Adsorption of ciprofloxacin from water: a comprehensive review

CA Igwegbe, SN Oba, CO Aniagor, AG Adeniyi… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, the adsorption of Ciprofloxacin (CIP) from water in studies over the last decade
was reviewed. The purpose of this review is to analyse the vast body of literature on the …

Activated carbon from lignocellulosics precursors: A review of the synthesis methods, characterization techniques and applications

P González-García - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Activated carbon is a porous material that has been in many important ages of the human
history. Lignocellulosic precursors and biomass sources have become important materials …

Valorization of biomass waste to engineered activated biochar by microwave pyrolysis: Progress, challenges, and future directions

SY Foong, RK Liew, Y Yang, YW Cheng… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biomass waste represents the promising surrogate of fossil fuels for energy recovery and
valorization into value-added products. Among thermochemical conversion techniques of …

Enhanced adsorptive removal of sulfamethoxazole from water using biochar derived from hydrothermal carbonization of sugarcane bagasse

G Prasannamedha, PS Kumar, R Mehala… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
This research work primarily focussed on the production of biochar from sugarcane bagasse
through HTC followed by NaOH activation at inert atmosphere for removing SMX from water …

Adsorption behavior of the antibiotic levofloxacin on microplastics in the presence of different heavy metals in an aqueous solution

F Yu, Y Li, G Huang, C Yang, C Chen, T Zhou, Y Zhao… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, the composite pollution of microplastics with organic pollutants and heavy
metal ions in the water environment, including their combined toxicity, has received …

Insight into the adsorption kinetics models for the removal of contaminants from aqueous solutions

KL Tan, BH Hameed - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical …, 2017 - Elsevier
The past decade has seen a boom in environmental adsorption studies on the adsorptive
removal of pollutants from the aqueous phase. A large majority of works treat kinetic …

Adsorption behaviors and mechanisms of antibiotic norfloxacin on degradable and nondegradable microplastics

M Sun, Y Yang, M Huang, S Fu, Y Hao, S Hu… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The misuse of both antibiotics and plastics significantly increases the environmental
pollution problems associated with these contaminants. Moreover, microplastics can adsorb …

Current approaches and methodologies to explore the perceptive adsorption mechanism of dyes on low-cost agricultural waste: A review

R Bushra, S Mohamad, Y Alias, Y Jin… - … and Mesoporous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Discharging of dyes containing effluents into water bodies has severely affected various
forms of life because of their carcinogenic nature. Many conventional methods have been …

Antibiotic resistance in the aquatic environment: analytical techniques and interactive impact of emerging contaminants

CO Okoye, R Nyaruaba, RE Ita, SU Okon… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotic pollution is becoming an increasingly severe threat globally. Antibiotics have
emerged as a new class of environmental pollutants due to their expanding usage and …

Microwave assisted preparation of activated carbon from biomass: A review

W Ao, J Fu, X Mao, Q Kang, C Ran, Y Liu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Activated carbon has been widely used as adsorbents, catalyst support and energy storage
materials. Microwave heating is a promising technique for thermochemical treatment and …