Polysaccharide-based composite hydrogels as sustainable materials for removal of pollutants from wastewater

CA Ghiorghita, MV Dinu, MM Lazar, ES Dragan - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, pollution has become the main bottleneck towards sustainable technological
development due to its detrimental implications in human and ecosystem health. Removal of …

Application of composite cryogels in downstream processing-A review

S Hajizadeh - Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
The demand for efficient separation and purification methods has inspired the development
of new techniques and materials for bioseparation. Conventional chromatographic columns …

Together is better: poly (tannic acid) nanorods functionalized polysaccharide hydrogels for diabetic wound healing

S You, Y Huang, R Mao, Y Xiang, E Cai, Y Chen… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polysaccharide hydrogel dressings are strong candidates for wound healing due to their low-
cost, adsorbable, biodegradable, and biocompatible features. However, they may have …

Recently emerging advancements in polymeric cryogel nanostructures and biomedical applications

CI Idumah - International Journal of Polymeric Materials and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Cryogels are interlinked macroporous substrates or materials which have undergone
processing from a monomeric solution below zero temperatures. Due to their exceptional …

Feather-weight cryostructured thiourea-chitosan aerogels for highly efficient removal of heavy metal ions and bacterial pathogens

CA Ghiorghita, MM Lazar, IV Platon… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Designing of economically feasible and recyclable polysaccharide-based materials with
thiourea functional groups for removal of specific metal ions such as Ag (I), Au (I), Pb (II) or …

TEGylated phenothiazine-imine-chitosan materials as a promising framework for mercury recovery

S Cibotaru, D Ailincai, BI Andreica, X Cheng, L Marin - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper reports new solid materials based on TEGylated phenothiazine and chitosan,
with a high capacity to recover mercury ions from aqueous solutions. They were prepared by …

Advances and innovations in hydrogel particles for sustainable purification of contaminants in aqueous solutions

V Van Tran, VD Phung, HH Do - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogel particles, encompassing spherical beads (microgels) and non-spherical particles
(pears, cylindrical, or irregular shapes), show outstanding features including …

A novel sustainable and eco-friendly biosourced hybrid sorbent for toxic Pb2+ decontamination: Nano metal oxide functionalized salt-tolerant plant biomass

T Akar, S Alim, G Meltem, F Sayin, ST Akar - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
A novel biomaterial was designed by functionalizing halophytic salt-tolerant Salicornia
europa biomass with nano-metal oxide (MnO 2) for Pb 2+ removal from aqueous …

Organic-soluble chitosan-g-PHMA (PEMA/PBMA)-bodipy fluorescent probes and film by RAFT method for selective detection of Hg2+/Hg+ ions

J He, L Yun, X Cheng - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitosan as the plentiful and easily available natural polymer, its solubility in organic
solvents is still a challenge. In this article, three different chitosan-based fluorescent co …

Phosphonation of Alginate–Polyethyleneimine Beads for the Enhanced Removal of Cs (I) and Sr (II) from Aqueous Solutions

KAM Salih, K Zhou, MF Hamza, H Mira, Y Wei, S Ning… - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although Cs (I) and Sr (II) are not strategic and hazardous metal ions, their recovery from
aqueous solutions is of great concern for the nuclear industry. The objective of this work …