Silica-based mesoporous materials; emerging designer adsorbents for aqueous pollutants removal and water treatment

PNE Diagboya, ED Dikio - Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
This is a review of recent literature on pristine and specifically functionalized mesoporous
silica-based materials or 'designer silicates' used as adsorbents for aqueous pollutants …

Biocompatible functionalisation of nanoclays for improved environmental remediation

B Biswas, LN Warr, EF Hilder, N Goswami… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Among the wide range of materials used for remediating environmental contaminants,
modified and functionalised nanoclays show particular promise as advanced sorbents …

Selective separation of dye and salt by PES/SPSf tight ultrafiltration membrane: Roles of size sieving and charge effect

M Hu, S Yang, X Liu, R Tao, Z Cui, C Matindi… - Separation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Polyethersulphone (PES)/sulfonated polysulphone (SPSf) tight ultrafiltration (TUF)
membrane was tailored for dye/salt selective separation via non-solvent induced phase …

Modeling in adsorption: fundamentals and applications

EI Unuabonah, MO Omorogie, NA Oladoja - Composite nanoadsorbents, 2019 - Elsevier
Modeling of adsorption processes is vital especially in water treatment processes. To ensure
that the right adsorbent is used to remove the target pollutant in water with good efficiency, at …

Utilizing eco-friendly kaolinite-biochar composite adsorbent for removal of ivermectin in aqueous media

BI Olu-Owolabi, PN Diagboya, FM Mtunzi… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Several emerging contaminants are currently used in an unregulated manner worldwide,
resulting in their increasing stringent limits in water by regulatory bodies. Thus, more viable …

Polyamidoamine-functionalized graphene oxide–SBA-15 mesoporous composite: adsorbent for aqueous arsenite, cadmium, ciprofloxacin, ivermectin, and …

RV Xikhongelo, FM Mtunzi, PN Diagboya… - Industrial & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polyamidoamine functionalized graphene oxide–SBA-15 mesoporous composite (PGOSBA)
was synthesized, characterized, and examined for aqueous adsorption of metals (As (III) and …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic valorization of biomass and biochar of a typical plant nuisance for toxic metals contaminated water treatment

RP Mohubedu, PNE Diagboya, CY Abasi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Low-cost materials are promising aqueous pollutant adsorbents but when batch adsorption
method is employed, separation of pollutant-loaded-adsorbents from water is a major …

Clay-moringa seedcake composite for removal of cationic and anionic dyes

S Rawat, MM Ahammed - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The present study investigated the potential of a composite prepared from kaolinite clay and
moringa seedcake in removing methylene blue (MB) and acid orange-7 (AO-7) dyes from …

[HTML][HTML] Biosorption of lead (II) from aqueous solution using Cellulose-based Bio-adsorbents prepared from unripe papaya (Carica papaya) peel waste: Removal …

W Jaihan, V Mohdee, S Sanongraj… - Arabian Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work focuses on the removal of lead from contaminated aqueous solutions using unripe
papaya peel based bio-adsorbents (PP). Response surface methodology (RSM) based on …

Efficient decontamination of aqueous glyphosate using Santa Barbara Amorphous-15 (SBA-15) and graphene oxide-SBA-15 poly-amidoamine functionalized …

PN Diagboya, BJ Heyde, RA Düring - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
There are serious concerns about the effects of aqueous glyphosate on humans especially
after its re-classification as a probable carcinogen. Thus, poly-amidoamine functionalized …