Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Scientific and Technological Objectives

Project MOREM

1st Phase

Monitoring of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products

  • Produce novel graphene-based sorbent materials with remarkable properties such as high substrate selectivity (or even specificity towards definite target species), superior sorptive or adsorptive capacity(and, therefore, of the sensitivities and detectabilities attainable) and multifunctional behavior for the selective separation and multiresidue determination of different groups of PPCPs

  • Provide cost-effective extractive media with enhanced chemical or mechanical stability by using novel microextraction (ME) preparation methods

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2nd Phase

  • Development of AOPs for the removal of PPCPs from wastewaters
  • Development of a simple, efficient and commercially competitive technology of wastewater treatment for the removal of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products by using Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) (e.g. heterogeneous photocatalysis by using TiO2 semiconductors (TiO2 P25), UV / chlorine advanced oxidation technology)

  • Examine the proposed methodology in a pilot plant system with final aim the wide scale applications and implementation

  • Compare and evaluate AOPs technology regarding effectiveness & cost

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3rd Phase

Sampling and monitoring of microplastics in urban wastewaters

  • Design and validate of a high-volume sampling device with multiple mesh screens
  • Develop an efficient sample processing method including density separation, clean up steps and biomass removal
  • Evaluate the new sampling strategy for efficient and reliable measurement and characterization of microplastics in wastewaters
  • Validate the measurements by FT-IR spectroscopy, thermal analysis (TGA-DSC) and other techniques
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More on MOREM

Green Chemistry & Technology

Starting Date

14.11.2019
  • 7 Work Packages
  • Duration 36 months
  • Contribution of Chinese partner
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Expiration Date

13.11.2022
  • 8 Objectives
  • 32 Deliverables
  • 11 Milestones
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Gr Coordination

Dr. D. Lambropoulou
  • Total budget: 388.680,00 €
  • Funding Amount: 367.680,00 €
  • Funding Percentage: 94.6%
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Ch Coordination

Dr. X. Yang
  • Total budget: 200.000,00 €
  • Funding Amount: 200.000,00 €
  • Funding Percentage: 100.0%
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The Ultimate Goal of the Project

  • The ultimate goal of the proposed research is to develop an integration methodology framework combining novel sampling, monitoring and removal strategies in order to manage and remove emerging micropollutants such as PPCPs and microplastics in wastewaters. The project is divided into three phases; the first phase is the monitoring of the PPCPs in a municipal WWTP by using novel Super-Adsorbent Materials (SAMs) and Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs) materials with remarkable properties, the second will focus on removal approaches of PPCPs by using AOPs and the third is focused on sampling and monitoring of microplastics in wastewaters

    MOREM

    http://morem.chem.auth.gr/
  • The ultimate goal of the proposed research is to develop an integration methodology framework combining novel sampling, monitoring and removal strategies in order to manage and remove emerging micropollutants such as PPCPs and microplastics in wastewaters. The project is divided into three phases; the first phase is the monitoring of the PPCPs in a municipal WWTP by using novel Super-Adsorbent Materials (SAMs) and Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs) materials with remarkable properties, the second will focus on removal approaches of PPCPs by using AOPs and the third is focused on sampling and monitoring of microplastics in wastewaters

    MOREM

    http://morem.chem.auth.gr/
  • The ultimate goal of the proposed research is to develop an integration methodology framework combining novel sampling, monitoring and removal strategies in order to manage and remove emerging micropollutants such as PPCPs and microplastics in wastewaters. The project is divided into three phases; the first phase is the monitoring of the PPCPs in a municipal WWTP by using novel Super-Adsorbent Materials (SAMs) and Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs) materials with remarkable properties, the second will focus on removal approaches of PPCPs by using AOPs and the third is focused on sampling and monitoring of microplastics in wastewaters

    MOREM

    http://morem.chem.auth.gr/
  • The ultimate goal of the proposed research is to develop an integration methodology framework combining novel sampling, monitoring and removal strategies in order to manage and remove emerging micropollutants such as PPCPs and microplastics in wastewaters. The project is divided into three phases; the first phase is the monitoring of the PPCPs in a municipal WWTP by using novel Super-Adsorbent Materials (SAMs) and Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs) materials with remarkable properties, the second will focus on removal approaches of PPCPs by using AOPs and the third is focused on sampling and monitoring of microplastics in wastewaters

    MOREM

    http://morem.chem.auth.gr/

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