With the rapid development of nuclear industry, effective management of nuclear waste and
oversight of nuclear fuel cycle are critical. Radionuclides such as uranium (U), plutonium …

Selenium (Se) is an essential micronutrient for mammals, and its deficiency seriously
threatens human health. A series of biofortification strategies have been developed to …

Developing a multifunctional platform for the selective detection and effective removal of
toxic ions is a major challenge when addressing heavy metal contamination in …

A magnetic polymer-based nanocomposite was fabricated by the modification of an
Fe3O4/SiO2 magnetic composite with polypyrrole (PPy) via co-precipitation polymerization …

The discovery of cheap and eco-friendly functional materials for the removal of anionic
heavy metal ions is still challenging in the treatment of heavy metal-contaminated water …

Supercritically dried, mesoporous silica–gelatin hybrid aerogels of 4–24 wt% gelatin content
show high selectivity for the adsorption of aqueous Hg (II) in the simultaneous presence of …

High-efficient conversion of the waste biomass into eco-friendly novel bifunctional materials
for selective monitoring and effective removal of mercury ions (Hg 2+) is of great significance …

Highlights•The PEI grafted amino-functionalized hollow polysilsesquioxane was fabricated
via a facile “covalent grafting” route.•The as-prepared H-PVTMS-PEI-2 showed excellent …

Two novel mesoporous polymers poly [(1E, 4E)-1, 5-Di-2-thienylpenta-1, 4-dien-3-
one](PTCA) and poly [(1E, 4E)-2, 4-dimethyl-1, 5-di (thiophen-2-yl) penta-1, 4-dien-3 …

Magnetic mesoporous silica nanoparticles (Fe3O4-MSNs) were successfully synthesized
with a relatively high surface area of 568 m2g− 1. Fe3O4-MSNs were then modified with …