Dendrimers, mesoporous silicas and chitosan-based nanosorbents for the removal of heavy-metal ions: A review

E Vunain, AK Mishra, BB Mamba - International journal of biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The application of nanomaterials as nanosorbents in solving environmental problems such
as the removal of heavy metals from wastewater has received a lot of attention due to their …

Recent advances in the catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of bio-oil

H Lee, YM Kim, IG Lee, JK Jeon, SC Jung… - Korean Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Owing to the increasing interest in alternative energy, there is a focus on bio-oil production
from biomass because it is an abundant and renewable energy source. Among the various …

Adsorption of copper (II) from aqueous solutions on activated carbon prepared from grape bagasse

H Demiral, C Güngör - Journal of cleaner production, 2016 - Elsevier
Activated carbons were prepared from grape bagasse by chemical activation using
phosphoric acid and the prepared activated carbons were used to remove copper (II) from …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasonically assisted hydrothermal synthesis of activated carbon–HKUST-1-MOF hybrid for efficient simultaneous ultrasound-assisted removal of ternary …

FN Azad, M Ghaedi, K Dashtian, S Hajati… - Ultrasonics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Activated carbon (AC) composite with HKUST-1 metal organic framework (AC–HKUST-1
MOF) was prepared by ultrasonically assisted hydrothermal method and characterized by …

Magnetic MnFe2O4–graphene hybrid composite for efficient removal of glyphosate from water

NU Yamaguchi, R Bergamasco, S Hamoudi - Chemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
Reduced graphene oxide decorated with MnFe 2 O 4 microspheres composed a hybrid
composite (MnFe 2 O 4–G) that was synthesized by a facile and green strategy involving …

Activated bentonite as a low-cost adsorbent for the removal of Cu (II) and Pb (II) from aqueous solutions: Batch and column studies

RR Pawar, HC Bajaj, SM Lee - Journal of industrial and engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
In this study, the effects of acid activation with high bentonite contents under mild synthetic
conditions on textural and structural properties were explored. The alteration features after …

Equilibrium and kinetic mechanisms of woody biochar on aqueous glyphosate removal

SS Mayakaduwa, P Kumarathilaka, I Herath, M Ahmad… - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
We investigated the removal of aqueous glyphosate using woody (dendro) biochar obtained
as a waste by product from bioenergy industry. Equilibrium isotherms and kinetics data were …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication of Fe-doped TiO2 nanoparticles and investigation of photocatalytic decolorization of reactive red 198 under visible light irradiation

H Moradi, A Eshaghi, SR Hosseini, K Ghani - Ultrasonics sonochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
In this research, Fe-doped TiO 2 nanoparticles with various Fe concentrations (0. 0.1, 1, 5
and 10 wt%) were prepared by a sol–gel method. Then, nanoparticles were characterized …

Efficient removal of toxic bromothymol blue and methylene blue from wastewater by polyvinyl alcohol

S Agarwal, H Sadegh, M Monajjemi, AS Hamdy… - Journal of Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Removal of bromothymol blue (BTB) and methylene blue (MB) from wastewater using
polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) has been elucidated in the present work. PVA exhibited high …

Ultrasonic enhancement of the simultaneous removal of quaternary toxic organic dyes by CuO nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon: central composite design …

S Dashamiri, M Ghaedi, K Dashtian, MR Rahimi… - Ultrasonics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Copper oxide nanoparticles loaded on activated carbon (CuO-NPs-AC) were prepared and
fully analyzed and characterized with FE-SEM, XRD and FT-IR. Subsequently, this novel …