs, including competitive adsorption of inhibitors, scavenging of produced ROS at the surface and in solution, and the inner filtering of the excitation illumination, which combine to decrease ROS-mediated degradation.
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Fluorescence Reports Intact Quantum Dot Uptake into Roots and Translocation to Leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana and Subsequent Ingestion by Insect Herbivores
Yeonjong Koo,Jing Wang,Qingbo Zhang,Huiguang Zhu,E. Wassim Chehab,Vicki L. Colvin,Pedro J. J. Alvarez,Janet Braam +7 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that QD coat properties influence plant nanoparticle uptake and translocation and can impact transfer to herbivores.