Clay–polymer nanocomposites: Progress and challenges for use in sustainable water treatment

R Mukhopadhyay, D Bhaduri, B Sarkar… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Contaminant removal from water involves various technologies among which adsorption is
considered to be simple, effective, economical, and sustainable. In recent years …

Clay–polymer nanocomposites (CPNs): Adsorbents of the future for water treatment

EI Unuabonah, A Taubert - Applied clay science, 2014 - Elsevier
Today's world is burdened with the need for potable water even with the numerous water
bodies that exist. Among several other techniques, adsorption has become widely used for …

Biopolymers composites with peanut hull waste biomass and application for Crystal Violet adsorption

N Tahir, HN Bhatti, M Iqbal, S Noreen - International journal of biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Composites of polyaniline, starch, polypyrrole, chitosan aniline and chitosan pyrrole using
peanut waste were prepared and employed for the adsorption of Crystal Violet (CV) dye …

Mango stone biocomposite preparation and application for crystal violet adsorption: a mechanistic study

S Shoukat, HN Bhatti, M Iqbal, S Noreen - Microporous and Mesoporous …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mango stone biocomposite (MSBC) was prepared and employed for the adsorption of
crystal violet (CV) dye. Process variables were optimized and maximum dye adsorption of …

Biocomposite efficiency for Cr (VI) adsorption: Kinetic, equilibrium and thermodynamics studies

M Akram, HN Bhatti, M Iqbal, S Noreen… - Journal of Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Bio-composite of mango (Mangifera indica) was prepared and employed for Cr (VI)
adsorption from aqueous media. The effect of various process variables ie, pH, Cr (VI) ions …

Fungal biomass composite with bentonite efficiency for nickel and zinc adsorption: a mechanistic study

A Rashid, HN Bhatti, M Iqbal, S Noreen - Ecological engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Fungal dead biomass composite with bentonite (FBC) efficiency was evaluated for the
absorption of Ni (II) and Zn (II) from aqueous media. The process variables were optimized …

Selective removal of heavy metal ions from waters and waste waters using ion exchange methods

Z Hubicki, D Kołodyńska - Ion exchange technologies, 2012 - books.google.com
Environmental pollution by toxic metals occurs globally through military, industrial, and
agricultural processes and waste disposal (Duffus, 2002). Fuel and power industries …

A novel chitosan functional gel included with multiwall carbon nanotube and substituted polyaniline as adsorbent for efficient removal of chromium ion

MK Kim, KS Sundaram, GA Iyengar, KP Lee - Chemical engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
The efficacy of a new chitosan (CS) based functional gel (FG), comprising multiwall carbon
nanotube (MWNT)–poly (acrylic acid)(PAA)–poly (4-amino diphenyl amine)(PADPA), was …

Recent advances in silica-based materials for the removal of hexavalent chromium: a review

MK Dinker, PS Kulkarni - Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2015 - ACS Publications
Hexavalent chromium [Cr (VI)], one of the most toxic contaminants, is released in the
environment due to various anthropogenic activities. Exposure of Cr (VI) can pose a serious …

Synthesis of magnetic alginate hybrid beads for efficient chromium (VI) removal

V Gopalakannan, N Viswanathan - International journal of biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Recently magnetic bio-composites have attracted the attention of scientists because of their
unique characteristics like selectivity and high sorption capacity. In the present study, Fe 3 O …