000903844 001__ 903844 000903844 005__ 20220221143525.0 000903844 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.envres.2020.110562 000903844 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a0013-9351 000903844 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1096-0953 000903844 0247_ $$2Handle$$a2128/29564 000903844 0247_ $$2pmid$$a33271143 000903844 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000613938200001 000903844 037__ $$aFZJ-2021-05477 000903844 082__ $$a610 000903844 1001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aVitiello, Giuseppe$$b0$$eCorresponding author 000903844 245__ $$aHybrid humic acid/titanium dioxide nanomaterials as highly effective antimicrobial agents against gram(−) pathogens and antibiotic contaminants in wastewater 000903844 260__ $$aSan Diego, Calif.$$bElsevier$$c2021 000903844 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000903844 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000903844 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1645444195_27836 000903844 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000903844 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000903844 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000903844 520__ $$aHumic acids (HAs) provide an important bio-source for redox-active materials. Their functional chemical groups are responsible for several properties, such as metal ion chelating activity, adsorption ability towards small molecules and antibacterial activity, through reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. However, the poor selectivity and instability of HAs in solution hinder their application. A promising strategy for overcoming these disadvantages is conjugation with an inorganic phase, which leads to more stable hybrid nanomaterials with tuneable functionalities. In this study, we demonstrate that hybrid humic acid/titanium dioxide nanostructured materials that are prepared via a versatile in situ hydrothermal strategy display promising antibacterial activity against various pathogens and behave as selective sequestering agents of amoxicillin and tetracycline antibiotics from wastewater. A physicochemical investigation in which a combination of techniques were utilized, which included TEM, BET, 13C-CPMAS-NMR, EPR, DLS and SANS, shed light on the structure-property-function relationships of the nanohybrids. 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