Effect of CuO nanoparticles on the production and composition of extracellular polymeric substances and physicochemical stability of activated sludge flocs
Keywords: CLSM; confocal laser scanning microscopy; COD; chemical oxygen demand; CST; capillary suction time; DCF; dichlorofluorescein; EPS; extracellular polymeric substance; ESS; effluent suspended solid; FT-IR; Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy; LB-EPS; lo