Eveliina Repo

Dr. Eveliina Repo

Department of Separation Science, LUT School of Engineering Science, LUT University, Lappeenranta, Finland
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Academic Career Length

16Years (2011-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 June 2011 in Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
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Eveliina RepoEveliina Repo
Eveliina Repo
JWJolanta K. Warchoł
Jolanta K. Warchoł
Amit BhatnagarAmit Bhatnagar
Amit Bhatnagar
Mika E. T. SillanpääMika E. T. Sillanpää
Mika E. T. Sillanpää

1 September 2013 in Water Research
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Eveliina RepoEveliina Repo
Eveliina Repo
JWJolanta K. Warchoł
Jolanta K. Warchoł
Amit BhatnagarAmit Bhatnagar
Amit Bhatnagar
AMAckmez Mudhoo
Ackmez Mudhoo
Mika E. T. SillanpääMika E. T. Sillanpää
Mika E. T. Sillanpää

1 March 2011 in Journal of Hazardous Materials
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Eveliina RepoEveliina Repo
Eveliina Repo
LMLeena Malinen
Leena Malinen
RKRisto Koivula
Risto Koivula
RHRisto Harjula
Risto Harjula
Mika E. T. SillanpääMika E. T. Sillanpää
Mika E. T. Sillanpää

1 June 2018 in Chemical Engineering Journal
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DRDeepika Ramasamy
Deepika Ramasamy
VPVille Puhakka
Ville Puhakka
Eveliina RepoEveliina Repo
Eveliina Repo
SHSamia Ben Hammouda
Samia Ben Hammouda
Mika E. T. SillanpääMika E. T. Sillanpää
Mika E. T. Sillanpää

1 August 2020 in Science of The Total Environment
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HZHuabin Zeng
Huabin Zeng
XZXu Zhao
Xu Zhao
Feiping ZhaoFeiping Zhao
Feiping Zhao
Yuri ParkYuri Park
Yuri Park
Eveliina RepoEveliina Repo
Eveliina Repo
MSMika Sillanpää
Mika Sillanpää

4 January 2023 in Polymers
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SPSung-Sil Park
Sung-Sil Park
YLYun-Seok Lee
Yun-Seok Lee
SLSeung-Woo Lee
Seung-Woo Lee
Eveliina RepoEveliina Repo
Eveliina Repo
TKTae-Hyun Kim
Tae-Hyun Kim
Yuhoon HwangYuhoon Hwang
Yuhoon Hwang
The structured adsorption filter material is one of the ways to enhance the practical applicability of powdered adsorbents, which have limitations in the real water treatment process due to difficulty in the separation process. In this study, three-dimensional (3D) printing technology was applied to prepare filter materials for water treatment processes. A 3D-printed graphene-oxide (GO)-based adsorbent is prepared on a polylactic acid (PLA) scaffold. The surface of the PLA scaffold was modified by subjecting it to strong alkaline or organic solvent treatment to enhance GO doping for realizing effective adsorption of cationic dye solutions. When subjected to 95% acetone treatment, the structural properties of PLA changed, and particularly, two main hydrophilic functional groups (carboxylic acids and hydroxyls) were newly formed on the PLA through cleavage of the ester bond of the aliphatic polyester. Owing to these changes, the roughness of the PLA surface increased, and its tensile strength decreased. Meanwhile, its surface was doped mainly with GO, resulting in approximately 75% methylene blue (MB) adsorption on the 3D-printed GO-based PLA filter. Based on the established optimal pretreatment conditions, a kinetic MB sorption study and an isotherm study were conducted to evaluate the 3D-printed GO-based PLA filter. The pseudo-second-order model yielded the best fit, and the MB adsorption was better fitted to the Langmuir isotherm. These results suggested that chemical adsorption was the main driver of the reaction, and monolayer sorption occurred on the adsorbent surface. The results of this study highlight the importance of PLA surface modification in enhancing GO doping and achieving effective MB adsorption in aqueous solutions. Ultimately, this study highlights the potential of using 3D printing technology to fabricate the components required for implementing water treatment processes.