Clean water and sanitation for the world population is one of the most important challenges
established by the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations since worldwide …

Several industries release varying concentration of dye-laden effluent with substantial
negative consequences for any receiving environmental compartment. The control of water …

Chitosan based adsorbents have received a lot of attention for adsorption of dyes. Various
modifications of this polysaccharide have been investigated to improve the adsorption …

Nitrate, due to its high water solubility, is possibly the most widespread groundwater
contaminant in the world, imposing a serious threat to human health and contributing to …

In the present study, chemically modified biochar (developed from sugarcane bagasse) was
used for the nitrate removal from aqueous solution. The physico-chemical properties of …

Compared with traditional polymers, biopolymers are more environmentally friendly due to
their sustainable sources, easy decomposition and naturally recycled by biological …

Chitin and chitosan-derivatives have gained wide attention as effective biosorbents due to
low cost and high contents of amino and hydroxyl functional groups which show significant …

Elevated concentration of nitrate results in eutrophication of natural water bodies affecting
the aquatic environment and reduces the quality of drinking water. This in turn causes harm …

To increase acid resistance, a water soluble diepoxy compound [1, 2: 7, 8-diepoxyoctane
(DEO)] as a new crosslinker was successfully used to crosslink chitosan beads (CS). The …

The adsorption performance of chitosan (CS) hydrogel beads was investigated after
multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) impregnation for the removal of congo red (CR) …