Chitosan and chitin are categorized as low cost, renewable and eco-friendly biopolymers.
However, they have low mechanical properties and unfavorable pore properties in terms of …

Industrial wastewater has imposed increasing threats due to the large concentrations of
various toxic and hazardous contaminants. Amongst various processes to treat wastewater …

Natural polymer hydrogels are widely used in various aspects of biomedical engineering,
such as wound repair, owing to their abundance and biosafety. However, the low strength …

Activated carbon (AC) is widely used in water treatment, however, it has some technical
disadvantages, such as its high cost and difficulty to recover. To overcome these drawbacks …

Chitosan hydrogels have a wide range of applications in tissue engineering scaffolds,
mainly due to the advantages of their chemical and physical properties. This review focuses …

The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of a porous and flexible
polyurethane (PU)-based nanocomposite consists activated carbon (AC) and cellulose nano …

This work investigates the adsorption characteristics and mechanisms of immobilized
chitosan-montmorillonite (CS-MT) composite for the removal of methyl orange (MO) dye. It …

Industrial activities generate considerable volumes of wastewater containing organic and
inorganic contaminants. Adsorption is an efficient method for wastewater treatment due to its …

Among the various physical forms of chitosan, viz. films, fibres, nanoparticles, gels, sponges,
solution, etc., gels hold the most commercial importance. They are widely used in many …

An activated-carbon-filled agarose (Agar-AC) hydrogel containing various concentrations of
activated carbon (AC) was successfully fabricated through a simple solvent cast technique …