Toxic heavy metals: impact on the environment and human health, and treatment with conducting organic polymers, a review

ML Sall, AKD Diaw, D Gningue-Sall… - … Science and Pollution …, 2020 - Springer
Water pollution by heavy metals has many human origins, such as the burning of fossil fuels,
exhaust gases of vehicles, mining, agriculture, and incineration of solid and liquid wastes …

Nanoadsorbents based on conducting polymer nanocomposites with main focus on polyaniline and its derivatives for removal of heavy metal ions/dyes: a review

EN Zare, A Motahari, M Sillanpää - Environmental research, 2018 - Elsevier
Water contamination by toxic heavy metal ions and dyes remains a serious public health
problem for humans, so attention on specific methods and technologies to remove heavy …

Cellulose-based hydrogels for wastewater treatment: A concise review

M Akter, M Bhattacharjee, AK Dhar, FBA Rahman… - Gels, 2021 - mdpi.com
Finding affordable and environment-friendly options to decontaminate wastewater
generated with heavy metals and dyes to prevent the depletion of accessible freshwater …

Adsorption and reduction of chromium (VI) from aqueous solution using polypyrrole/calcium rectorite composite adsorbent

Y Xu, J Chen, R Chen, P Yu, S Guo, X Wang - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Chromate is considered to be a toxic contaminant because of its potential to harm animal
and human health. In this study, polypyrrole/calcium rectorite clay composites (PPy/Ca-REC …

Progress in surface-modified silicas for Cr (VI) adsorption: A review

AK Mallik, MA Moktadir, MA Rahman… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Various toxic chemicals are discharging to the environment due to rapid industrialization
and polluting soil, water, and air causing numerous diseases including life-threatening …

Polypyrrole coated molybdenum disulfide composites as adsorbent for enhanced removal of Cr (VI) in aqueous solutions by adsorption combined with reduction

L Xiang, CG Niu, N Tang, XX Lv, H Guo, ZW Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, polypyrrole coated molybdenum disulfide organic–inorganic composites
(PPy/MoS 2) were fabricated by a simple in-situ oxidative polymerization, and used as a …

A review of hexavalent chromium removal from aqueous solutions by sorption technique using nanomaterials

UO Aigbe, OA Osibote - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Heavy metals contamination has become a global environmental problem owing to
anthropogenic sources. They are considered a stern threat to humans, aquatic life, and …

Adsorption of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution by activated carbon prepared from longan seed: Kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamics

J Yang, M Yu, W Chen - Journal of industrial and engineering chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Activated carbon was prepared from longan seed by chemical activation with sodium
hydroxide (NaOH). The longan seed activated carbon (LSAC) was characterized for surface …

Efficient detoxification of Cr (VI)-containing effluents by sequential adsorption and reduction using a novel cysteine-doped PANi@ faujasite composite: experimental …

M Laabd, A Imgharn, A Hsini, Y Naciri… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the global spreading of hazardous heavy metals becomes a top-priority
environmental challenge, owing to its serious detrimental health outcomes. Herein, a novel …

Polypyrrole-doped conductive supramolecular elastomer with stretchability, rapid self-healing, and adhesive property for flexible electronic sensors

J Chen, J Liu, T Thundat, H Zeng - ACS applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Although recent years have witnessed intense efforts and innovations in the design of
flexible conductive materials for the development of next-generation electronic devices, it …