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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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Enhanced anaerobic biodegradation of BTEX-ethanol mixtures in aquifer columns amended with sulfate, chelated ferric iron or nitrate.
TL;DR: The addition of anaerobic electron acceptors could enhance BTEX biodegradation not only by facilitating their anaer aerobic biodegrading but also by accelerating the mineralization of ethanol or other substrates that are labile under anaerilic conditions.
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Perfluorooctanoic acid degradation in the presence of Fe(III) under natural sunlight.
Dandan Liu,Zongming Xiu,Fei Liu,Gang Wu,Dave Adamson,Charles J. Newell,Peter J. Vikesland,Ah-Lim Tsai,Pedro J. J. Alvarez +8 more
TL;DR: The observation that PFOA can be degraded by Fe(III) under solar irradiation provides mechanistic insight into a possibly overlooked natural attenuation process and represents a potentially important step toward the development of simple and inexpensive remediation strategies for PFOa-contaminated water.
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Diversity and correlation of specific aromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation capabilities.
TL;DR: Investigation of the biodegradation capabilities of indigenous microorganisms exposed to differentcombinations of aromatic hydrocarbons found a significant correlation between the abilities todegrade toluene and ethylbenzene, p-xylene and m-Xylene, and p- xylene and o-xene, and the ability to degrade naphthalene, but not Benzene.
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Effect of ethanol and methyl-tert-butyl ether on monoaromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation: response variability for different aquifer materials under various electron-accepting conditions.
Graciela M. L. Ruiz-Aguilar,Jose M. Fernandez-Sanchez,Staci R. Kane,Donguk Kim,Pedro J. J. Alvarez +4 more
TL;DR: Experiments with flow-through aquifer columns showed that this beneficial effect could be eclipsed by an ethanol-driven depletion of electron acceptors, which significantly inhibited BTEX degradation and is probably the most important mechanism by which ethanol could hinder BTEX natural attenuation.
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CeO2/TiO2 nanostructures enhance adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of organic compounds in aqueous suspension
Gabriela Bonfanti Vieira,Humberto Jorge José,Michael L. Peterson,Vanessa Zanon Baldissarelli,Pedro J. J. Alvarez,Regina de Fátima Peralta Muniz Moreira +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the photocatalysts were used to degrade polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and methylene blue (MB) as test compounds.