In recent years, the use of chitosan and its derivatives as flocculants in water treatment has
received considerable attention due to their many advantages, including their widespread …

Water treatment agents (WTAs) are indispensable in various water treatment processes.
Amphoteric polymers possessing unique charge characteristic and diverse polymeric …

Cationic polysaccharides are widely used in diverse areas such as water treatment,
papermaking, chemical, food, cosmetic, and petroleum industries. The combination of …

Flocculation is a common technique that is widely used in many industrial applications to
promote solid–liquid separation processes. The addition of a polymeric flocculant allows for …

Industrially, harvesting of the microalgal biomass is a techno-economic tailback, which
essentially meant for the algal biomass industry. It is considered energy as well as cost …

Microalgae are small in size with negatively charged surface. They are usually stable in
suspension culture and hard to flocculate. The present work emphasizes on the synthesis of …

Background It is highly desired yet challenging for proper treatment of existing wastewaters
containing broad-spectrum toxic contaminants of organic dyes, heavy metals and antibiotics …

An amphoteric flocculant (CMC-CTA) was synthesized by grafting 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl
trimethylammonium chloride onto carboxymethyl chitosan (CMC). The turbidity and …

Cellulose ampholytes (CAms) prepared from biocompatible and biodegradable
carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) could represent an environmentally friendly alternative for …

Green unicellular microalgae have a capacity to entrap CO 2 to increase their biomass
through photosynthesis and are important for the value added product. The presence of …