Adsorption of heavy metal ions by various low-cost adsorbents: a review

R Chakraborty, A Asthana, AK Singh… - International Journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Environmental pollution, particularly from heavy metal ions in the wastewater, is one of the
most serious concerns of the world. In the pursuit of remedial action, various conventional …

Applications of chitosan in environmental remediation: A review

P Pal, A Pal, K Nakashima, BK Yadav - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental biotechnology is the use of biotechnology to develop and regulate biological
systems for the remediation of environmental contamination. Nature has gifted ample …

Cadmium removal and recovery from aqueous solutions by novel adsorbents prepared from orange peel and Fe2O3 nanoparticles

VK Gupta, A Nayak - Chemical engineering journal, 2012 - Elsevier
An agricultural waste-orange peel powder (OPP) was successfully modified into a novel
magnetic nano-adsorbent (MNP–OPP) by co-precipitating it with Fe3O4 nanoparticles …

A revised pseudo-second-order kinetic model for adsorption, sensitive to changes in adsorbate and adsorbent concentrations

JC Bullen, S Saleesongsom, K Gallagher, DJ Weiss - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
The development of new adsorbent materials for the removal of toxic contaminants from
drinking water is crucial toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development …

O-carboxymethyl functionalization of chitosan: complexation and adsorption of Cd (II) and Cr (VI) as heavy metal pollutant ions

FGLM Borsagli, AAP Mansur, P Chagas… - Reactive and Functional …, 2015 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CHI) is a biopolymer that can be used on complexation and adsorption of heavy
metals in water. Chitosan can be chemically functionalized to modulate the pH range of …

[HTML][HTML] Fe3O4–wheat straw: preparation, characterization and its application for methylene blue adsorption

AE Pirbazari, E Saberikhah, SSH Kozani - Water Resources and Industry, 2014 - Elsevier
The removal of methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solution by NaOH-treated wheat straw
from agriculture biomass impregnated with Fe 3 O 4 magnetic nanoparticles (MNP-NWS) …

Functionalized-chitosan/quantum dot nano-hybrids for nanomedicine applications: towards biolabeling and biosorbing phosphate metabolites

HS Mansur, AAP Mansur, E Curti… - Journal of Materials …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
The early diagnosis of diseases related to phosphate metabolism is very important for
preventing, in most cases, severe kidney failure and cardiovascular events that have an …

Synthesis and characterization of polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP)-coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles by chemical co-precipitation method and removal of Congo red dye by …

G Pandey, S Singh, G Hitkari - International Nano Letters, 2018 - Springer
The present paper deals synthesis of polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP)-coated magnetite
nanoparticles by chemical co-precipitation method. The samples were characterized using X …

Preparation of polyethylene glycol diglycidyl ether (PEDGE) crosslinked chitosan/activated carbon composite film for Cd2+ removal

R Nurfatimah - Carbohydrate polymers, 2018 - Elsevier
Preparation and characterization of polyethylene glycol diglycidyl ether (PEDGE)
crosslinked chitosan/activated carbon composite film have been conducted. PEDGE was …

Effect of solution pH and influence of water hardness on caffeine adsorption onto activated carbons

OM Couto Jr, I Matos, IM da Fonseca… - … Canadian Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
There has been little research into the effects of the water hardness and pH of surface
waters on the adsorption of caffeine on activated carbons. The aim of this study was to …