Sustainable and efficient technologies for removal and recovery of toxic and valuable metals from wastewater: Recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives

A Abidli, Y Huang, ZB Rejeb, A Zaoui, CB Park - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to their numerous effects on human health and the natural environment, water
contamination with heavy metals and metalloids, caused by their extensive use in various …

A critical review of antibiotic removal strategies: Performance and mechanisms

ZY Lu, YL Ma, JT Zhang, NS Fan, BC Huang… - Journal of Water Process …, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution by antibiotics has severely affected human health and development.
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have also been recognized as emerging pollutants …

New pyridyl and aniline-functionalized carbamoylcarboxylic acids for removal of metal ions from water by coagulation-flocculation process

CU Montaño-Medina, LM Lopéz-Martínez… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, a library of new aniline and pyridyl functionalized carbamoylcarboxylic acids
were synthesized, physicochemically analyzed and evaluated as ligands for the …

[HTML][HTML] Chitosan and chitosan derivatives: Recent advancements in production and applications in environmental remediation

I Issahaku, IK Tetteh, AY Tetteh - Environmental Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
This review, which presents recent advancements in production and applications in
environmental remediation of chitosan and chitosan derivatives, covers relevant literature in …

Chitosan-carbamoylcarboxylic acid grafted polymers for removal of metal ions in wastewater

CL Castro-Riquelme, EA López-Maldonado… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water contamination by heavy metals is reported all over the world and requires strategic
solutions to minimize its environmental impact. In this work, new materials based on …

Chitosan coated polyacrylonitrile nanofibrous mat for dye adsorption

T Lou, X Yan, X Wang - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2019 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a promising natural-derived polymer for dye adsorption owing to its rich source,
good biodegradablity and high adsorption capacity. However, electrospinning of pure …

Preparation of chitosan-rosmarinic acid derivatives with enhanced antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities

J Zhang, L Wang, W Tan, Q Li, F Dong, Z Guo - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
In present study, several chitosan derivatives grafted with rosmarinic acid, including chitosan-
rosmarinic acid conjugate (CS-RA), chitosan rosmarinic acid salt (CSRA), N, N, N …

Application of chitosan-and alginate-modified biochars in promoting the resistance to paddy soil acidification and immobilization of soil cadmium

X He, JN Nkoh, R Shi, R Xu - Environmental pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
To develop more green, practical and efficient biochar amendments for acidic soils, chitosan-
modified biochar (CRB) and alginate-modified biochar (ARB) were prepared, and their …

Pre-coagulation for membrane fouling mitigation in an aerobic granular sludge membrane bioreactor: A comparative study of modified microbial and organic …

B Zhang, X Mao, X Tang, H Tang, Y Shen… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coagulation has become a hotspot for membrane fouling control; however, there is a gap in
research regarding the application of modified microbial flocculants (MMFs) to mitigate …

Machine learning for the prediction of heavy metal removal by chitosan-based flocculants

C Lu, Z Xu, B Dong, Y Zhang, M Wang, Y Zeng… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of chitosan-based flocculants (CBFs) to remove dissolved heavy metals from
wastewater is widely advocated. This study applied machine learning (ML) methods to …