Sustainable and efficient technologies for removal and recovery of toxic and valuable metals from wastewater: Recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives

A Abidli, Y Huang, ZB Rejeb, A Zaoui, CB Park - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to their numerous effects on human health and the natural environment, water
contamination with heavy metals and metalloids, caused by their extensive use in various …

A comprehensive review on preparation, functionalization and recent applications of nanofiber membranes in wastewater treatment

EI El-Aswar, H Ramadan, H Elkik, AG Taha - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The direct discharge of significant amounts of polluted water into water bodies causes
adverse ecological and human health effects. This severe deterioration in water quality …

Chitosan-based hollow nanofiber membranes with polyvinylpyrrolidone and polyvinyl alcohol for efficient removal and filtration of organic dyes and heavy metals

S Wu, W Shi, K Li, J Cai, C Xu, L Gao, J Lu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to their large specific surface area and numerous diffusion channels, hollow fibers are
widely used in wastewater treatment. In this study, we successfully synthesized a chitosan …

Synthesis of Schiff's base magnetic crosslinked chitosan-glyoxal/ZnO/Fe3O4 nanoparticles for enhanced adsorption of organic dye: modeling and mechanism study

A Reghioua, D Barkat, AH Jawad… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, Schiff's base magnetic crosslinked chitosan-glyoxal/Fe 3 O 4 composite (CS-
G/Fe 3 O 4) was synthesized and further developed by loading zinc oxide (ZnO) …

Cu (II) removal from wastewater using chitosan-based adsorbents: a review

AK Mallik, SMF Kabir, FBA Rahman, MN Sakib… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Copper is one of the most well-known heavy metals; while it is an essential nutrient for living
organisms, its excessive presence in wastewaters is equally hazardous, causing a variety of …

Solar thermal feed preheating techniques integrated with membrane distillation for seawater desalination applications: Recent advances, retrofitting performance …

SA El-Agouz, ME Zayed, AMA Ghazala… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising technology for seawater desalination, integrating
the advantages of both membrane segregation and thermal distillation. High energy …

Polysaccharides in fabrication of membranes: A review

V Vatanpour, BY Gul, B Zeytuncu, S Korkut… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainability concerns have motivated and directed a great deal of interest over the past
decade towards the development of green technologies. Polysaccharides are green …

A bilayer mupirocin/bupivacaine-loaded wound dressing based on chitosan/poly (vinyl alcohol) nanofibrous mat: Preparation, characterization, and controlled drug …

S Habibi, T Mohammadi, R HMTShirazi, F Atyabi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
An infected skin wound caused by external injury remains a serious challenge. Electrospun
drug-loaded nanofibers with antibacterial properties based on biopolymers have been …

Electrospun nanofiber affinity membranes for water treatment applications: A review

R HMTShirazi, T Mohammadi, AA Asadi… - Journal of Water Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent environmental studies reveal that protecting freshwater resources and preventing
contamination of groundwater, surface water, and seawater have become critical issues …

Incorporation of amine-grafted halloysite nanotube to electrospun nanofibrous membranes of chitosan/poly (vinyl alcohol) for Cd (II) and Pb (II) removal

R HMTShirazi, T Mohammadi, AA Asadi - Applied Clay Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Amino group grafted halloysite nanotubes (Hal-NH 2 s) were used to enhance
adsorption/filtration performance of chitosan (CS)/poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) electrospun …