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 …

Recent advances in natural polymer-based drug delivery systems

X Tong, W Pan, T Su, M Zhang, W Dong, X Qi - Reactive and Functional …, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural polymers have been extensively explored as the vehicles for encapsulation and
delivery of drugs and other bioactive molecules, which have attracted tremendous attention …

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 …

Advances in porous chitosan-based composite hydrogels: Synthesis and applications

ES Dragan, MV Dinu - Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CS) as the only polycation coming from renewable resources is endowed with
intrinsic valuable properties, such as: biocompatibility, biodegradability, low cost, easy …

Recent advances on sustainable bio-based materials for water treatment: Fabrication, modification and application

S Wu, W Shi, K Li, J Cai, L Chen - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increase in population growth, industrialization and climate change will lead to an
increase in scarcity of water in the next few decades. To address this challenge, there is an …

Facile synthesis of Ag/Pd nanoparticle-loaded poly (ethylene imine) composite hydrogels with highly efficient catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol

Y Feng, J Yin, S Liu, Y Wang, B Li, T Jiao - ACS omega, 2020 - ACS Publications
Poly (ethylene imine)(PEI) has abundant amino groups in a macromolecular chain and can
be used as a graft source for metal nanocomposites, which shows excellent ability to form …

Removal of heavy metal ions from multi-component aqueous solutions by eco-friendly and low-cost composite sorbents with anisotropic pores

D Humelnicu, MM Lazar, M Ignat, IA Dinu… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Copper, nickel, zinc, chromium, and iron ions are the prevailing contaminants in the
aqueous effluents resulting from the photo-etching industry. In this context, we investigate …

Chitosan capped copper oxide/copper nanoparticles encapsulated microbial resistant nanocomposite films

T Jayaramudu, K Varaprasad, RD Pyarasani… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CH) capped inorganic nanomaterials have been considered as significant
antibacterial materials in the clinical field. This work shows the synthesis of two new different …

Amidoxime modified chitosan based ion-imprinted polymer for selective removal of uranyl ions

NH Elsayed, RAS Alatawi, M Monier - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Ion-imprinting strategy was utilized in the development of UO 2 (II) imprinted amidoxime
modified chitosan sorbent (U-AOCS) that can selectively remove UO 2 (II) from water. First …

Polysaccharide-based cationic hydrogels for dye adsorption

X Qi, L Wu, T Su, J Zhang, W Dong - Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2018 - Elsevier
With advances in soft material design and engineering, naturally resourced polysaccharides
have frequently been used to construct hydrogels because of their unique properties such …