Nanocellulose for sustainable water purification

R Das, T Lindstrom, PR Sharma, K Chi… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanocelluloses (NC) are nature-based sustainable biomaterials, which not only possess
cellulosic properties but also have the important hallmarks of nanomaterials, such as large …

Review of fluoride removal from water environment by adsorption

J He, Y Yang, Z Wu, C Xie, K Zhang, L Kong… - Journal of Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fluoride contamination in water environment due to natural and artificial activities has been
recognized as one of the major problems worldwide. Developing effective and robust …

Effective sequestration of tetracycline from aqueous streams using metal-free chemically functionalized porous g-C3N4

A Balakrishnan, M Chinthala - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
The facile preparation of visible-light-driven low-cost photocatalysts with extraordinary
catalytic activity is highly beneficial in treating emerging pharmaceutical contaminants …

Applications of biomass-based materials to remove fluoride from wastewater: A review

L Huang, Z Luo, X Huang, Y Wang, J Yan, W Liu… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluoride is one of the essential trace elements for the human body, but excessive fluoride
will cause serious environmental and health problems. This paper summarizes researches …

Contemporary nanocellulose-composites: A new paradigm for sensing applications

S Kumar, MR Ngasainao, D Sharma, M Sengar… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanocellulose (NC) is the biological polymeric nanomaterial booming in the international
market. The burgeoning demand for cellulose materials and advancements in …

Design and preparation of zirconium-induced bio-foam for the removal of fluoride, chromate, and other emerging pollutants: A scale-up approach

KN Mahadevaprasad, DS Aditya, KN Santhosh… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
About 1.5 billion people are exposed to fluoride-contaminated water worldwide, and
prolonged exposure (> 3 ppm) can cause a number of health issues. In this study, zirconium …

Phosphorylated g-C3N4/sulfur self-doped g-C3N4 homojunction carboxymethyl cellulose beads: An efficient photocatalyst for H2O2 production

A Balakrishnan, KV Suryaa, H Tripathy, S Trivedi… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of highly reusable, affordable, and durable photocatalysts for the
production of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2) remained a challenge. In this study, a …

[HTML][HTML] Cellulose structures as a support or template for inorganic nanostructures and their assemblies

A Anžlovar, E Žagar - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cellulose is the most abundant natural polymer and deserves the special attention of the
scientific community because it represents a sustainable source of carbon and plays an …

Cellulosic ternary nanocomposite for affordable and sustainable fluoride removal

M Egor, AA Kumar, T Ahuja, S Mukherjee… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Adsorption is shown to be an extremely affordable and sustainable way of producing clean
water, particularly in resource-limited settings. In this paper, we sought to synthesize an …

Isolation and rheological characterization of cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) produced by microfluidic homogenization, ball-milling, grinding and refining

J Zeng, F Hu, Z Cheng, B Wang, K Chen - Cellulose, 2021 - Springer
The aim of this work is to study and compare the morphology and rheology of cellulose
nanofibrils (CNFs) from bleached softwood kraft pulp by several mechanical treatment …