[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceutical wastewater as Emerging Contaminants (EC): Treatment technologies, impact on environment and human health

K Samal, S Mahapatra, MH Ali - Energy Nexus, 2022 - Elsevier
A wide range of unregulated chemicals of synthetic origin or derived from natural sources,
which may be a contender for future regulations are called Emerging Contaminants (ECs) …

[HTML][HTML] Review on recent progress in chitosan/chitin-carbonaceous material composites for the adsorption of water pollutants

MJ Ahmed, BH Hameed, EH Hummadi - Carbohydrate polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitosan and chitin are categorized as low cost, renewable and eco-friendly biopolymers.
However, they have low mechanical properties and unfavorable pore properties in terms of …

Adsorption modeling, thermodynamics, and DFT simulation of tetracycline onto mesoporous and high-surface-area NaOH-activated macroalgae carbon

M Wei, F Marrakchi, C Yuan, X Cheng, D Jiang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Activated carbon (ENAC) was prepared by NaOH activation, using macroalgae
(Enteromorpha clathrate) as raw material. The prepared activated carbon has a large …

Effective removal of anionic textile dyes using adsorbent synthesized from coffee waste

S Wong, NA Ghafar, N Ngadi, FA Razmi, IM Inuwa… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Adsorption of Reactive Black 5 and Congo Red from aqueous solution by coffee
waste modified with polyethylenimine was investigated. The removal percentages of both …

Biomass-derived activated carbons for the removal of pharmaceutical mircopollutants from wastewater: A review

J Ouyang, L Zhou, Z Liu, JYY Heng, W Chen - Separation and Purification …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomass-derived activated carbons (biochars) have attracted great attention due to their
excellent physicochemical properties such as high specific area, large pore volume, well …

Comparative overview of advanced oxidation processes and biological approaches for the removal pharmaceuticals

N Taoufik, W Boumya, M Achak, M Sillanpää… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, pharmaceuticals are the center of significant environmental research due to their
complex and highly stable bioactivity, increasing concentration in the water streams and …

Review on recent progress in chitosan-based hydrogels for wastewater treatment application

PM Pakdel, SJ Peighambardoust - Carbohydrate polymers, 2018 - Elsevier
Recently, chitosan has been used as a raw material for synthesis of hydrogels in a wide
range of potential and practical applications like wastewater treatment, drug delivery, and …

[HTML][HTML] Eco-friendly polymer composites for green packaging: Future vision and challenges

H Moustafa, AM Youssef, NA Darwish… - Composites Part B …, 2019 - Elsevier
At present, renewable and biodegradable biocomposites materials have drawn much
attention as promising green materials in different domains of application such as intelligent …

A mechanism study of methylene blue adsorption on seaweed biomass derived carbon: From macroscopic to microscopic scale

D Jiang, H Li, X Cheng, Q Ling, H Chen, B Barati… - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomass based active adsorbent can be prepared by activation process to adsorb dyes. In
this study, using macroalgae as raw material, the biomass based activated carbon material …

TiO2 assisted photocatalysts for degradation of emerging organic pollutants in water and wastewater

HK Paumo, S Dalhatou, LM Katata-Seru… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
The occurrence of emerging organic pollutants (EOPs) in the aquatic environment
originating from point and diffuse sources, has been the subject of global apprehension in …