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Overview

P. Le Cloirec is affiliated with the University of Rennes in France and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on various subfields including Water Science and Technology, Pollution, Analytical Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Pharmacology.

The research topics covered by P. Le Cloirec include:

  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal

The scientist has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Online SPE-UPLC-MS/MS for herbicides and pharmaceuticals compounds' determination in water environment: A case study in France and Cambodia, 2022, Environmental Advances
  • Adsorption onto granular activated carbons of a mixture of pesticides and their metabolites at trace concentrations in groundwater, 2022, Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • Adsorption-desorption of organic micropollutants by powdered activated carbon and coagulant in drinking water treatment, 2022, Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • Adsorption onto ACFC of mixture of pharmaceutical residues in water - experimental studies and modelling, 2020, Environmental Technology
  • CO2 (dioxyde de carbone), 2022, Opérations unitaires. Génie de la réaction chimique

Frequent coauthors collaborating with P. Le Cloirec include:

  • Nicolas Cimetière
  • Sylvain Giraudet
  • Dominique Wolbert
  • Davin Sang
  • Reasmey Tan

Publications have appeared in various venues, such as:

  • Environmental Advances
  • Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • Environmental Technology
  • Opérations unitaires. Génie de la réaction chimique

Best Publications

  • Adsorption of several metal ions onto a low-cost biosorbent: kinetic and equilibrium studies.

    Zacaria Reddad;Claire Gerente;Yves Andres;Pierre Le Cloirec

  • Application of Chitosan for the Removal of Metals From Wastewaters by Adsorption—Mechanisms and Models Review

    C. Gerente;V. K. C. Lee;P. Le Cloirec;G. McKay

  • Removal of Cu(II), Pb(II), and Ni(II) by Adsorption onto Activated Carbon Cloths

    K. Kadirvelu;and C. Faur-Brasquet;P. Le Cloirec

  • Comparison of the hydraulic behaviour and the quality of highway runoff water according to the type of pavement

    C Pagotto;M Legret;P Le Cloirec

  • Heavy Metal Pollution of Road Dust and Roadside Soil near a Major Rural Highway

    C. Pagotto;N. Rémy;M. Legret;P. Le Cloirec

  • Vanadium (IV) sorption by chitosan: Kinetics and equilibrium

    M. Jansson-Charrier;E. Guibal;J. Roussy;B. Delanghe

  • Uranium biosorption by a filamentous fungus Mucor miehei pH effect on mechanisms and performances of uptake

    E Guibal;C Roulph;P Le Cloirec

  • Adsorption onto activated carbon fibers: Application to water and air treatments

    C. Brasquet;P. Le Cloirec

  • Removal of metal ions from aqueous solution by adsorption onto activated carbon cloths: adsorption competition with organic matter

    C. Faur-Brasquet;K. Kadirvelu;P. Le Cloirec

  • Selective Biosorption of Lanthanide (La, Eu, Yb) Ions by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Anne-Claire Texier;Yves Andrès;Pierre Le Cloirec

  • Enhancement of Metal Ion Sorption Performances of Chitosan: Effect of the Structure on the Diffusion Properties

    E. Guibal;M. Jansson-Charrier;I. Saucedo;P. Le Cloirec

  • Modeling the adsorption of metal ions (Cu2+, Ni2+, Pb2+) onto ACCs using surface complexation models

    Catherine Faur-Brasquet;Zacaria Reddad;Krishna Kadirvelu;Pierre Le Cloirec

  • Antibacterial effects of chitosan powder: mechanisms of action.

    Y Andres;L Giraud;C Gerente;P Le Cloirec

  • Revisiting the determination of langmuir parameters--application to tetrahydrothiophene adsorption onto activated carbon.

    Benoit Boulinguiez;Pierre Le Cloirec;Dominique Wolbert

  • Experimental design methodology applied to adsorption of metallic ions onto fly ash

    P Ricou-Hoeffer;I Lecuyer;P Le Cloirec

  • Adsorption of dyes onto activated carbon cloths: approach of adsorption mechanisms and coupling of ACC with ultrafiltration to treat coloured wastewaters

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  • Structure Characterization and Adsorption Properties of Pyrolyzed Sewage Sludge

    S. Rio;C. Faur-Brasquet;L. Le Coq;P. Le Cloirec

  • Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Uranyl Biosorption by Fungal Biomass and Materials of Biological Origin

    Eric. Guibal;Christian. Roulph;Pierre. Le Cloirec

  • Sorption and desorption of uranyl ions by silica gel: pH, particle size and porosity effects

    P. Michard;E. Guibal;T. Vincent;P. Le Cloirec

  • Hydrogen Sulfide Adsorption and Oxidation onto Activated Carbon Cloths: Applications to Odorous Gaseous Emission Treatments

    L. M. Le Leuch;and A. Subrenat;P. Le Cloirec

  • Fixed-bed study for lanthanide (La, Eu, Yb) ions removal from aqueous solutions by immobilized Pseudomonas aeruginosa: experimental data and modelization.

    A.C Texier;Y Andrès;C Faur-Brasquet;P Le Cloirec

  • Photochemical processes for atrazine degradation: methodological approach

    Valérie Hequet;C Gonzalez;P. Le Cloirec

  • Electrical behaviour of activated carbon cloth heated by the joule effect: desorption application

    A. Subrenat;J.N. Baléo;P. Le Cloirec;P.E. Blanc

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Andres
Yves Andres Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Eric Guibal
Eric Guibal Institut Mines-Télécom
Krishna Kadirvelu
Krishna Kadirvelu Defence Research and Development Organisation
Gordon McKay
Gordon McKay Hamad bin Khalifa University
Abdeltif Amrane
Abdeltif Amrane University of Rennes
Jérôme Bellettre
Jérôme Bellettre University of Nantes
Gérard Dreyfus
Gérard Dreyfus ESPCI Paris

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