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  1. Use of materials containing zerovalent iron nanoparticles for PFAS removal from water: a critical review

    Article • Environmental Science Water Research & Technology, January 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  2. Two-step, low-cost and biocompatible removal of hexavalent chromium using yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) and montmorillonite-rich bentonite

    Article • Chemical Papers, December 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  3. Dedication to Hugo B. Nicolli (†2020): Pioneer in recognizing the presence and toxicological impact of groundwater arsenic in Latin America

    Article • Journal of Environmental Science Health & Sustainability, December 2025, Enviro Mind Solutions

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  4. Relevance of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination to the environment and sustainable development

    Article • Journal of Environmental Science Health & Sustainability, December 2025, Enviro Mind Solutions

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  5. Synergistic Removal of Cr(VI) with Stable Nanozerovalent Iron Particles and Ultrasound Assistance in the Presence of Organic Additives

    Article • ACS Engineering Au, June 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  6. Total Specific Energy as a New Figure of Merit for the Design of Porous TiO2 Surfaces Synthesized via Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, May 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  7. Comparison between Different Technologies (Zerovalent Iron, Coagulation-Flocculation, Adsorption) for Arsenic Treatment at High Concentrations

    Article • Water, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Jorge Martin Meichtry, Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  8. Mechanisms of Sonochemical Transformation of Nitrate and Nitrite under Different Conditions: Influence of Additives and pH

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, October 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  9. Photocatalytic and mechanical properties of immobilized nanotubular TiO2 photocatalysts obtained by anodic oxidation: a novel combined analysis

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  10. Application of a Fenton process after a biological nitrification treatment: A successful case for leachate treatment

    Article • Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, May 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  11. Influence of anodizing variables on Cr(VI) photocatalytic reduction using TiO2 nanotubes obtained by anodic oxidation

    Article • Environmental Nanotechnology Monitoring & Management, December 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  12. ZnAl hydrotalcites modified with nanocomposites nZVI–PAA for environmental remediation

    Article • Journal of Materials Research and Technology, September 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  13. New Insights on the UV/TiO2 Photocatalytic Treatment of Thiomersal and its 2-Sulfobenzoic Acid Product

    Article • Journal of Photocatalysis, August 2021, Bentham Science Publishers

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter, Jorge Martin Meichtry

  14. Treatment of ethylmercury chloride by heterogeneous photocatalysis with TiO2

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, April 2021, Elsevier

    Jorge Martin Meichtry, Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  15. Photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) on hematite nanoparticles in the presence of oxalate and citrate

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, September 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  16. Combined strategy for removal of Reactive Black 5 by biomass sorption on Macrocystis pyrifera and zerovalent iron nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, February 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  17. Advances on the synthesis of porous TiO2 coatings by anodic spark oxidation. Photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI)

    Article • Materials Chemistry and Physics, January 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  18. An overview on heterogeneous Fenton and photoFenton reactions using zerovalent iron materials

    Article • Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies, January 2017, De Gruyter

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  19. Reduction of nitrate by heterogeneous photocatalysis over pure and radiolytically modified TiO2 samples in the presence of formic acid

    Article • Catalysis Today, July 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  20. Mechanistic Features of the TiO2Heterogeneous Photocatalysis of Arsenic and Uranyl Nitrate in Aqueous Suspensions Studied by the Stopped-Flow Technique

    Article • ChemPhysChem, January 2016, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  21. Detection and quantification of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in indoor air

    Article • Talanta, June 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  22. Heterogeneous photocatalytic removal of U(VI) in the presence of formic acid: U(III) formation

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, June 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  23. New insights in the heterogeneous photocatalytic removal of U(VI) in aqueous solution in the presence of 2-propanol

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, February 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  24. Nitric oxide

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  25. Mechanisms of removal of heavy metals and arsenic from water by TiO2-heterogeneous photocatalysis

    Article • Pure and Applied Chemistry, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  26. New Advances in Heterogeneous Photocatalysis for Treatment of Toxic Metals and Arsenic

    Article • August 2014, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  27. Treatment of wastewater from an alkaline cleaning solution by combined coagulation and photo-Fenton processes

    Article • Separation and Purification Technology, August 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  28. Highly efficient removal of Cr(VI) from water with nanoparticulated zerovalent iron: Understanding the Fe(III)–Cr(III) passive outer layer structure

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, May 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  29. Preservation of the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 by EDTA in the reductive transformation of Cr(VI). Studies by Time Resolved Microwave Conductivity

    Article • Catalysis Today, April 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  30. Photochemical reduction of U(VI) in aqueous solution in the presence of 2-propanol

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, March 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  31. Adsorption of Boron by Metallurgical Slag and Iron Nanoparticles

    Article • Adsorption Science & Technology, March 2014, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  32. Visible light enhanced Cr(VI) removal from aqueous solution by nanoparticulated zerovalent iron

    Article • Catalysis Communications, February 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  33. TiO2-photocatalytic transformation of Cr(VI) in the presence of EDTA: Comparison of different commercial photocatalysts and studies by Time Resolved Microwave Conductivity

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, January 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  34. Evidence on dye clustering in the sensitization of TiO2 by aluminum phthalocyanine

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  35. Chemistry of NO x on TiO 2 Surfaces Studied by Ambient Pressure XPS: Products, Effect of UV Irradiation, Water, and Coadsorbed K +

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, February 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  36. Exploiting electron storage in TiO2 nanoparticles for dark reduction of As(v) by accumulated electrons

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  37. Arsenic in Latin America, an unrevealed continent: Occurrence, health effects and mitigation

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, July 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Prosun Bhattacharya, Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  38. Small-scale and household methods to remove arsenic from water for drinking purposes in Latin America

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, July 2012, Elsevier

    PhD Elsa M Farfán Torres, Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  39. One century of arsenic exposure in Latin America: A review of history and occurrence from 14 countries

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, July 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter, Luis Cumbal

  40. TiO2-photocatalytic treatment coupled with biological systems for the elimination of benzalkonium chloride in water

    Article • Separation and Purification Technology, May 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  41. Nanotechnologies for the treatment of water, air and soil

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, April 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  42. TiO 2 -Photocatalytic Reduction of Pentavalent and Trivalent Arsenic: Production of Elemental Arsenic and Arsine

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, February 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  43. Arsenic removal from groundwater of the Chaco-Pampean Plain (Argentina) using natural geological materials as adsorbents

    Article • Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A, September 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Prosun Bhattacharya, Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  44. Heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of citric acid over TiO2. I: Mechanism of 3-oxoglutaric acid degradation

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, February 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  45. Heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of citric acid over TiO2

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, February 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  46. Glossary of terms used in photocatalysis and radiation catalysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)

    Article • Pure and Applied Chemistry, January 2011, De Gruyter

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  47. Photocatalytic activity of TiO2 thin films deposited by cathodic arc

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, January 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  48. Groundwater arsenic: From genesis to sustainable remediation

    Article • Water Research, November 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Prosun Bhattacharya, Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  49. Emerging mitigation needs and sustainable options for solving the arsenic problems of rural and isolated urban areas in Latin America – A critical analysis

    Article • Water Research, November 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Prosun Bhattacharya, Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  50. Photochemical Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment

    Article • Recent Patents on Engineering, November 2010, Bentham Science Publishers

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  51. Degradation of Nonylphenol Ethoxylate-9 (NPE-9) by Photochemical Advanced Oxidation Technologies

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, August 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  52. Photoinduced reduction of chromium(vi) by iron aminopolycarboxylate complex (FeNTA)

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  53. Possible treatments for arsenic removal in Latin American waters for human consumption

    Article • Environmental Pollution, May 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  54. Targeting arsenic-safe aquifers for drinking water supplies

    Article • Environmental Geochemistry and Health, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Prosun Bhattacharya, Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  55. Effect of key parameters on the photocatalytic oxidation of toluene at low concentrations in air under 254+185nm UV irradiation

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, April 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  56. Heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of gallic acid under different experimental conditions

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  57. Arsenic (V) removal with nanoparticulate zerovalent iron: Effect of UV light and humic acids

    Article • Catalysis Today, May 2009, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  58. Photoreduction of Cr(vi) using hydroxoaluminiumtricarboxymonoamide phthalocyanine adsorbed on TiO2

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  59. Treatment of Chromium, Mercury, Lead, Uranium, and Arsenic in Water by Heterogeneous Photocatalysis

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  60. Photocatalytic reduction of Pb(II) over TiO2: New insights on the effect of different electron donors

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, December 2008, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  61. Photoinduced Reactivity of Strongly Coupled TiO 2 Ligands under Visible Irradiation: An Examination of an Alizarin Red@TiO 2 Nanoparticulate System

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, October 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  62. Vacuum-UV-photolysis of aqueous solutions of citric and gallic acids

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, June 2008, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  63. Photocatalytic removal of Pb(II) over TiO2 and Pt–TiO2 powders

    Article • Catalysis Today, November 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  64. Treatment of phenylmercury salts by heterogeneous photocatalysis over TiO2

    Article • Chemosphere, October 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  65. Chemometric study on the TiO2-photocatalytic degradation of nitrilotriacetic acid

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, July 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  66. Photocatalytic degradation of citric acid under different conditions: TiO2 heterogeneous photocatalysis against homogeneous photolytic processes promoted by Fe(III) and H2O2

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, February 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  67. Heterogeneous photocatalysis of Cr(VI) in the presence of citric acid over TiO2 particles: Relevance of Cr(V)–citrate complexes

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, February 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  68. Field Tests of the Solar Water Detoxification SOLWATER Reactor in Los Pereyra, Tucumán, Argentina

    Article • Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, January 2007, ASME International

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  69. Low-Cost TiO[sub 2] Photocatalytic Technology for Water Potabilization in Plastic Bottles For Isolated Regions. Photocatalyst Fixation

    Article • Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, January 2007, ASME International

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  70. The combination of heterogeneous photocatalysis with chemical and physical operations: A tool for improving the photoprocess performance

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C Photochemistry Reviews, December 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  71. Total reflection X-ray fluorescence trace mercury determination by trapping complexation: Application in advanced oxidation technologies

    Article • Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy, November 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  72. Photocatalytic EDTA degradation on suspended and immobilized TiO2

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, July 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  73. Impact of iron-complex (Fe(iii)–NTA) on photoinduced degradation of 4-chlorophenol in aqueous solution

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, April 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  74. Phenol Photodegradation on Platinized-TiO 2 Photocatalysts Related to Charge-Carrier Dynamics

    Article • Langmuir, April 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  75. Mechanism of degradation of nitrilotriacetic acid by heterogeneous photocatalysis over TiO2 and platinized TiO2

    Article • Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, July 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  76. Oxalic acid destruction at high concentrations by combined heterogeneous photocatalysis and photo-Fenton processes

    Article • Catalysis Today, April 2005, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  77. Solar light induced removal of arsenic from contaminated groundwater: the interplay of solar energy and chemical variables

    Article • Solar Energy, November 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Maria Gabriela Garcia, Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  78. Destruction of EDTA using Fenton and photo-Fenton-like reactions under UV-A irradiation

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, September 2004, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  79. Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Reduction of Chromium(VI) over TiO 2 Particles in the Presence of Oxalate:  Involvement of Cr(V) Species

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, March 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  80. Photocatalytic reactions over TiO2 supported on porcelain spheres

    Article • January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  81. Removal of EDTA by UV‐C/hydrogen peroxide

    Article • Environmental Technology, October 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  82. Photocatalytic bactericidal effect of TiO2 on Enterobacter cloacae

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, April 2003, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  83. Features of the transformation of HgII by heterogeneous photocatalysis over TiO2

    Article • Catalysis Today, November 2002, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  84. EDTA destruction using the solar ferrioxalate advanced oxidation technology (AOT)

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, August 2002, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  85. Photodegradation of an azo dye of the textile industry

    Article • Chemosphere, July 2002, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  86. Enhancement of the photocatalytic activity of various TiO2 materials by platinisation

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, May 2002, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  87. Heterogeneous photocatalytic reactions comparing TiO2 and Pt/TiO2

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, May 2002, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  88. Semiempirical Modeling with Application of Artificial Neural Networks for the Photocatalytic Reaction of Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid (EDTA) over Titanium Oxide (TiO2)

    Article • Helvetica Chimica Acta, March 2002, Wiley

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  89. Experimental Evidence in Favor of an Initial One-Electron-Transfer Process in the Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Reduction of Chromium(VI) over TiO2

    Article • Langmuir, June 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  90. Preparation and Physicochemical Properties of ZrO 2 and Fe/ZrO 2 Prepared by a Sol−Gel Technique

    Article • Langmuir, January 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  91. Kinetics and mechanisms of EDTA photocatalytic degradation withTiO2under different experimental conditions

    Article • International Journal of Photoenergy, January 2001, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  92. Heterogeneous photocatalysis Transition metal ions in photocatalytic systems

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, November 1999, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  93. Heterogeneous photocatalytic reactions of nitrite oxidation and Cr(VI) reduction on iron-doped titania prepared by the wet impregnation method

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, March 1998, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  94. Photocatalytic properties of iron-doped titania semiconductors

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, August 1996, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  95. Comparison of the photocatalytic efficiency of TiO2, iron oxides and mixed Ti(IV)Fe(III) oxides: photodegradation of oligocarboxylic acids

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, December 1994, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  96. Effect of anionic polyelectrolytes on the dissolution of magnetite in thioglycolic acid solutions

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions, January 1993, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  97. β-Elimination in aldonolactones: a convenient synthesis of 2,4,6-tri-O-benzoyl-3-deoxy-D-arabino-hexono-1,5-lactone

    Article • Carbohydrate Research, August 1974, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  98. β-Elimination in aldonolactones. The formation of an unsaturated derivative on benzoylation of d-glycero-d-gulo-heptono-1,4-lactone

    Article • Carbohydrate Research, February 1973, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  99. The formation of an unsaturated lactone derivative on benzoylation of D-galactonolactone

    Article • Carbohydrate Research, December 1971, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter

  100. Anomalous reaction of d-gluconamide with benzoyl chloride in anhydrous pyridine

    Article • Carbohydrate Research, July 1970, Elsevier

    Prof. Dr. Marta I Litter