Adsorption of uranium, mercury, and rare earth elements from aqueous solutions onto magnetic chitosan adsorbents: A review

G Michailidou, I Koumentakou, EV Liakos, M Lazaridou… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The compound of chitin is the second most important and abundant natural biopolymer in
the world. The main extraction and exploitation sources of this natural polysaccharide …

Phosphorylation of guar gum/magnetite/chitosan nanocomposites for uranium (VI) sorption and antibacterial applications

MF Hamza, A Fouda, KZ Elwakeel, Y Wei, E Guibal… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The development of new materials is needed to address the environmental challenges of
wastewater treatment. The phosphorylation of guar gum combined with its association to …

Ultrahigh efficient and selective adsorption of U (VI) with amino acids-modified magnetic chitosan biosorbents: Performance and mechanism

Y Li, Y Dai, Q Tao, Z Gao, L Xu - International Journal of Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Exploiting eco-friendly, highly controlled preparation and convenient solid-liquid separation
adsorbent to separate uranium from aquatic medium is of importance and in demand. In this …

Nigella sativa seeds based antibacterial composites: A sustainable technology for water cleansing-A review

G Rathi, SI Siddiqui, Q Pham - Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2020 - Elsevier
The presence of pollutants such as organic dyes and heavy metals in water has become a
serious problem for aquatic environment. These pollutants that reach the human body …

Chitosan Modified Biochar Increases Soybean (Glycine max L.) Resistance to Salt-Stress by Augmenting Root Morphology, Antioxidant Defense Mechanisms and the …

S Mehmood, W Ahmed, M Ikram, M Imtiaz, S Mahmood… - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Soybean is an important oilseed crop that provides high-quality protein and vegetable oil.
Salinity constitutes a negative abiotic factor that reduces soybean plant growth, production …

Flax seeds based magnetic hybrid nanocomposite: An advance and sustainable material for water cleansing

A Choudhry, A Sharma, TA Khan… - Journal of Water Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
The preparation of novel iron oxide-flax seeds-based hybrid nanocomposite, referred to as
magnetic flax-seeds, and its application for water treatment has been reported herein. A …

Effect of agitation mode (mechanical, ultrasound and microwave) on uranium sorption using amine-and dithizone-functionalized magnetic chitosan hybrid materials

KZ Elwakeel, MF Hamza, E Guibal - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Magnetic chitosan nanoparticles, activated by glycidyl methacrylate, can be functionalized
by grafting diethylenetriamine (DETA) and dithizone for improving U (VI) sorption at pH …

β-Cyclodextrin and diatomite immobilized in sodium alginate biosorbent for selective uranium (VI) adsorption in aqueous solution

M Ou, W Li, Z Zhang, X Xu - International journal of biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The separation and enrichment of uranium from various resources such as seawater is of
great significance to the sustainable development of nuclear energy. Therefore, there is an …

Optimally designed theranostic system based folic acids and chitosan as a promising mucoadhesive delivery system for encapsulating curcumin LbL nano-template …

NAN Hanafy - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2021 - Elsevier
Curcumin is a potential candidate in cancer therapy due to its ability to inhibit many
signalling pathways at the same time of exposure because of its unique content of aromatic …

[HTML][HTML] Biocomposite of polyaniline and sodium alginate with Oscillatoria biomass: a potential adsorbent for the removal of basic blue 41

M Maqbool, HN Bhatti, S Sadaf, MM AL-Anazy… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biocomposites of polyaniline (PANI) and sodium alginate (Na-Alg) were prepared with
Oscillatoria (OS) biomass and exploited for the uptake of Basic Blue 41 (BB41) dye. The …