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Overview

Wolfgang Sand is affiliated with the Institute of Oceanology in China and has contributed extensively to interdisciplinary research spanning environmental science, engineering, and materials science. Their work addresses key areas such as metal extraction, bioleaching, corrosion behavior, minerals flotation, and separation techniques.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of environmental and materials topics. Notable papers include:

  • Supported Atomically-Precise Gold Nanoclusters for Enhanced Flow-through Electro-Fenton (2020), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Progress in bioleaching: fundamentals and mechanisms of microbial metal sulfide oxidation - part A (2022), published in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Recent advances on electroactive CNT-based membranes for environmental applications: The perfect match of electrochemistry and membrane separation (2020), published in Chinese Chemical Letters
  • Untangling the nitrate removal pathways for a constructed wetland- sponge iron coupled system and the impacts of sponge iron on a wetland ecosystem (2020), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Intensifying anoxic ammonium removal by manganese ores and granular active carbon fillings in constructed wetland-microbial fuel cells: Metagenomics reveals functional genes and microbial mechanisms (2022), published in Bioresource Technology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Ruiyong Zhang
  • Jizhou Duan
  • Baorong Hou
  • Yanbiao Liu
  • Fang Li

Wolfgang Sand has published significantly in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Journal of Central South University
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Microorganisms
  • Materials

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these areas, the scientist's research covers several specialized subfields, such as:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Pollution

Key topics addressed in their work are:

  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition
  • Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques

Best Publications

  • Bioleaching review part A: progress in bioleaching: fundamentals and mechanisms of bacterial metal sulfide oxidation.

    T. Rohwerder;T. Gehrke;K. Kinzler;W. Sand

  • Bacterial leaching of metal sulfides proceeds by two indirect mechanisms via thiosulfate or via polysulfides and sulfur

    Axel Schippers;Wolfgang Sand

  • (Bio)chemistry of bacterial leaching - direct vs. indirect bioleaching

    Wolfgang Sand;Tilman Gehrke;Peter-Georg Jozsa;Axel Schippers

  • Progress in bioleaching: fundamentals and mechanisms of bacterial metal sulfide oxidation—part A

    Mario Vera;Axel Schippers;Wolfgang Sand

  • Importance of Extracellular Polymeric Substances from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans for Bioleaching

    Tilman Gehrke;Judit Telegdi;Dominique Thierry;Wolfgang Sand

  • Extracellular polymeric substances mediate bioleaching/biocorrosion via interfacial processes involving iron(III) ions and acidophilic bacteria

    Wolfgang Sand;Tilman Gehrke

  • Sulfur chemistry in bacterial leaching of pyrite.

    Axel Schippers;Peter-Georg Jozsa;Wolfgang Sand

  • Anaerobic microbiologically influenced corrosion mechanisms interpreted using bioenergetics and bioelectrochemistry: A review

    Yingchao Li;Dake Xu;Changfeng Chen;Xiaogang Li

  • Sulfur chemistry, biofilm, and the (in)direct attack mechanism — a critical evaluation of bacterial leaching

    W. Sand;T. Gerke;R. Hallmann;A. Schippers

  • The sulfane sulfur of persulfides is the actual substrate of the sulfur-oxidizing enzymes from Acidithiobacillus and Acidiphilium spp.

    Thore Rohwerder;Wolfgang Sand

  • Adhesion to metal sulfide surfaces by cells of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans and Leptospirillum ferrooxidans

    K. Harneit;A. Göksel;D. Kock;J.-H. Klock

  • Evaluation of Leptospirillum ferrooxidans for Leaching.

    Wolfgang Sand;Katrin Rohde;Birgit Sobotke;Claus Zenneck

  • Biomining: metal recovery from ores with microorganisms.

    Axel Schippers;Sabrina Hedrich;Sabrina Hedrich;Jürgen Vasters;Malte Drobe

  • Bioleaching - a result of interfacial processes caused by extracellular polymeric substances (EPS).

    K. Kinzler;T. Gehrke;J. Telegdi;W. Sand

  • Microbial mechanisms of deterioration of inorganic substrates—A general mechanistic overview

    Wolfgang Sand

  • Thiobacilli of the Corroded Concrete Walls of the Hamburg Sewer System

    Karin Milde;Wolfgang Sand;Werner Wolff;Eberhard Bock

  • Microbial diversity in uranium mine waste heaps.

    Axel Schippers;Regine Hallmann;Susanne Wentzien;Wolfgang Sand

  • Progress in bioleaching: fundamentals and mechanisms of microbial metal sulfide oxidation – part A

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  • Microbial Processing of Metal Sulfides

    Edgardo R. Donati;Wolfgang Sand

  • Recent advances on photocatalytic fuel cell for environmental applications-The marriage of photocatalysis and fuel cells.

    Mohua Li;Yanbiao Liu;Liming Dong;Chensi Shen

  • Concrete corrosion in the Hamburg Sewer system

    Wolfgang Sand;Eberhard Bock

  • Microbially Influenced Corrosion of Materials

    E. Heitz;H.-C. Flemming;W. Sand

Frequent Co-Authors

Yanbiao Liu
Yanbiao Liu Donghua University
Axel Schippers
Axel Schippers Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Zhiwei Wang
Zhiwei Wang Tongji University
Jianshe Liu
Jianshe Liu Donghua University
Thomas R. Neu
Thomas R. Neu Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Paul Wilmes
Paul Wilmes University of Luxembourg
Ji-Dong Gu
Ji-Dong Gu Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Antonio Ballester
Antonio Ballester Complutense University of Madrid
Peter D. Nichols
Peter D. Nichols Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
David C. White
David C. White University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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