[HTML][HTML] Nanomaterial-based biosorbents: Adsorbent for efficient removal of selected organic pollutants from industrial wastewater

HK Okoro, S Pandey, CO Ogunkunle, CJ Ngila… - Emerging …, 2022 - Elsevier
The contamination of the environment by organic pollutants is a major risk factor, particularly
for developing countries. Selected organic pollutants (SOPs) like the phenolic compounds …

Typical low cost biosorbents for adsorptive removal of specific organic pollutants from water

HH Ngo, W Guo, J Zhang, S Liang, C Ton-That… - Bioresource …, 2015 - Elsevier
Specific organic pollutants (SOPs) such as phenolic compounds, PAHs, organic pesticides,
and organic herbicides cause health and environmental problems due to their excessive …

Biocompatible hydrogels of chitosan-alkali lignin for potential wound healing applications

K Ravishankar, M Venkatesan, RP Desingh… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biocompatible hydrogels were prepared by mixing aqueous-acidic solution of chitosan with
alkali lignin, a major by-product of the paper producing industries, for the first time, by …

Fabrication of chitosan microspheres for efficient adsorption of methyl orange

L Zhai, Z Bai, Y Zhu, B Wang, W Luo - Chinese Journal of Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this article, morphology, structure and size controllable chitosan microspheres with high
mechanical strength were synthesized by microfluidic technology combining chemical …

Engineered biochar from wood apple shell waste for high-efficient removal of toxic phenolic compounds in wastewater

NS Kumar, HM Shaikh, M Asif, EH Al-Ghurabi - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
This study investigated a novel agricultural low-cost bio-waste biochar derived from wood
apple fruit shell waste via the pyrolysis method, which is modified by ball milling and utilized …

The removal of dye from aqueous solution using alginate-halloysite nanotube beads

L Liu, Y Wan, Y Xie, R Zhai, B Zhang, J Liu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2012 - Elsevier
The halloysite nanotube (HNT) has already been extensively investigated to remove various
organic pollutants and metal ions, and how to prepare the beads with excellent …

Adsorption characteristics and mechanistic study of immobilized chitosan-montmorillonite composite for methyl orange removal

NN Bahrudin, MA Nawi, AH Jawad, S Sabar - Journal of Polymers and the …, 2020 - Springer
This work investigates the adsorption characteristics and mechanisms of immobilized
chitosan-montmorillonite (CS-MT) composite for the removal of methyl orange (MO) dye. It …

High performance removal of phenol from aqueous solution by magnetic chitosan based on response surface methodology and genetic algorithm

M Salari, MH Dehghani, A Azari, MD Motevalli… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
The magnetic chitosan was prepared and characterized using FT-IR, SEM, and XRD
techniques. The adsorbent was used for uptake of phenol in water. The sorption was …

Separation of pollutants from aqueous solution using nanoclay and its nanocomposites: a review

S Manna, P Das, P Basak, AK Sharma, VK Singh… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater is always composed of different pollutants, most of which are toxic to the living
being. It is very tough to separate all those diverse groups of contaminants using a single …

Novel eco-friendly electrospun nanomagnetic zinc oxide hybridized PVA/alginate/chitosan nanofibers for enhanced phenol decontamination

M Elkady, E Salama, WA Amer, EZM Ebeid… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
In the current study, poly (vinyl alcohol)/alginate/chitosan (PVA/Alg/CS) composite nanofiber
was immobilized with six different ratios of nanomagnetic zinc oxide (M-ZnO)(0 wt%, 0.2 …