Chitosan-based nanocomposite polymeric membranes for water purification—A review

A Spoială, CI Ilie, D Ficai, A Ficai, E Andronescu - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
During the past few years, researchers have focused their attention on developing
innovative nanocomposite polymeric membranes with applications in water purification …

A comprehensive review on the applications of functionalized chitosan in petroleum industry

H Negi, P Verma, RK Singh - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
The biomaterials have gained the attention for utilization as sustainable alternatives for
petroleum-derived products due to the rapid depletion of petroleum resources and …

Environmental applications of chitosan and its derivatives

SK Yong, M Shrivastava, P Srivastava… - … and toxicology volume …, 2015 - Springer
Seafood processing waste is a potentially rich source of several useful products including
chitin (Meanwell and Shama 2008), and has long been generated in large tonnages …

Chitosan and chitosan composites for oil spills treatment: Review of recent literature

H Ababneh, BH Hameed - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Every year millions of oil barrels enter the water bodies. These oil spills have a devastating
impact on the marine environments and their wildlife. Hence, it is necessary to clean-up …

Wheat husk-based sorbent as an economical solution for removal of oil spills from sea water

BM Omar, SA Abdelgalil, H Fakhry, TM Tamer… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Oil spills are a significant threat to the marine ecosystem that requires immediate removal
from the oceanic environment. Many technologies have been employed to clean up oil …

A hydrophobic/oleophilic chitosan-based sorbent: Toward an effective oil spill remediation technology

H Bidgoli, AA Khodadadi, Y Mortazavi - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Shellfish chitosan as one of the most abundant biopolymers on earth was converted to an
ultralow-density hydrophobic/oleophilic sorbent aerogel via a new facile synthesis strategy …

Polypropylene-chitosan sponges prepared via thermal induce phase separation used as sorbents for oil spills cleanup

A Alassod, MS Khalaji, SR Islam, G Xu, A Chaudary… - Polymer Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
Creating inexpensive, highly efficient, and recyclable sponges for water remediation is
significant but remains a big challenge. Herein, this research reported a facile method to …

[HTML][HTML] Sodium salt of oleoyl carboxymethyl chitosan: a sustainable adsorbent in the oil spill treatment

B Doshi, E Repo, JP Heiskanen, JA Sirviö… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Spills due to the floating oil on the surface of sea water shows a significant alteration in the
natural phenomenon of the marine ecosystem. Hence, amphiphilic sodium salt of oleoyl …

Enhancement of oil recovery using zirconium-chitosan hybrid composite by adsorptive method

SSD Elanchezhiyan, N Sivasurian, S Meenakshi - Carbohydrate polymers, 2016 - Elsevier
Recovery of oil from oil-in-water emulsion has been investigated by many scientists and it
continues to be a challenging task for environmental scientists so far. Among all the …

A review of chitosan-based materials for the removal of organic pollution from water and bioaugmentation

C Escudero-Oñate… - Chitin-Chitosan-Myriad …, 2018 - books.google.com
Chitin is a natural polymer extracted mostly from shrimp or crab shells and is the Earth's
second most abundant polysaccharide. After a simple deacetylation procedure, chitin is …