Occurrence, sources and conventional treatment techniques for various antibiotics present in hospital wastewaters: a critical review

NA Khan, S Ahmed, IH Farooqi, I Ali, V Vambol… - TrAC Trends in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The occurrence and fate of antibiotic in the environment is an uttermost concern due to
development of resistant gene and lowering effect of antibiotic on diseases. In India itself …

Bioremediation of dyes: Current status and prospects

I Ihsanullah, A Jamal, M Ilyas, M Zubair, G Khan… - Journal of Water …, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution associated with the discharge of textile industries is becoming a
global concern. There is an imperative need for developing efficient, environmentally …

Easy-to-prepare graphene oxide/sodium montmorillonite polymer nanocomposite with enhanced adsorption performance

P Arabkhani, A Asfaram, M Ateia - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel graphene oxide (GO)/sodium montmorillonite (NaMMT) polymer nanocomposite
was synthesized using a simple and environmentally friendly solution-mixing-evaporation …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption of malachite green dye from aqueous solutions using mesoporous chitosan–zinc oxide composite material

VM Muinde, JM Onyari, B Wamalwa… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitosan–zinc oxide composite with an average size of 33 nm was synthesized by facile
chemical precipitation technique for application in the removal of water contaminants such …

Trimethylamine functionalized clay for highly efficient removal of diclofenac from contaminated water: experiments and theoretical calculations

H Shayesteh, R Nodehi, A Rahbar-Kelishami - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2020 - Elsevier
The importance of the adsorption process and growth demand for using of cost-effective
methods has increased the use of low-cost inorganic sorbents. In this study, a batch system …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication and structural of the Ag2S-MgO/graphene oxide nanocomposites with high photocatalysis and antimicrobial activities

H Wang, G Li, A Fakhri - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Silver sulfide‑magnesium oxide/graphene oxide (Ag 2 S-MgO/GO) nanocomposite was
prepared via sol-gel/ultrasound method to modify the photo-degradation performance for …

Preparation and application of alcohol based deep eutectic solvents for extraction of curcumin in food samples prior to its spectrophotometric determination

N Altunay, A Elik, R Gürkan - Food chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel, simple and economic vortex-assisted alcohol-based deep eutectic
solvent microextraction (VA-DES-ME) procedure has been developed for the …

Tuning the synthetic conditions of graphene oxide/magnetite/hydroxyapatite/cellulose acetate nanofibrous membranes for removing Cr (VI), Se (IV) and methylene …

R Al-Wafi, MK Ahmed, SF Mansour - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
The discharge of high toxic contaminations of heavy metals and dyes to water resources has
posed severe problems for the eco-system and human health. In this work, electrospun …

Biosynthesized gold nanoparticles as photocatalysts for selective degradation of cationic dye and their antimicrobial activity

RK Singh, SS Behera, KR Singh, S Mishra… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Herein, polyphenol stabilized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been synthesized for
selective removal of cationic dyes from aqueous solution. Gold nanoparticles have been …

Utilisation of eco-friendly and low cost 3D graphene-based composite for treatment of aqueous Reactive Black 5 dye: Characterisation, adsorption mechanism and …

KC Lai, LY Lee, BYZ Hiew, TCK Yang, GT Pan… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2020 - Elsevier
The current research aimed to develop an eco-friendly three-dimensional (3D) graphene
oxide/high molecular weight chitosan (GO/HCS) composite for the removal of Reactive Black …