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DOI: 10.1039/A607965B (Paper) Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1997, 393-394

Destruction of cyanobacterial toxins by semiconductor photocatalysis

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Peter K. J. Robertson, Linda A. Lawton, Burkhard Münch and Julien Rouzade

Abstract

The rapid destruction of microcystin, a cyanobacterial toxin, using a titanium dioxide photocatalyst is observed; the process is extremely efficient with high concentrations of toxin completely undetectable within 10–40 min, depending on the initial concentration.

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