Pharmaceuticals of emerging concern in aquatic systems: chemistry, occurrence, effects, and removal methods

M Patel, R Kumar, K Kishor, T Mlsna… - Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
In the last few decades, pharmaceuticals, credited with saving millions of lives, have
emerged as a new class of environmental contaminant. These compounds can have both …

Adsorption of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs from aqueous solution using activated carbons

MJ Ahmed - Journal of environmental management, 2017 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical pollutants are of significant effect on the environment, so that their
treatments have been addressed in many studies. Activated carbon (AC) adsorbent shows …

Diaminoalkanes functionalized graphene oxide as corrosion inhibitors against carbon steel corrosion in simulated oil/gas well acidizing environment

TA Saleh, K Haruna, B Alharbi - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Experimental weight loss and electrochemical measurements were used at ambient and
high temperatures to evaluate the corrosion inhibition efficacies of diaminodecane …

Synthesis of Al2O3@ Fe2O3 core–shell nanorods and its potential for fast phosphate recovery and adsorption of chromium (VI) ions from contaminated wastewater

P Madhusudan, C Lee, JO Kim - Separation and Purification Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater and agricultural runoff contain phosphate and chromium ions, which are
common pollutants. In particular, industrial wastewater can contain excessive untreated …

The inhibition performance of diaminoalkanes functionalized GOs against carbon steel corrosion in 15% HCl environment

K Haruna, TA Saleh - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
The corrosion inhibition performance of the synthesized diaminohexane modified graphene
oxide (DAH-GO) and diaminooctane modified graphene oxide (DAO-GO) was investigated …

Biochars as media for air pollution control systems: Contaminant removal, applications and future research directions

W Gwenzi, N Chaukura, T Wenga, M Mtisi - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochars are low-cost and renewable biomaterials with several applications, including soil
amendment, mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, and removal of both inorganic and …

Synthesis and characterization of halloysite–cyclodextrin nanosponges for enhanced dyes adsorption

M Massaro, CG Colletti, G Lazzara… - ACS Sustainable …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Inorganic–organic nanosponge hybrids based on halloysite clay and organic cyclodextrin
derivatives (HNT-CDs) were developed by means of microwave irradiations in solvent-free …

Nano and micro architectured cues as smart materials to mitigate recalcitrant pharmaceutical pollutants from wastewater

T Rasheed, N Ahmad, J Ali, AA Hassan, F Sher… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Pharmaceuticals have been recognized for saving billions of lives, but they also appear as a
novel group of environmental pollutants. The presence of pharmaceutically active residues …

Adsorption of inorganic and organic arsenic from aqueous solutions by polymeric Al/Fe modified montmorillonite

A Ramesh, H Hasegawa, T Maki, K Ueda - Separation and Purification …, 2007 - Elsevier
Adsorption of arsenite [As (III)], arsenate [As (V)] and dimethylarsinate (DMA) from aqueous
solutions onto polymeric Al/Fe modified montmorillonite was studied. Batch adsorption …

Graphene oxide with dopamine functionalization as corrosion inhibitor against sweet corrosion of X60 carbon steel under static and hydrodynamic flow systems

K Haruna, TA Saleh - Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Under static and hydrodynamic conditions, a graphene oxide with dopamine
functionalization (DA-GO) was employed as a corrosion inhibitor for X60 carbon steel in a …