Recent advances in engineering aptamer-based sensing and recovery of heavy metals and rare earth elements for environmental sustainability

WR Shin, G Ahn, JP Lee, IH Oh, JY Ahn, YH Kim… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metals (HMs) and rare earth elements (REEs) are used in a wide range of industrial
and technological applications, but they can also have harmful effects on the environment …

The unexplored role of alkali and alkaline earth elements (ALAEs) on the structure, processing, and biological effects of bioactive glasses

A Shearer, M Molinaro, M Montazerian, JJ Sly… - Biomaterials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Bioactive glass has been employed in several medical applications since its inception in
1969. The compositions of these materials have been investigated extensively with …

Chitosan-minerals-based composites for adsorption of caesium, cobalt and europium

G Lujanienė, R Novikau, K Karalevičiūtė… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Currently, there is a growing interest in the use of natural materials in various fields of
science, technology and environmental protection due to their availability, low-cost, non …

Exposure to arsenic, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, metals, and association with skin cancers in the US adults

HH Rahman, W Toohey, SH Munson-McGee - Environmental Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Worldwide, skin cancer affects millions of people yearly and is broadly classified into
melanoma and nonmelanoma types of skin cancer. The toxicity of metals to human health is …

High-efficiency removal of Cs (I) by vermiculite/zinc hexacyanoferrate (II) composite from aqueous solutions

T Dai, J Feng, JY Hwang, Y Bao, C Gao, Z Wang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aimed to solve the problems of low adsorption capacity, complex preparation and difficult
recovery for reported cesium ion adsorbents, a novel high-efficiency Cs+ adsorbent of …

The associations of non-essential metal mixture with fasting plasma glucose among Chinese older adults without diabetes

JY Lei, PP Wang, HL Wang, Y Wang, L Sun… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
The evidence about the effect of non-essential metal mixture on fasting plasma glucose
(FPG) levels among older adults without diabetes is limited. This study aims to estimate the …

Environmental Low-Dose Radiation Activates Th1 Immunity through the Mitochondria-STING Pathway

X Yao, W Huo, Y Wang, D Xia, Y Chen… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The presence of low-dose radiation (LDR) in the environment has become more prevalent.
However, the effect of LDR exposure on the immune system remains elusive. Here, we …

Amino modified nanofibers anchored to Prussian blue nanoparticles selectively remove Cs+ from water

S Feng, J Gao, S Li, X Cao, J Ni, X Yue… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
To improve the selective separation performance of silica nanofibers (SiO 2 NFs) for cesium
ions (Cs+) and overcome the defects of Prussian blue nanoparticles (PB NPs), PB/SiO 2-NH …

An adsorption agent based on chitosan–zeolite composite: environmental and radioactive liquid waste remediation

LG de Araujo, VL Medeiros… - Environmental …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this article, we present a chitosan–zeolite composite, which was synthesized and used as
an adsorbent material for caesium (Cs) removal from aqueous media and real liquid …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancement and modelling of caesium and strontium adsorption behaviour on natural and activated bentonite

AS Saleh, OOD Afolabi - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2025 - Elsevier
This study investigates the efficacy of bentonite in its natural and activated form via a newly
developed activation process to sequester Cs and Sr–two hazardous radiotoxic pollutants …