Porous materials for water purification

Y Song, J Phipps, C Zhu, S Ma - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Water pollution is a growing threat to humanity due to the pervasiveness of contaminants in
water bodies. Significant efforts have been made to separate these hazardous components …

Metal–organic framework-based materials: superior adsorbents for the capture of toxic and radioactive metal ions

J Li, X Wang, G Zhao, C Chen, Z Chai… - Chemical Society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Highly efficient removal of metal ion pollutants, such as toxic and nuclear waste-related
metal ions, remains a serious task from the biological and environmental standpoint …

Ion-capture electrodialysis using multifunctional adsorptive membranes

AA Uliana, NT Bui, J Kamcev, MK Taylor, JJ Urban… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Technologies that can efficiently purify nontraditional water sources are needed to meet
rising global demand for clean water. Water treatment plants typically require a series of …

Regenerable and stable sp2 carbon-conjugated covalent organic frameworks for selective detection and extraction of uranium

WR Cui, CR Zhang, W Jiang, FF Li, RP Liang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Uranium is a key element in the nuclear industry, but its unintended leakage has caused
health and environmental concerns. Here we report a sp 2 carbon-conjugated fluorescent …

Porous organic polymers (POPs) for environmental remediation

S Fajal, S Dutta, SK Ghosh - Materials Horizons, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Modern global industrialization along with the ever-increasing growth of the population has
resulted in continuous enhancement in the discharge and accumulation of various toxic and …

[HTML][HTML] Remediation of mercury contaminated soil, water, and air: A review of emerging materials and innovative technologies

L Wang, D Hou, Y Cao, YS Ok, FMG Tack… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mercury contamination in soil, water and air is associated with potential toxicity to humans
and ecosystems. Industrial activities such as coal combustion have led to increased mercury …

Opportunities of covalent organic frameworks for advanced applications

Y Song, Q Sun, B Aguila, S Ma - Advanced Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are an emerging class of functional nanostructures
with intriguing properties, due to their unprecedented combination of high crystallinity …

Recent progress on highly efficient removal of heavy metals by layered double hydroxides

T He, Q Li, T Lin, J Li, S Bai, S An, X Kong… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the development of industry and agriculture, heavy metals cause serious pollution to
water resources and soil, and it is very urgent to develop highly efficient and low-cost heavy …

A versatile MOF-based trap for heavy metal ion capture and dispersion

Y Peng, H Huang, Y Zhang, C Kang, S Chen… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Current technologies for removing heavy metal ions are typically metal ion specific. Herein
we report the development of a broad-spectrum heavy metal ion trap by incorporation of …

Highly efficient and selective Hg (II) removal from water by thiol-functionalized MOF-808: Kinetic and mechanism study

C Ji, Y Ren, H Yu, M Hua, L Lv, W Zhang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Mercury pollution poses a serious threat to the ecological environment and public health
due to its high toxicity and persistence, but there is still a lack of rapid and effective Hg (II) …