Publications

15. Wensi Chen, Kali Rigby, Hyun Jeong Lim, David J. Kim, and Jae-Hong Kim*. Tackling challenges of long-term electrode stability in electrochemical treatment of 1,4-dioxane in groundwater. Environmental Science & Technology 2024, accepted.

Keywords: electrochemical, advanced oxidation 1,4-dioxane, pulse, titanium suboxide.

14. Gyuhyon Cha, Yixuan Huang, Katherine E. Graham, Anjin Luo, Wensi Chen, Janet K. Hatt, Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis*, Xing Xie*. Cold-chain free nucleic acid preservation using porous super-absorbent polymer (PSAP) beads to facilitate wastewater surveillance. Science of The Total Environment 2024, 939, 173468.

Keywords: WBE, preservation, viral RNA, SARS-CoV-2, PMMoV

13. Hyun Jeong Lim, David J. Kim, Kali Rigby, Wensi Chen, Huimin Xu, Xuanhao Wu, Jae-Hong Kim*. Peroxymonosulfate-based electrochemical advanced oxidation: complication by oxygen reduction reaction. Environmental Science & Technology 2023, 57(47), 19504-19063.

Keywords: peroxymonosulfate (PMS), electrochemical advanced oxidation process, oxygen reduction reaction, hydrogen peroxide, carbon nanotubes

12. Junyue Wang, Wensi Chen, Ting Wang, Elliot Reid, Caroline Krall, Juhee Kim, Tianqi Zhang, Xing Xie, Ching-Hua Huang*. Bacteria and virus inactivation: relative efficacy and mechanisms of peroxyacids and chlor(am)ine. Environmental Science & Technology 2023, 57(47), 18710-18721. 

Keywords: peroxyacids (POAs), bacterial inactivation, viral inactivation, wastewater disinfection, fluorescence microscopy

11. Zeou Dou, Maria Vitoria Bini Farias, Wensi Chen, Dongjing He, Yuhang Hu, Xing Xie*. Highly degradable chitosan-montmorillonite (MMT) nanocomposite hydrogel for controlled fertilizer release. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering 2023, 17(5), 53.

Keywords: biopolymer, hydrogel, controlled-release fertilizer, nanoclay, nanocomposite

10. Wensi Chen, Eric Mei, and Xing Xie*. Virus stabilization with enhanced porous superabsorbent polymer (PSAP) beads for diagnostics and surveillance. ACS ES&T Water 2022, 2(12), 2378-2387. (Cover Art)

Keywords: porous polymer, immobilization, preservation, enveloped virus, nonenveloped virus

9. Mingyue Zhang, Wensi Chen, Woosung Choi, Jiwoo Yu, Yulin Deng, Xing Xie, and Zhiqun Lin*. Ternary biocidal-photocatalytic-upconverting nanocomposites for enhanced antibacterial activity. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2022, 10(14), 4741-4749.

Keywords: upconversion, photocatalysis, nanocomposite, antibacterial, food packaging

8. Wensi Chen, Ting Wang, Zeou Dou, and Xing Xie*. Microalgae harvesting by self-driven 3D microfiltration with rationally designed porous superabsorbent polymer (PSAP) beads. Environmental Science & Technology 2021, 55(22), 15446-15455. 

Keywords: 3D filtration, microalgae, food-energy-water nexus, resource recovery, biorefinery, polymers 

7. Wensi Chen, Ting Wang, Zeou Dou, and Xing Xie*. Self-driven pretreatment and room-temperature storage of water samples for virus detection using enhanced porous superabsorbent polymer beads. Environmental Science & Technology 2021, 55(20), 14059-14068. (2021 ES&T Best Paper)

Keywords: porous polymer, separation, encapsulation, stabilization, virus surveillance 

6. Haiping Gao, Wensi Chen, Chunyan Xu, Su Liu, Xin Tong, and Yongsheng Chen*. Two-dimensional Ti3C2Tx MXene/GO hybrid membranes for highly efficient osmotic power generation. Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 54(5), 2931-2940. 

Keywords: composite membrane, 2D material, pressure-retarded osmosis, antifouling, antimicrobial activity

5. Zeou Dou, Ting Wang, Wensi Chen, Beichen Lin, Hai Dong, Wei Sun, and Xing Xie*. Self-driven membrane filtration by core-shell polymer composites. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2020, 8(31), 15942-15950. 

Keywords: self-driven, 3D filtration, core-shell hydrogel, water purification, salt rejection

4. Wensi Chen, Ting Wang, Zeou Dou, and Xing Xie*. Self-driven “microfiltration” enabled by porous superabsorbent polymer (PSAP) beads for biofluid specimen processing and storage. ACS Materials Letters 2020, 2(11), 1545-1554.

Keywords: porous polymer, blood, urine, non-refrigeration, biomarker preservation, disease diagnosis 

3. Chunyan Xu, Wensi Chen, Haiping Gao, Xing Xie, and Yongsheng Chen*. Cellulose nanocrystal/silver (CNC/Ag) thin-film nanocomposite nanofiltration membranes with multifunctional properties. Environmental Science: Nano 2020, 7(3), 803-816.

Keywords: multifunctional membrane, nanofiltration, antimicrobial fouling, energy efficiency 

2. Jianfeng Zhou, Ting Wang, Wensi Chen, Beichen Lin, and Xing Xie*. Emerging investigator series: locally enhanced electric field treatment (LEEFT) with nanowire-modified electrodes for water disinfection in pipes. Environmental Science: Nano 2020, 7(2), 397-403. 

Keywords: electroporation, copper nanowire, device design, electric field enhancement, pathogen inactivation

1. Wensi Chen, Jinyue Jiang, Wenlong Zhang, Ting Wang, Jianfeng Zhou, Ching-Hua Huang, and Xing Xie*. Silver nanowire-modified filter with controllable silver ion release for point-of-use disinfection. Environmental Science & Technology 2019, 53(13), 7504-7512.

Keywords:  nanotechnology, conductive membrane, silver release control, pathogen inactivation