Alginate-based nano-adsorbent materials–Bioinspired solution to mitigate hazardous environmental pollutants

SA Qamar, M Qamar, A Basharat, M Bilal, H Cheng… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Population growth and industrialization is associated with the elevation of hazardous
pollutants, including heavy metals, biomedical wastes, personal-care products, endocrine …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review on biological and environmental applications of chitosan-hydroxyapatite biocomposites

A Bushra, A Subhani, N Islam - Composites Part C: Open Access, 2023 - Elsevier
In the past couple of decades, there has been significant rise in interest towards formulation
and application of biomaterials for the purpose of bone-tissue engineering as well as …

Removal of uranium (VI) from water by the action of microwave-rapid green synthesized carbon quantum dots from starch-water system and supported onto polymeric …

ME Mahmoud, NA Fekry, AM Abdelfattah - Journal of hazardous materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are a new class of carbon nanoparticles with superior
advantages as small particle size, excellent biocompatibility and low toxicity which advance …

A novel nanobiosorbent of functionalized graphene quantum dots from rice husk with barium hydroxide for microwave enhanced removal of lead (II) and lanthanum (III …

ME Mahmoud, NA Fekry, AM Abdelfattah - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, rice husk was used as a sustainable source to synthesize graphene quantum
dots (GQDOs) with 2D morphology. Chemical modification of GQDOs with Ba (OH) 2 was …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of pH and concentration on the growth of bacteria-fungus and benzo [a] pyrene degradation

NA Ismail, N Kasmuri, N Hamzah, J Jaafar… - … Technology & Innovation, 2023 - Elsevier
The bioremediation method has been widely used in wastewater treatment. The fungi and
bacteria have been recognized as useful bioremediation agents. Benzo [a] pyrene, the …

UO22+-imprinted thermoresponsive hydrogel for accumulation of uranium from seawater

L Tang, S Ren, T Zhang, X Wei, M Li, X Yin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
A sodium alginate (ALG)-based UO 2 2+-imprinted thermoresponsive hydrogel (SUIT) was
prepared, with NIPAM as the starting monomer. On this basis, another hydrogel (SPUIT) was …

Optimized synthesis of cysteine-functionalized nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite for synchronous decontamination of Cd (II) and Pb (II)

Q Xiao, Y Zhang, S Bi, Y Wu, S Yang - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
The synchronous removal of toxic heavy metals (eg, cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and etc.) from
the contaminated water environment is an urgent demand in the pollution control field …

Metal–Organic Framework-Functionalized Copper–Amine Complex: A Robust Nanocomposite for Doxycycline Antibiotic Removal

ME Mahmoud, MF Amira, SM Seleim… - Journal of Chemical & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Decontamination of water from antibiotic drugs or their metabolites using an adsorption
technique represents a great challenge with respect to high adsorption capacity and cost …

Iron Oxide/Phosphatic Materials Composites with Potential Applications in Environmental Protection

GC Ispas, R Manea, RI Brazdis, AM Baroi, T Fistos… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Currently, hydroxyapatite is probably the most researched material, due to its multiple
applications in medical, environmental, or cultural heritage, when the classical structure is …

Nano-manganese oxide-functionalized-oleyl amine as a simple and low cost nanosorbent for remediation of ZnII/CoII and their radioactive nuclides 65Zn and 60Co …

ME Mahmoud, EA Allam, RM El-Sharkawy… - Applied Radiation and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The contribution of oleyl amine as a biodegradable and simple aliphatic compound
containing amine functional group (-NH 2) was discussed in this work with respect to the …