Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Research background 1.1.1 Significance of wastewater reclamation and reuse 1.1.2 Necessity of wastewater reclamation and reuse 1.1.3 Challenges of the existing disinfection technology 1.2 Electroporation disinfection 1.2.1 Electroporation for biomedical application 1.2.2 Electroporation for water disinfection 1.3 Current research status of novel electroporation disinfection 1.3.1 Nanowire-assisted electroporation for water disinfection 1.3.2 Current reactor for nanowire-assisted electroporation disinfection 1.3.3 Methods for in-situ nanowire fabrication 1.3.4 Impact of the nanowire morphology on electroporation disinfection 1.3.5 Nanomaterial strengthening method and electrode lifetime improvement method 1.3.6 Treatment efficiency of nanomaterial-enabled disinfection technology for reclaimed wastewater 1.4 Research topics to be further investigated 1.5 Research objective and content 1.5.1 Research objective 1.5.2 Research content 1.5.3 Research roadmap Chapter 2 Development of nanowire-modified electrodes and investigation of the microbial inactivation performance 2.1 Research background 2.2 Experimental materials and methods 2.2.1 Experimental reagents 2.2.2 CuO nanowire-modified copper foam electrodes fabrication and disinfection device construction 2.2.3 Characterization of CuO nanowire-modified copper foam electrodes 2.2.4 Microbes and water samples used in experiments 2.2.5 Nanowire-assisted electroporation for microbial disinfection 2.2.6 Bacterial storage after nanowire-assisted electroporation disinfection 2.2.7 Free chlorine detection and current detection during nanowire-assisted electroporation disinfection 2.2.8 Copper ion concentration detection 2.2.9 Bacterial morphology analysis 2.2.10 Bacterial staining experiments 2.3 Fabrication of CuO nanowire-modified copper foam electrodes 2.4 Disinfection efficiency of CuO nanowire-modified copper foam electrodes 2.4.1 Disinfection efficiency of E.coli 2.4.2 Disinfection efficiency of E. faecalis, B.subtilis …… Chapter 3 Effect of the nanowire morphology and electrode structure on microbial inactivation Chapter 4 Fabrication of high-durability nanowire-modified electrodes and investigation of their microbial disinfection performance Chapter 5 Surface coating on nanowire-modified electrode lifetime enhancement Chapter 6 Altering current driven nanowire-assisted electroporation disinfection with the enhanced electrode life Chapter 7 Nanowire-assisted electroporation disinfection for reclaimed water Chapter 8 Conclusions and perspectives References
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