Recent developments in chitosan-based adsorbents for the removal of pollutants from aqueous environments

DC da Silva Alves, B Healy, LAA Pinto… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The quality of water is continuously under threat as increasing concentrations of pollutants
escape into the aquatic environment. However, these issues can be alleviated by adsorbing …

Sources, behaviour, and environmental and human health risks of high-technology rare earth elements as emerging contaminants

W Gwenzi, L Mangori, C Danha, N Chaukura… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent studies show that high-technology rare earth elements (REEs) of anthropogenic
origin occur in the environment including in aquatic systems, suggesting REEs are …

[HTML][HTML] Nanomaterial-based biosorbents: Adsorbent for efficient removal of selected organic pollutants from industrial wastewater

HK Okoro, S Pandey, CO Ogunkunle, CJ Ngila… - Emerging …, 2022 - Elsevier
The contamination of the environment by organic pollutants is a major risk factor, particularly
for developing countries. Selected organic pollutants (SOPs) like the phenolic compounds …

Adsorption of rare earth metals: A review of recent literature

I Anastopoulos, A Bhatnagar, EC Lima - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2016 - Elsevier
Rare earth elements (REEs) have gained considerable attention due to their unique
properties and their use in huge range of industrial applications. They are widely used in …

Emerging technologies for the recovery of rare earth elements (REEs) from the end-of-life electronic wastes: a review on progress, challenges, and perspectives

TG Ambaye, M Vaccari, FD Castro, S Prasad… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
The demand for rare earth elements (REEs) has significantly increased due to their
indispensable uses in integrated circuits of modern technology. However, due to the …

Progresses in lignin, cellulose, starch, chitosan, chitin, alginate, and gum/carbon nanotube (nano) composites for environmental applications: A review

X Wang, M Tarahomi, R Sheibani, C Xia… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water sources are becoming increasingly scarce, and they are contaminated by industrial,
residential, and agricultural waste-derived organic and inorganic contaminants. These …

Enhanced adsorption of U (VI) and 241Am (III) from wastewater using Ca/Al layered double hydroxide@ carbon nanotube composites

H Chen, Z Chen, G Zhao, Z Zhang, C Xu, Y Liu… - Journal of hazardous …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ca/Al layered double hydroxide decorated carbon nanotube (Ca/Al-LDH@ CNTs)
composites were fabricated by co-precipitation method and hydrothermal aged treatment …

Biosorption-a green method for the preconcentration of rare earth elements (REEs) from waste solutions: A review

NK Gupta, A Gupta, P Ramteke, H Sahoo… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biosorption is a simplistic and budgetary method and has been broadly examined for
wastewater treatment. More recent studies on the biosorption of rare earth elements (REEs) …

Selective adsorption of rare earth elements over functionalized Cr-MIL-101

YR Lee, K Yu, S Ravi, WS Ahn - ACS applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Efficient rare earth elements (REEs) separation and recovery are crucial to meet the ever-
increasing demand for REEs extensively used in various high technology devices. Herein …

Hierarchical mesoporous ZIF-67@ LDH for efficient adsorption of aqueous Methyl Orange and Alizarine Red S.

S Saghir, Z Xiao - Powder Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are traditional porous materials considered as efficient
and low-cost for the removal of organic dyes from polluted water. In this study, we report a …