Role of microalgae in achieving sustainable development goals and circular economy

AG Olabi, N Shehata, ET Sayed, C Rodriguez… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) set out 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030. These goals highlight key objectives …

Biosorption, an efficient method for removing heavy metals from industrial effluents: a review

AA Beni, A Esmaeili - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
Common methods for removing heavy metals have numerous drawbacks, including low
efficiency and high costs. In the biosorption of heavy metals, ions biosorbed on surfaces and …

Adsorptive potential of modified plant-based adsorbents for sequestration of dyes and heavy metals from wastewater-A review

S Yadav, A Yadav, N Bagotia, AK Sharma… - Journal of Water Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
Currently, sequestration of contaminants like heavy metals and dyes from wastewater has
been widely studied by researchers using modified plant-based adsorbents in order to purify …

[HTML][HTML] Valorization of agriculture wastes as biosorbents for adsorption of emerging pollutants: Modification, remediation and industry application

ZT Chong, LS Soh, WF Yong - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The scarcity of clean water resources combined with other environmental and
anthropogenic effects have urged the development of advanced technology for wastewater …

A review on valorization of biomass in heavy metal removal from wastewater

A Agarwal, U Upadhyay, I Sreedhar, SA Singh… - Journal of Water …, 2020 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the progress made, in the field of low-cost biosorption of heavy
metal ions, over the past few years. It gives a comprehensive summary of the synthesis …

Single and simultaneous adsorption of Cr (VI) and Cu (II) on a novel Fe3O4/pine cones gel beads nanocomposite: Experiments, characterization and isotherms …

M Touihri, F Guesmi, C Hannachi, B Hamrouni… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, the use of magnetic sorbents has gained a spread attention due to their eco-
friendly characteristic, ease of separation and low cost. Herein, a novel biocomposite …

Nanotechnology-A ray of hope for heavy metals removal

V Mohanapriya, R Sakthivel, NDK Pham, CK Cheng… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental effects of heavy metal pollution are considered as a widespread problem
throughout the world, as it jeopardizes human health and also reduces the sustainability of a …

Single and competitive adsorption between Indigo Carmine and Methyl orange dyes on quaternized kapok fiber adsorbent prepared by radiation technique

J Du, Y Wu, Z Dong, M Zhang, X Yang, H Xiong… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since industrial effluents contain several dye species, investigation on the competitive
adsorption and selective adsorption mechanism is quite necessary. In this paper, single and …

Surface functionalization of cellulose with polyethyleneimine and magnetic nanoparticles for efficient removal of anionic dye in wastewater

AH Nordin, S Wong, N Ngadi, MM Zainol… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Activated carbon (AC) has been prevalently used in dye effluent treatment. Nonetheless, the
large-scale utilization of AC is normally restricted by its production cost and time-consuming …

The potential anticancer activity of 5-fluorouracil loaded in cellulose fibers isolated from rice straw

M Yusefi, K Shameli, H Jahangirian… - International journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Green-based materials have been increasingly studied to circumvent off-target
cytotoxicity and other side-effects from conventional chemotherapy. Materials and Methods …