Nanosafety is paramount considering the risks associated with manufactured nanomaterials
(MNMs) whose implications could outweigh their advantages for environmental applications …

Cyclodextrins are a group of cyclic oligosaccharides obtained by enzymatic degradation of
starch. They are remarkable macrocyclic molecules that have led major theoretical and …

Nanosponges are solid cross-linked polymeric nano-sized porous structures. This broad
concept involves, among others, metal organic frameworks and hydrogels. The focus of this …

Some of the most popular cellulose derivatives exhibit charged functional groups, either
cationic (generally, quaternary ammonium moieties) or anionic (most typically, carboxylate …

Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) are an exciting new class of microporous polymers
with unprecedented properties in organic material chemistry. They are generally built from …

Chemical pollution of water has raised great concerns among citizens, lawmakers, and
nearly all manufacturing industries. As the legislation addressing liquid effluents becomes …

Organic dyes, such as methyl orange (MO), Congo red (CR), crystal violet (CV) and
methylene blue (MB), are common organic pollutants existing in wastewater. Therefore, the …

Increasing amount of micropollutants such as drugs, cosmetics and nutritional supplements
detected in surface waters represents increasing risk to humans and to the whole …

Proposed and studied in the mid-1960s, water-insoluble cyclodextrin–epichlorohydrin
polymers are of constant interest to the scientific community, particularly for their …

Water pollution, which has become a global problem in parallel with environmental
pollution, is a problem that needs to be solved urgently, considering the gradual depletion of …