Nanomaterials for removal of toxic elements from water

F Lu, D Astruc - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Water pollution becomes a critical issue around the world, and heavy metals, organic and
inorganic compounds and bio-organisms contribute to major pollution in water. The …

Fates of chemical elements in biomass during its pyrolysis

WJ Liu, WW Li, H Jiang, HQ Yu - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Biomass is increasingly perceived as a renewable resource rather than as an organic solid
waste today, as it can be converted to various chemicals, biofuels, and solid biochar using …

Lead and cadmium clean removal from wastewater by sustainable biochar derived from poplar saw dust

S Cheng, Y Liu, B Xing, X Qin, C Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar is produced at 400–800° C by pyrolysis of poplar saw dust, which is used as the
sustainable adsorbent to investigate the adsorption performance of Pb 2+/Cd 2+ from …

High-efficiency removal of lead from wastewater by biochar derived from anaerobic digestion sludge

SH Ho, Z Yang, D Nagarajan, JS Chang, N Ren - Bioresource technology, 2017 - Elsevier
The properties of biochar derived from waste activated sludge and anaerobic digestion
sludge under pyrolysis temperature varying from 400° C to 800° C were investigated. The …

Recent progress in fabrication and application of polydimethylsiloxane sponges

D Zhu, S Handschuh-Wang, X Zhou - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Owing to their structural advantages in comparison with bulk polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS),
porous 3D substrates, which are also known as PDMS sponges, possess immense potential …

Performance intensification of the polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane by blending with copolymer encompassing novel derivative of poly (styrene-co-maleic …

GPS Ibrahim, AM Isloor, AM Asiri, AF Ismail… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
A simple, scalable, novel polymer was synthesized by the aminolysis of poly (styrene-co-
maleic anhydride) cumene terminated (PSMAC) using p-aminohippuric acid. The main …

Nanocellulose-based magnetic hybrid aerogel for adsorption of heavy metal ions from water

J Wei, Z Yang, Y Sun, C Wang, J Fan, G Kang… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - Springer
Heavy metal pollution is one of the most serious environmental problems, posing threats to
human health. Here, we developed a magnetic hybrid aerogel by integrating nanocellulose …

Superhigh adsorption of nickel from electroplating wastewater by raw and calcined electroplating sludge waste

G Peng, S Deng, F Liu, T Li, G Yu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Both the raw electroplating sludge (RES) waste and the calcined electroplating sludge
(CES) were utilized to adsorb nickel from the real electroplating wastewater. The CES was …

Genetic engineering-facilitated coassembly of synthetic bacterial cells and magnetic nanoparticles for efficient heavy metal removal

N Zhu, B Zhang, Q Yu - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2020 - ACS Publications
Heavy-metal pollution is becoming a worldwide problem severely threatening our health
and ecosystem. In this study, we constructed a genetic-engineering-driven coassembly of …

Highly stable aluminum-based metal-organic frameworks as biosensing platforms for assessment of food safety

CS Liu, CX Sun, JY Tian, ZW Wang, HF Ji… - Biosensors and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Two unique immunosensors made of aluminum-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs),
namely, 515-and 516-MOFs, with 4, 4', 4''-nitrilotribenzoic acid (H 3 NTB) were successfully …