Publications
Wallace, M.S., Alsina, M.A., Zhou, L., Polinksi, M., Ma Q., Denslow, N. D., Bonzongo J-C., Gaillard, J-F. (2025) Copper and lead sorption to aluminum-based drinking water treatment residuals. In prep.
Alsina, M.A., Godoy, B., Gaillard J-F. (2025) Distribution, geochemistry and mineralogy of Chilean copper tailings: Implications for their sustainable management. In prep.
González, M., Galarce C., Mora, D., Alsina, M.A., Aybar, M.A. (2025) A bibliometric analysis of membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR): Research and technology development in the wastewater treatment marker. In prep.
López, M., Alsina, M.A., Ñancucheo, I. (2025) Bioleaching phosphorus from apatite recovered from iron mine tailings. Submitted to the Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy.
Castillo-Ibarra, E., Alsina, M.A., Astudillo, C.A., Fuenzalida-Henríquez, I. (2023) PFA-Nipals: An unsupervised principal features selection based on non-linear estimation by iterative partial least squares. Mathematics 11(19), 4154. https://doi.org/10.3390/math11194154
Wallace, S., Alsina, M.A., Gaillard, J-F. (2021) An algorithm for the automatic deglitching of x-ray absorption spectroscopy data. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 28(4): 1178-1183. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577521003611
Vargas, F., Alsina, M.A., Gaillard, J-F., Pastén, P.A., López, M. (2021) Copper entrapment and immobilization during cement hydration in concrete mixtures containing copper tailings. Journal of Cleaner Production 312(127547). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127547
Desmau, M., Alsina, M.A., Gaillard, J-F. (2021) XAS study of Sn speciation in toothpaste. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 36(2): 407-415. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0JA00392A
Montecinos, M., Coquery, M., Alsina, M.A., Bretier, M., Gaillard, J-F., Dabrin, A., Pastén, P. (2020) Partitioning of copper at the confluences of Andean rivers. Chemosphere 259: 127318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127318
Liu, C., Nauert, S.L., Alsina, M.A., Wang, D., Grant, A., He, K., Weitz, E., Nolan, M., Gray, K.A., Notestein, J.M. (2019) Role of surface reconstruction on Cu/TiO2 nanotubes for CO2 conversion. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 255: 117754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.117754
Gutiérrez-Bahamondes, J.H., Salgueiro, Y., Silva-Rubio, S.A., Alsina, M.A., Mora-Meliá, D., Fuentes-Miquel, V.S. (2019) jHawanet: An Open-Source Project for the Implementation and Assessment of Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms on Water Distribution Networks. Water 11(10): 2018. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11102018
Darnall, S-M., Li C., Dunbar, M., Alsina, M.A., Keten, S., Helms, B.A., Xu, T. (2019) Organic Nanotube with Subnanometer, pH-Responsive Lumen. Journal of the American Chemical Society 141: 10953−10957. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b03732
Myers, C.P., Pappas, I., Makwana, E., Begum-Gafur, R., Utgikar, N., Alsina, M.A., et al. (2019) Solving the problem with stannous fluoride: Formulation, stabilization, and antimicrobial action. The Journal of the American Dental Association 150(4): S5-S13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2019.01.004
Wilke, C.M., Petersen, C., Alsina, M.A., Gaillard, J-F., Gray, K.A. (2019) Photochemical interactions between n-Ag2S and n-TiO2 amplify their bacterial stress response. Environmental Science: Nano 6(1): 115-126. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8EN01159A
Xie. M., Alsina, M.A., Yuen, J., Packman, A.I., Gaillard J-F. (2019) Effects of resuspension on the mobility and chemical speciation of zinc in contaminated sediments. Journal of Hazardous Materials 15: 300-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.10.043
Alsina, M.A. & Gaillard, J-F. (2018) Structural characterization of metal complexes in aqueous solutions: a XAS study of stannous fluoride. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 20(18): 12727-12735. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CP01461B
Vargas, I.T., Fisher, D.A., Alsina, M.A., Pavissich, J.P., Pastén, P.A., Pizarro, G.E. (2017) Copper Corrosion and Biocorrosion Events in Premise Plumbing. Materials 10(9): 1036. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10091036
Alsina, M.A., Gaillard, J-F., Keten, S. (2016) Conformational changes during permeation of Na+ through a modified cyclic peptide nanotube promote energy landscape roughness. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18(46): 31698-31710 https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CP06585F
Binh, C.T.T., Adams, E., Vigen, E., Tong, T., Alsina, M.A., Gaillard, J-F., Gray, K.A., Peterson, C.G., Kelly, J.J. (2016) Chronic addition of a common engineering nanomaterial alters biomass, activity and composition of stream biofilm communities. Environmental Science: Nano 3(3):619-630. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5EN00274E
Tong, T., Hill, A.N., Alsina, M.A., Wu, J., Shang, K.Y., Kelly, J.J., Gray, K.A., Gaillard, J-F. (2015) Spectroscopic Characterization of TiO2 Polymorphs in Wastewater Treatment and Sediment Samples. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2(1): 12-18. https://doi.org/10.1021/ez5004023
Alsina, M.A., Zanella, L., Hoel, C., Pizarro, G.E., Gaiillard, J-F., Pastén, P.A. (2014) Arsenic Speciation in Sinter Mineralization from a Hydrothermal Channel of El Tatio Geothermal Field, Chile. Journal of Hydrology 518(C): 434-446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.04.012
Vargas, I.T., Alsina, M.A., Pavissich, J.P., Jeria, G.A., Pastén, P.A., Walczak, M., Pizarro, G.E. (2013) Multi-technique approach to assess the effects of microbial biofilms involved in copper plumbing corrosion. Bioelectrochemistry 97: 15-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2013.11.005
Landrum, J.T., Bennett, P.C., Engel, A.S., Alsina, M.A., Pastén, P.A., Milliken, K. (2009) Partitioning geochemistry of arsenic and antimony, El Tatio Geyser Field, Chile. Applied Geochemistry 24(4): 664-676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.12.024
Vargas, I.T., Alsina, M.A., Pastén, P.A., Pizarro, G.E. (2009) Influence of solid corrosion by-products on the consumption of dissolved oxygen in copper pipes. Corrosion Science 51(5): 1030-1037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2009.02.014
Alsina, M.A., Saratovsky, I., Gaillard, J-F., y Pastén, P.A. (2008) Arsenic Speciation in solid phases of geothermal fields. Chapter 15 in Adsorption to Geomedia II: Variables, Mechanisms, and Model Applications, M.O. Barnett and D.B. Kent (Editors), Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 417-435. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1571-9197(07)07015-2
Calle, G.R., Vargas, I.T., Alsina, M.A., Pastén, P.A., y Pizarro. G.E. (2007) Enhanced Copper Release from Pipes by Alternating Stagnation and Flow Events. Environmental Science and Technology 41(21): 7430-7436. https://doi.org/10.1021/es071079b