A comprehensive review on magnetic carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube-based buckypaper for removal of heavy metals and dyes

FSA Khan, NM Mubarak, YH Tan, M Khalid… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Industrial effluents contain several organic and inorganic contaminants. Among others, dyes
and heavy metals introduce a serious threat to drinking waterbodies. These pollutants can …

An insight into machine learning models era in simulating soil, water bodies and adsorption heavy metals: Review, challenges and solutions

ZM Yaseen - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of computer aid models for heavy metals (HMs) simulation has been
remarkably advanced over the past two decades. Several machine learning (ML) models …

Development of artificial intelligence for modeling wastewater heavy metal removal: State of the art, application assessment and possible future research

SK Bhagat, TM Tung, ZM Yaseen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
The presence of various forms of heavy metals (HMs)(eg, Cu, Cd, Pb, Zn, Cr, Ni, As, Co, Hg,
Fe, Mn, Sb, and Ce) in water bodies and sediment has been increasing due to industrial and …

Biosorption of pollutants by plant leaves: An empirical review

AG Adeniyi, JO Ighalo - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, research focus has been shifting towards the development of
environmentally friendly systems for the removal of pollutants from effluents. The use of …

Recent advances in biosorption of copper and cobalt by filamentous fungi

L Dusengemungu, G Kasali, C Gwanama… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Copper (Cu) and Cobalt (Co) are among the most toxic heavy metals from mining and other
industrial activities. Both are known to pose serious environmental concerns, particularly to …

A mini-review of the morphological properties of biosorbents derived from plant leaves

JO Ighalo, AG Adeniyi - SN Applied Sciences, 2020 - Springer
A key feature of biosorption studies is the utilisation of different analytical techniques to
evaluate several aspects of the process. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is used to …

Extraction of cobalt ions from aqueous solution by microgels for in-situ fabrication of cobalt nanoparticles to degrade toxic dyes: A two fold-environmental application

M Shahid, ZH Farooqi, R Begum, M Arif, A Irfan… - Chemical Physics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microgels were obtained by method of free radical precipitation polymerization and
characterized by TEM, DLS and FTIR. Adsorption of Co 2+ ions was studied under various …

Opportunities and constraints of using the innovative adsorbents for the removal of cobalt (II) from wastewater: A review

MA Islam, DW Morton, BB Johnson… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
The presence of cobalt (II) in wastewater is an emergent concern because of its toxicity at
elevated concentration. Co (II) is a non-biodegradable, carcinogenic and mutagenic …

Removal of heavy metals by leaves-derived biosorbents

I Anastopoulos, A Robalds, HN Tran… - Environmental …, 2019 - Springer
Among various remediation technologies, biosorption is promising for the removal of heavy
metals from water and wastewater, since in many cases, it is fast, selective, and with …

Restoration of heavy metal‐contaminated soil and water through biosorbents: A review of current understanding and future challenges

A Rana, M Sindhu, A Kumar, RK Dhaka… - Physiologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Heavy metal pollution in soil and water is a potential threat to human health as it renders
food quality substandard. Different biosorbents such as microbial and agricultural biomass …