Applications of chitin and chitosan based biomaterials for the adsorptive removal of textile dyes from water—A comprehensive review

P Sirajudheen, NC Poovathumkuzhi… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
The presence of pollutants in the water bodies deteriorate the water quality and make it unfit
for use. From an environmental perspective, it is essential to develop new technologies for …

Recent developments in chitosan-based adsorbents for the removal of pollutants from aqueous environments

DC da Silva Alves, B Healy, LAA Pinto… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The quality of water is continuously under threat as increasing concentrations of pollutants
escape into the aquatic environment. However, these issues can be alleviated by adsorbing …

Feasibility of industrial-scale treatment of dye wastewater via bio-adsorption technology

W Li, B Mu, Y Yang - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
This review emphasizes the importance of costs in industrial-scale treatment of dye
wastewater and provides a way to assess the cost-based feasibility of bio-adsorption …

[HTML][HTML] Review on recent progress in chitosan/chitin-carbonaceous material composites for the adsorption of water pollutants

MJ Ahmed, BH Hameed, EH Hummadi - Carbohydrate polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitosan and chitin are categorized as low cost, renewable and eco-friendly biopolymers.
However, they have low mechanical properties and unfavorable pore properties in terms of …

Aerogels for water treatment: A review

R Ganesamoorthy, VK Vadivel, R Kumar… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Numerous aerogels are available in the scientific literature, however very few of them are in
the market. Silicon, polymer, and carbon-based aerogels are commercially applied in …

Preparation and applications of chitosan and cellulose composite materials

TG Ambaye, M Vaccari, S Prasad… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a natural fiber, chemically cellulose-like biopolymer, which is processed from
chitin. Its use as a natural polymer is getting more attention because it is non-toxic …

Synthesis of chitosan aerogels as promising carriers for drug delivery: A review

S Wei, YC Ching, CH Chuah - Carbohydrate polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitosan with abundant functional groups is regarded as important ingredients for preparing
aerogel materials in life science. The biocompatibility and biodegradability of chitosan …

Graphene-based aerogels in water and air treatment: a review

B Gao, X Feng, Y Zhang, Z Zhou, J Wei, R Qiao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Graphene-based aerogels have attracted considerable interest in recent years for their
ability to remove toxic pollutants, due to their attractive properties, which include a sufficient …

Graphene oxide-chitosan composite aerogel for adsorption of methyl orange and methylene blue: Effect of pH in single and binary systems

Y Shi, G Song, A Li, J Wang, H Wang, Y Sun… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
A series of composite aerogels with different precursor mass ratios were prepared from
graphene oxide (GO) and chitosan (CS) by conducting the crosslinking step after …

New magnetic Schiff's base-chitosan-glyoxal/fly ash/Fe3O4 biocomposite for the removal of anionic azo dye: an optimized process

NN Abd Malek, AH Jawad, AS Abdulhameed… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a new magnetic Schiff's base-chitosan-glyoxal/fly ash/Fe 3 O 4 biocomposite
(Chi-Gly/FA/Fe 3 O 4) was successfully synthesized by direct compositing of magnetic …