Adsorptive removal of antibiotics from water and wastewater: progress and challenges

MB Ahmed, JL Zhou, HH Ngo, W Guo - Science of the Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Antibiotics as emerging contaminants are of global concern due to the development of
antibiotic resistant genes potentially causing superbugs. Current wastewater treatment …

Adsorption of dyes on activated carbon prepared from apricot stones and commercial activated carbon

C Djilani, R Zaghdoudi, F Djazi, B Bouchekima… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2015 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to study the properties of an activated carbon prepared from apricot
stones by carbonisation for 1 h at 700° C and chemical activation with a mixture of H 3 PO …

Kinetic, thermodynamic and isotherm studies for acid blue 129 removal from liquids using copper oxide nanoparticle-modified activated carbon as a novel adsorbent

F Nekouei, S Nekouei, I Tyagi, VK Gupta - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2015 - Elsevier
A novel adsorbent, copper oxide nanoparticle loaded on activated carbon (CuO-NP-AC)
was synthesized by a simple, low cost and efficient procedure. Subsequently, this novel …

Mechanistic insight into the interaction and adsorption of Cr (VI) with zeolitic imidazolate framework-67 microcrystals from aqueous solution

X Li, X Gao, L Ai, J Jiang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, we report on the synthesis of the well-defined rhombic dodecahedral cobalt-
based zeolitic imidazolate framework-67 (ZIF-67) and demonstrate its fast kinetics and high …

Response surface methodology approach for optimization of simultaneous dye and metal ion ultrasound-assisted adsorption onto Mn doped Fe 3 O 4-NPs loaded on …

A Asfaram, M Ghaedi, A Goudarzi, M Rajabi - Dalton Transactions, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In the present work, the usefulness of ultrasonic power as a dispersion and mixing tool to
accelerate the adsorption of Safranin O (SO), methylene blue (MB), Pb2+ ions and Cr3+ ions …

Simultaneous ultrasound-assisted ternary adsorption of dyes onto copper-doped zinc sulfide nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon: optimization by response …

A Asfaram, M Ghaedi, S Hajati, A Goudarzi… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
The simultaneous and competitive ultrasound-assisted removal of Auramine-O (AO),
Erythrosine (Er) and Methylene Blue (MB) from aqueous solutions were rapidly performed …

Synthesis of bimetallic Fe–Zn nanoparticles and its application towards adsorptive removal of carcinogenic dye malachite green and Congo red in water

RK Gautam, V Rawat, S Banerjee… - Journal of Molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel bimetallic Fe–Zn nanoparticle was synthesized via a coprecipitation
method and applied for the adsorptive removal of carcinogenic dye malachite green (MG) …

Cr-doped ZnO nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization, adsorption property, and recyclability

A Meng, J Xing, Z Li, Q Li - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this paper, a mild solvothermal method has been employed to successfully synthesize a
series of Cr-doped ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) with different Cr3+ contents, which is a kind of …

Application of central composite design for simultaneous removal of methylene blue and Pb2+ ions by walnut wood activated carbon

M Ghaedi, H Mazaheri, S Khodadoust, S Hajati… - … Acta Part A: Molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
Activated carbon was prepared from walnut wood which was locally available, non-toxic,
abundant and cheap. This new adsorbent was characterized using BET, FTIR and SEM …

Comparison of physicochemical and sorption properties of activated carbons prepared by physical and chemical activation of cherry stones

P Nowicki, J Kazmierczak, R Pietrzak - Powder technology, 2015 - Elsevier
Cherry stones were used as a precursor for the preparation of activated carbons by physical
and chemical activation with CO 2 and KOH, respectively. The effect of pyrolysis temperature …