Toxicity of heavy metals and recent advances in their removal: a review

MK Abd Elnabi, NE Elkaliny, MM Elyazied, SH Azab… - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Natural and anthropogenic sources of metals in the ecosystem are perpetually increasing;
consequently, heavy metal (HM) accumulation has become a major environmental concern …

Nanotechnology in wastewater management: a new paradigm towards wastewater treatment

K Jain, AS Patel, VP Pardhi, SJS Flora - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Clean and safe water is a fundamental human need for multi-faceted development of society
and a thriving economy. Brisk rises in populations, expanding industrialization, urbanization …

Nanomaterials as a sustainable choice for treating wastewater

SF Ahmed, M Mofijur, B Ahmed, T Mehnaz… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater containing toxic substances is a major threat to the health of both aquatic and
terrestrial ecosystems. In order to treat wastewater, nanomaterials are currently being …

A review of the antiviral activity of Chitosan, including patented applications and its potential use against COVID‐19

N Jaber, M Al‐Remawi, F Al‐Akayleh… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Chitosan is an abundant organic polysaccharide, which can be relatively easily obtained by
chemical modification of animal or fungal source materials. Chitosan and its derivatives …

Leveraging the potential of silver nanoparticles-based materials towards sustainable water treatment

SA Khan, M Jain, A Pandey, KK Pant, ZM Ziora… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing demand of pure and accessible water and improper disposal of waste into the
existing water resources are the major challenges for sustainable development. Nanoscale …

Fabrication of g-C3N4 nanosheets immobilized Bi2S3/Ag2WO4 nanorods for photocatalytic disinfection of Staphylococcus aureus cells in wastewater: dual S-scheme …

ZH Jabbar, AA Okab, BH Graimed, MA Issa… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, graphitic carbon nitride (gC 3 N 4) immobilized Bi 2 S 3/Ag 2 WO 4 (BS/AW/CN)
heterojunction was successfully fabricated using a facile multi-step approach. The fabricated …

Performance evaluation and optimization of ZnO-PVP nanoparticles for photocatalytic wastewater treatment: Interactions between UV light intensity and nanoparticles …

S Abdolalian, M Taghavijeloudar - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent decades, the application of nanoparticles for environmental remediation purposes
has received great attention due to their promising removal efficiency. In this research, we …

A review on removal strategies of microorganisms from water environment using nanomaterials and their behavioural characteristics

A Chithra, R Sekar, PS Kumar, G Padmalaya - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Significant findings for microbial removal have led to expertise on several kinds of
nanomaterials that made new paths for removing various biological contaminants in a …

Recent progress in ZnO-based nanostructures for photocatalytic antimicrobial in water treatment: a review

Z Xin, Q He, S Wang, X Han, Z Fu, X Xu, X Zhao - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Advances in nanotechnology have led to the development of antimicrobial technology of
nanomaterials. In recent years, photocatalytic antibacterial disinfection methods with ZnO …

Antimicrobial silver nanoparticles for water disinfection: a short review on recent advances

T Dutta, A Barman, S Bhattacherjee… - Nanotechnology for …, 2024 - Springer
With increasing the biological contamination in drinking water day by day, the demand for
fresh drinking water is also increasing. The limitations of current traditional water disinfection …