Recent advances in polysaccharide-based adsorbents for wastewater treatment

X Qi, X Tong, W Pan, Q Zeng, S You, J Shen - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The existence of toxic water contaminants (heavy metals, dyes, phenols, oils,
pharmaceuticals and nutrients) restricts the sustainable supply of clean water globally …

Polysaccharide-based composite hydrogels as sustainable materials for removal of pollutants from wastewater

CA Ghiorghita, MV Dinu, MM Lazar, ES Dragan - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, pollution has become the main bottleneck towards sustainable technological
development due to its detrimental implications in human and ecosystem health. Removal of …

Together is better: poly (tannic acid) nanorods functionalized polysaccharide hydrogels for diabetic wound healing

S You, Y Huang, R Mao, Y Xiang, E Cai, Y Chen… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polysaccharide hydrogel dressings are strong candidates for wound healing due to their low-
cost, adsorbable, biodegradable, and biocompatible features. However, they may have …

Polydopamine/montmorillonite-embedded pullulan hydrogels as efficient adsorbents for removing crystal violet

X Qi, Q Zeng, X Tong, T Su, L Xie, K Yuan, J Xu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Both secondary pollution and the low mechanical strength of adsorbents have severely
impeded the practical application of adsorption methods in the dye wastewater treatment. In …

Smart superabsorbent alginate/carboxymethyl chitosan composite hydrogel beads as efficient biosorbents for methylene blue dye removal

Z Zhang, N Abidi, L Lucia - Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence of toxic dyes in the aqueous medium has threatened environmental safety,
and thereby removing them from wastewater in an efficient way is highly desired. Herein, the …

Adsorption of methylene blue on sodium alginate–flax seed ash beads: Isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies

B Işık, V Uğraşkan - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present study, the adsorptive removal of methylene blue (MB) from wastewater was
studied using the novel composite prepared by sodium alginate (SA) and flax seed ash (FS) …

Insight into chitosan/zeolite-A nanocomposite as an advanced carrier for levofloxacin and its anti-inflammatory properties; loading, release, and anti-inflammatory …

M Mostafa, MA El-Meligy, M Sharaf, AT Soliman… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan/zeolite-A nanocomposite (CH/ZA) was synthesized as a potential carrier for
levofloxacin (LVOX) of enhanced technical properties. The CH/ZA composite displayed …

[HTML][HTML] Applicability of new sustainable and efficient alginate-based composites for critical raw materials recovery: General composites fabrication optimization and …

D Fila, Z Hubicki, D Kołodyńska - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Based on the 2020 list of raw materials for the EU, there are 30 critical minerals on the
critical raw materials list, among which the rare earth elements group is placed. This study …

Graphene oxide–chitosan composite material for treatment of a model dye effluent

M Sabzevari, DE Cree, LD Wilson - ACS omega, 2018 - ACS Publications
Graphene oxide (GO) was cross-linked with chitosan to yield a composite (GO-LCTS) with
variable morphology, enhanced surface area, and notably high methylene blue (MB) …

2-Mercaptobenzimidazole-functionalized chitosan for enhanced removal of methylene blue: Batch and column studies

KZ Elwakeel, AM Elgarahy, AS Al-Bogami… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Chitosan functionalized with 2-mercaptobenzimidazole (2-MBI)(ie 2-MBI@ Chit)
shows high sorption capacity (ie, 1.28 mmol MB g− 1) for methylene blue (MB)(at pH close to …