[HTML][HTML] Engineering flame and mechanical properties of natural plant-based fibre biocomposites

M Ahmadi, O Zabihi, ZK Nia, V Unnikrishnan… - Advanced Industrial and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The escalating global concerns surrounding unsustainable petroleum consumption have
fueled interest in natural plant fiber polymer biocomposites (NFPCs) as eco-friendly …

A review on the emerging conversion technology of cellulose, starch, lignin, protein and other organics from vegetable-fruit-based waste

Z Liu - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
A large amount of vegetable-fruit-based waste (VFBW) belonging to agricultural waste is
produced around the world every year, imposing a huge burden on the environment and …

[HTML][HTML] Selective adsorption of Cr (III) over Cr (VI) by starch-graft-itaconic acid hydrogels

A Solis-Ceballos, R Roy, A Golsztajn… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work investigates the applicability of starch-graft-itaconic acid hydrogels in the
adsorption of Cr (III) and Cr (VI) in single-and binary-component systems. Batch adsorption …

Facile synthesis of magnetic biochar from an invasive aquatic plant and basic oxygen furnace slag for removal of phosphate from aqueous solution

Y Zhou, C Shen, L Xiang, Y Xue, M Lu, T Wang - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study addresses the challenges of water pollution and solid waste treatment by
presenting a two-step wet ball mill pyrolysis method for synthesizing magnetic biochar …

Feasibility and environmental assessments of a biomass gasification-based cycle next to optimization of its performance using artificial intelligence machine learning …

T Hai, M Ashraf Ali, J Zhou, HA Dhahad, V Goyal… - Fuel, 2023 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Though bioenergy still emits some emissions, they are a lot lower than fossil fuels. Besides,
the increase in water and power consumption keeps pace with the earth's growing …

A critical review on selenium removal capacity from water using emerging non-conventional biosorbents

H Ullah, B Chen, A Rashid, R Zhao, A Shahab… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic-driven selenium (Se) contamination of natural waters has emerged as
severe health and environmental concern. Lowering Se levels to safe limits of 40 μg-L− 1 …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating microalgae production into mine closure plans

A Levett, EJ Gagen, I Levett, PD Erskine - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Examples of successful mine closure and acceptable regional transitioning of mining areas
are scarce. The recent changes to the environmental, social and governance (ESG) …

[HTML][HTML] Biotechnology for a sustainable future: biomass and beyond

JS Yuan, MJ Pavlovich, AJ Ragauskas, B Han - Trends in Biotechnology, 2022 - cell.com
]. Innovations in using this abundant natural resource have profoundly impacted the
advancement of human civilization. Two million years ago, humans first learned to set fire …

Sustainable Grafting of (Ligno) Cellulose‐Based Powders with Antibacterial Functionalities: Effect of Biomass Type and Synthesis Conditions

ML Testa, OG Pandoli, C Cecone… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The problem of microbial resistance to antibiotics makes it necessary to develop new
materials capable of overcoming the resistance to the chemicals currently used. Herein, the …

Biomass-MOF composites in wastewater treatment, air purification, and electromagnetic radiation adsorption–A review

J Jiang, Y Shi, M Wu, M Rezakazemi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
With increasing environmental pollution, evolution of efficient adsorption materials has been
increasing. Excellent adsorption properties of biomass and metal–organic framework (MOF) …