A smart chemistry twist: self-pausing Fenton system enhances water treatment safety

Innovative Self-Pausing Fenton System Boosts Safety in Water Treatment

A groundbreaking advancement in water treatment chemistry has emerged from a collaboration led by researchers at Xiamen University, offering an unprecedented level of precision and safety in the production of hydroxyl radicals through a modified Fenton process. This innovative approach harnesses the subtle interplay of iron complexes and pH to create an intelligent chemical system that selectively generates reactive species only within a narrowl…

A smart chemistry twist: self-pausing Fenton system enhances water treatment safety

A new chemical strategy offers precision control in water treatment by producing hydroxyl radicals (*OH) only within a specific pH range. In this newly developed system, hydroxylamine and EDTA are used to finely tune iron-based redox reactions in a modified Fenton process.