Publications de Michael Jon Mattle

A modeling approach to estimate the solar disinfection of viral indicator organisms in waste stabilization ponds and surface waters

Sunlight is known to be a pertinent factor governing the infectivity of waterborne viruses in the environment. Sunlight inactivates viruses via endogenous inactivation (promoted by absorption of UVB sunlight by the virus) and exogenous processes (promoted ...

Elsevier2016

Solar disinfection (SODIS) of viruses in PET bottles

Tamar Kohn, Anna Carratala Ripolles, Michael Jon Mattle, Alex Dionisio Calado

Solar disinfection of drinking water in PET bottles (SODIS) is a simple point-of-use technique efficient for the inactivation of many bacterial pathogens. In contrast, the efficiency of SODIS toward viruses is not well known. In this work, we studied the i ...

American Society for Microbiology2016

A conceptual model and experimental framework to determine the contributions of direct and indirect photoreactions to the solar disinfection of MS2, phiX174 and adenovirus

Tamar Kohn, Michael Jon Mattle

Sunlight inactivates waterborne viruses via direct (absorption of sunlight by the virus) and indirect processes (adsorption of sunlight by external chromophores, which subsequently generate reactive species) processes. While the mechanisms underlying these ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

Photocatalytic degradation of Remazol Brilliant Blue (R) by sol-gel derived carbon-doped TiO2

Ravindranathan Thampi, Michael Jon Mattle

A simple, cheap and reproducible method to produce a C-doped TiO2 photocatalyst is presented, which can harvest visible light. This doped catalyst is able to degrade a stable organic dye molecule, Remazol Brilliant Blue (R) (RBB), under sunlight and visibl ...

Elsevier Science Bv2013

Virus Inactivation during Water Treatment : the Role of Virus Aggregation and the Disinfection Potential of Sunlight

Michael Jon Mattle

Virus removal and inactivation is still a major challenge for water treatment facilities in both industrialised nations and developing countries. This may seem surprising as chlorine disinfection started to spread broadly over a century ago. However, many ...

EPFL2013

Carbon-Doped TiO2 and Carbon, Tungsten-Codoped TiO2 through Sol-Gel Processes in the Presence of Melamine Borate: Reflections through Photocatalysis

Ravindranathan Thampi, Michael Jon Mattle

A series of C-doped, W-doped, and C,W-codoped TiO2 samples have been prepared using modified sol-gel techniques. Reproducible inexpensive C-doping arises from the presence of melamine borate in a sol-gel mixture, whereas W-doping is from the addition of tu ...

American Chemical Society2012

Inactivation and tailing during UV254 disinfection of viruses: contributions of viral aggregation, light shielding within viral aggregates and recombination

Tamar Kohn, Michael Jon Mattle

UV disinfection of viruses frequently leads to tailing after an initial exponential decay. Aggregation, light shielding, recombination or resistant virus sub-populations were proposed as explanations; however, none of these options has conclusively been de ...

Amer Chemical Soc2012

Impact of virus aggregation on inactivation by peracetic acid and implications for other disinfectants

Tamar Kohn, Paolo Perona, Benoît Crouzy, Michael Jon Mattle, Krista Rule Wigginton, Moritz Brennecke

Viruses in wastewater and natural environments are often present as aggregates. The disinfectant dose required for their inactivation, however, is typically determined with dispersed viruses. This study investigates how aggregation affects virus inactivati ...

2011