Santiago Estevez-Areco

Dr. Santiago Estevez-Areco

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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

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

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1 November 2019 in Food Hydrocolloids
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SESantiago Estevez-Areco
Santiago Estevez-Areco
LGLucas Guz
Lucas Guz
LFLucía Famá
Lucía Famá
RCRoberto Candal
Roberto Candal
SGSilvia Goyanes
Silvia Goyanes

1 December 2018 in Food Packaging and Shelf Life
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SESantiago Estevez-Areco
Santiago Estevez-Areco
LGLucas Guz
Lucas Guz
RCRoberto Candal
Roberto Candal
SGSilvia Goyanes
Silvia Goyanes

1 November 2020 in Food Hydrocolloids
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SESantiago Estevez-Areco
Santiago Estevez-Areco
LGLucas Guz
Lucas Guz
RCRoberto Candal
Roberto Candal
SGSilvia Goyanes
Silvia Goyanes


22 December 2022 in Molecules
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DPDAVID EMMANUEL PICON
DAVID EMMANUEL PICON
AVALICIA VERGARA-RUBIO
ALICIA VERGARA-RUBIO
SESantiago Estevez-Areco
Santiago Estevez-Areco
SCSilvina Cerveny
Silvina Cerveny
SGSilvia Goyanes
Silvia Goyanes
The detection of emerging contaminants in bodies of water has steadily increased in recent years, becoming a severe problem threatening human and ecosystem health. Developing new materials with adsorption properties to remove these pollutants represents an important step toward a potential solution. In this paper, a polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) nanofibrous membrane incorporating clinoptilolite zeolite was developed and its excellent performance in removing tetracycline (TC) and methylene blue (MB) from water was demonstrated. The composite membrane was prepared in two steps: firstly, a homogeneous dispersion of clinoptilolite (1 wt% respect to polymer) in a PBAT solution (12.6 wt%) was electrospun; secondly, the electrospun membrane was subjected to an acid treatment that improved its wettability through the protonation of the surface silanol groups of clinoptilolite. The resulting membrane was hydrophilic and showed higher adsorption for TC (800 mg/g) and MB (100 mg/g), using a low dose (90 mg/L) powdered zeolite. The maximum removal capacity was obtained at neutral pH, being the cation exchange reaction the main adsorption mechanism. Pseudo-second-order kinetics and Henry’s law agree well with the proposed chemisorption and the high affinity of TC and MB for the adsorbent. The material can be reused after the removal process without generating additional contamination, although losing some effectivity.