Water is essential in all aspects of life, being the defining characteristic of our planet and
even our body. Regrettably, water pollution is increasingly becoming a challenge due to …

Industrialization increases use of dyes due to its high demand in paper, cosmetic, textile,
leather and food industries. This in turn would increase wastewater generation from dye …

Dyeing wastewaters are toxic and carcinogenic to both aquatic life and human beings.
Adsorption technology, as a facile and effective method, has been extensively used for …

Up to 84 000 tons of dye can be lost in water, and 90 million tons of water are attributed
annually to dye production and their application, mainly in the textile and leather industry …

Response surface methodology (RSM) is a powerful tool in designing the experiments and
optimizing different environmental processes. However, when it comes to wastewater …

This review discusses the recent trends in the research over the last 30 years to use clay
minerals in natural and modified forms for removing different toxic organic/inorganic …

Increase in industrial and anthropogenic activities leads to a decline in water quality. This
necessitates the need for the removal of contaminants from industrial and domestic …

Various studies were reported for the evaluation of the adsorption performance of kaolin clay
using single dye types. This paper aimed to evaluate the comparative adsorption capacity of …

A series of novel chitosan/tannin/montmorillonite (Cs/Tn/MMT) films were synthesised by
loading different (from 0.2 to 0.5 wt%) and MMT (from 0.5 to 1.5 wt%) ratios, to be used as …

Fabrication of nanoadsorbents with excellent adsorption capacity, selectivity, easy
separation, and superior reusability for removing organic dyes from polluted water remains …