Heavy metal removal applications using adsorptive membranes

TS Vo, MM Hossain, HM Jeong, K Kim - Nano convergence, 2020 - Springer
Water is a significant natural resource for humans. As such, wastewater containing heavy
metals is seen as a grave problem for the environment. Currently, adsorption is one of the …

A comprehensive review on preparation, functionalization and recent applications of nanofiber membranes in wastewater treatment

EI El-Aswar, H Ramadan, H Elkik, AG Taha - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The direct discharge of significant amounts of polluted water into water bodies causes
adverse ecological and human health effects. This severe deterioration in water quality …

Reusability comparison of melt-blown vs nanofiber face mask filters for use in the coronavirus pandemic

S Ullah, A Ullah, J Lee, Y Jeong… - ACS Applied nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Shortage of face masks is a current critical concern since the emergence of coronavirus-2 or
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). In this work, we compared the melt-blown (MB) filter, which is …

Amino acid-based loose polyamide nanofiltration membrane with ultrahigh water permeance for efficient dye/salt separation

R Zhao, P Jin, J Zhu, Y Li, G Li, A Volodine, Y Liu… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Loose nanofiltration (NF) membranes with a considerable water permeance are highly
desired for the separation of hazardous dyes and salts from saline textile wastewater …

Preparation and performance evaluation of chitosan/polyvinylpyrrolidone/polyvinyl alcohol electrospun nanofiber membrane for heavy metal ions and organic …

S Wu, K Li, W Shi, J Cai - International journal of biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel electrospun chitosan (CS)/polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)/polyvinyl alcohol
(PVA) nanofibrous membrane was prepared to remove heavy metal ions and organic …

Dual-drug delivery of Ag-chitosan nanoparticles and phenytoin via core-shell PVA/PCL electrospun nanofibers

MAM Hussein, E Guler, E Rayaman, ME Cam… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Dual-drug delivery systems were constructed through coaxial techniques, which were
convenient for the model drugs used the present work. This study aimed to fabricate core …

Polyvinylidene fluoride nanocomposite super hydrophilic membrane integrated with Polyaniline-Graphene oxide nano fillers for treatment of textile effluents

H Nawaz, M Umar, A Ullah, H Razzaq, KM Zia… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water pollution from the fashion industries containing dyes has become a major source of
water pollution. These anthropogenic contaminated waters directly enter irrigation and …

Bioactive Sambong oil-loaded electrospun cellulose acetate nanofibers: Preparation, characterization, and in-vitro biocompatibility

A Ullah, Y Saito, S Ullah, MK Haider, H Nawaz… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Blumea balsamifera oil loaded cellulose acetate nanofiber mats were prepared by
electrospinning. The inclusion of blumea oil increased the nanofiber diameter. FTIR spectra …

Review of the recent advances in electrospun nanofibers applications in water purification

AEAA Nayl, AI Abd-Elhamid, NS Awwad… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, nanofibers have come to be considered one of the sustainable routes with
enormous applicability in different fields, such as wastewater treatment. Electrospun …

Super-wetting and self-cleaning polyvinyl alcohol/sodium alginate nanofiber membrane decorated with MIL-88A (Fe) for efficient oil/water emulsion separation and …

X Jiang, B Zhou, J Wang - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane separation is considered an effective approach to water purification.
Nevertheless, membrane fouling dramatically decreases the separation efficiency and …