From Trace Element Biogeochemistry to Critical Minerals Resourcing: Lessons Learned and Opportunities for Innovation
Environmental Science & Technology 60(39), 27551–27561
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6c08144 ↗Research output
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Latest perspective · Environmental Science & Technology · 2026
From Trace Element Biogeochemistry to Critical Minerals Resourcing: Lessons Learned and Opportunities for Innovation
Hsu-Kim, van Genuchten, and colleagues connect trace-element biogeochemistry with opportunities for critical mineral recovery.
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Upcycling Arsenic Trioxide Waste to Form Arsenic(0) Metal: A New Approach to Manage Legacy Arsenic Pollution
Environmental Science & Technology Letters 13(8), 1198–1203
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.6c00409 ↗Crystal structure-dependent oxidation pathways of metallic arsenic(0): Implications for environmental risk and material handling
Journal of Hazardous Materials 504, 141282
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.141282 ↗Upcycling Metal(loid) Contaminants to Produce Critical Raw Materials: The Nexus of Water Treatment and Material Criticality
Environmental Science & Technology 60(2), 1621–1628
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c13163 ↗Molecular-scale investigation of Cu(II) interactions with synthetic and natural zeolites during removal and recovery
Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 12(1), 314–327
DOI: 10.1039/d5ew00972c ↗Commodifying a carcinogen: Critical raw materials from arsenic-laden groundwater
Science Advances 11(42), eadz5816
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adz5816 ↗Vadose zone perspectives in global arsenic research: A review and future opportunities
Vadose Zone Journal 23(4), e20313
DOI: 10.1002/vzj2.20313 ↗Alkali Extraction of Arsenic from Groundwater Treatment Sludge: An Essential Initial Step for Arsenic Recovery
Environmental Science & Technology 58(25), 11175–11184
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c00939 ↗Heavy metal removal potential of olivine
Water Research 245, 120583
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120583 ↗A Review of the Structure and Metal(loid) Adsorption Reactivity of Nanoscale Fe(III) and Mn(IV) (Oxyhydr)oxides for Industrial Application
Industrial Applications of Nanoparticles, 196–216 · Book chapter
DOI: 10.1201/9781003183525-12 ↗LCA of Disposal Practices for Arsenic-Bearing Iron Oxides Reveals the Need for Advanced Arsenic Recovery
Environmental Science & Technology 56(19), 14109–14119
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c05417 ↗The Enhanced Stability of Arsenic Coprecipitated with Magnetite during Aging: An XAS Investigation
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 61(35), 13154–13167
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02357 ↗Solid-phase Mn speciation in suspended particles along meltwater-influenced fjords of West Greenland
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 326, 180–198
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2022.04.003 ↗Redox Interaction between Selenite and Mackinawite in Cement Pore Water
Environmental Science & Technology 56(9), 5602–5610
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c00901 ↗Phosphate coprecipitation affects reactivity of iron (oxyhydr)oxides towards dissolved iron and sulfide
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 321, 311–328
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2021.12.032 ↗Order and Disorder in Layered Double Hydroxides: Lessons Learned from the Green Rust Sulfate─Nikischerite Series
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 6(2), 322–332
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00293 ↗Decoupling of particles and dissolved iron downstream of Greenlandic glacier outflows
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 576, 117234
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117234 ↗Regenerated Manganese-Oxide Coated Sands: The Role of Mineral Phase in Organic Contaminant Reactivity
Environmental Science & Technology 55(8), 5282–5290
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c05745 ↗Arsenic species delay structural ordering during green rust sulfate crystallization from ferrihydrite
Environmental Science: Nano 8(10), 2950–2963
DOI: 10.1039/d1en00384d ↗Groundwater As Removal by As(III), Fe(II), and Mn(II) Co-Oxidation: Contrasting As Removal Pathways with O2, NaOCl, and KMnO4
Environmental Science & Technology 54(23), 15454–15464
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c05424 ↗Coprecipitation of Phosphate and Silicate Affects Environmental Iron (Oxyhydr)Oxide Transformations: A Gel-Based Diffusive Sampler Approach
Environmental Science & Technology 54(19), 12795–12802
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02352 ↗Mechanisms of arsenate removal and membrane fouling in ferric based coprecipitation–low pressure membrane filtration systems
Separation and Purification Technology 241, 116644
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.116644 ↗Rapid and Efficient Arsenic Removal by Iron Electrocoagulation Enabled with in Situ Generation of Hydrogen Peroxide
Environmental Science & Technology 54(10), 6094–6103
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00012 ↗Direct Visualization of Arsenic Binding on Green Rust Sulfate
Environmental Science & Technology 54(6), 3297–3305
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b07092 ↗Concrete stabilization of arsenic-bearing iron sludge generated from an electrochemical arsenic remediation plant
Journal of Environmental Management 233, 141–150
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.062 ↗Emerging investigator series: interdependency of green rust transformation and the partitioning and binding mode of arsenic
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 21(9), 1459–1476
DOI: 10.1039/c9em00267g ↗Arsenite removal in groundwater treatment plants by sequential Permanganate―Ferric treatment
Journal of Water Process Engineering 26, 221–229
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2018.10.014 ↗Controls on the formation of Fe(II,III) (hydr)oxides by Fe(0) electrolysis
Electrochimica Acta 286, 324–338
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.08.031 ↗Chemical Regeneration of Manganese Oxide-Coated Sand for Oxidation of Organic Stormwater Contaminants
Environmental Science & Technology 52(18), 10728–10736
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b03304 ↗Bacterial bioreporter detection of arsenic associated with iron oxides
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 20(6), 913–922
DOI: 10.1039/c8em00071a ↗Factors affecting the Faradaic efficiency of Fe(0) electrocoagulation
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 5(5), 4958–4968
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2017.09.008 ↗Mn(II) Oxidation in Fenton and Fenton Type Systems: Identification of Reaction Efficiency and Reaction Products
Environmental Science & Technology 51(5), 2982–2991
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05584 ↗Oxidation of microcystin-LR by the Fenton process: Kinetics, degradation intermediates, water quality and toxicity assessment
Chemical Engineering Journal 309, 339–348
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.10.083 ↗Sorption selectivity of birnessite particle edges: a d-PDF analysis of Cd(II) and Pb(II) sorption by δ-MnO 2 and ferrihydrite
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 18(8), 1030–1041
DOI: 10.1039/c6em00136j ↗Escherichia coli Attenuation by Fe Electrocoagulation in Synthetic Bengal Groundwater: Effect of pH and Natural Organic Matter
Environmental Science & Technology 49(16), 9945–9953
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01696 ↗Production and Transformation of Mixed-Valent Nanoparticles Generated by Fe(0) Electrocoagulation
Environmental Science & Technology 49(4), 2171–2179
DOI: 10.1021/es505059d ↗Fe(III) Nucleation in the Presence of Bivalent Cations and Oxyanions Leads to Subnanoscale 7 Å Polymers
Environmental Science & Technology 48(20), 11828–11836
DOI: 10.1021/es503281a ↗Electro-chemical arsenic remediation: Field trials in West Bengal
Science of The Total Environment 488-489, 539–546
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.074 ↗Addressing Arsenic Mass Poisoning in South Asia with Electrochemical Arsenic Remediation
Water Reclamation and Sustainability, 115–154 · Book chapter
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-411645-0.00006-7 ↗Structure of Fe(III) precipitates generated by the electrolytic dissolution of Fe(0) in the presence of groundwater ions
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 127, 285–304
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.11.044 ↗Modeling As(III) Oxidation and Removal with Iron Electrocoagulation in Groundwater
Environmental Science & Technology 46(21), 12038–12045
DOI: 10.1021/es302456b ↗Removing Arsenic from Synthetic Groundwater with Iron Electrocoagulation: An Fe and As K-Edge EXAFS Study
Environmental Science & Technology 46(2), 986–994
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