Due to their numerous effects on human health and the natural environment, water
contamination with heavy metals and metalloids, caused by their extensive use in various …

Natural coagulants have shown its coagulation efficiency as reported in a substantial
number of research articles. However, the acceptance and widespread application of natural …

Biopolymer-based flocculants have become a potential substitute for inorganic coagulants
and synthetic organic flocculants due to their wide natural reserves, environmental …

For many years, chitosan has been widely regarded as a promising eco-friendly polymer
thanks to its renewability, biocompatibility, biodegradability, non-toxicity, and ease of …

Freshwater scarcity is one of the world's foremost environmental stress concerns. In the last
few years, with sustainable industrial growth and rapidly growing population, the problem of …

Natural polymeric flocculants as sludge conditioners have received great attention due to
their non-toxic and biodegradable advantages. However, the application of amphiphilic …

Chitosan is a versatile and generous biopolymer obtained by alkaline deacetylation of
naturally occurring chitin, the second most abundant biopolymer after cellulose. The …

Flocculation has been widely employed in treatment of mineral tailings and water
management. In this study, a chitosan-graft-poly (acrylamide-dimethyl diallyl ammonium …

A polymer composite material comprising polyvinyl alcohol/bacterial cellulose/calcium
carbonate (PVA/BC/CaCO 3) was prepared for enabling the selective adsorption of toxic …

Background It is highly desired yet challenging for proper treatment of existing wastewaters
containing broad-spectrum toxic contaminants of organic dyes, heavy metals and antibiotics …