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 …

Conducting polymers in the fields of energy, environmental remediation, and chemical–chiral sensors

JG Ibanez, ME Rincón, S Gutierrez-Granados… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Conducting polymers (CPs), thanks to their unique properties, structures made on-demand,
new composite mixtures, and possibility of deposit on a surface by chemical, physical, or …

A review on adsorption of heavy metals from wastewater using conducting polymer-based materials

S Jadoun, JP Fuentes, BF Urbano, J Yáñez - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metals, minerals, and dyes create water pollution that has become a major
environmental concern worldwide. Various methods such as advanced oxidation …

Polymer-based nano-adsorbent for the removal of lead ions: kinetics studies and optimization by response surface methodology

AH Birniwa, S Kehili, M Ali, H Musa, U Ali, SRM Kutty… - Separations, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work successfully created a polypyrrole-polyethyleneimine (PPy-PEI) nano adsorbent
for the elimination of the lead ion Pb2+ from an aqueous solution. An efficient conducting …

Investigation of uranium (VI) adsorption by polypyrrole

S Abdi, M Nasiri, A Mesbahi, MH Khani - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to investigate the adsorption of uranium (VI) ions on the
polypyrrole adsorbent. Polypyrrole was synthesized by a chemical method using …

Polypyrrole nanomaterials: Structure, preparation and application

L Hao, C Dong, L Zhang, K Zhu, D Yu - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the past decade, nanostructured polypyrrole (PPy) has been widely studied because of its
many specific properties, which have obvious advantages over bulk-structured PPy. This …

Synthesis of polypyrrole-modified layered double hydroxides for efficient removal of Cr (VI)

S Sahu, P Kar, N Bishoyi, L Mallik… - Journal of Chemical & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Designing a stable, selective, and efficient adsorbent for the removal of pollutants like
chromium poses serious concern. Herein, an organic–inorganic hybrid material, polypyrrole …

Conductive polymers and their nanocomposites as adsorbents in environmental applications

MI Khan, MK Almesfer, A Elkhaleefa, I Shigidi… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Proper treatment and disposal of industrial pollutants of all kinds are a global issue that
presents significant techno-economical challenges. The presence of pollutants such as …

Efficient adsorption of lead (II) and copper (II) from aqueous phase using oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes/polypyrrole composite

WN Nyairo, YR Eker, C Kowenje, I Akin… - Separation Science …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Polypyrrole coated oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (oMWCNT/Ppy) were applied to
determine the adsorption characteristics of Pb (II) and Cu (II) from their aqueous solutions …

Nano-porous SAPO-34 enhanced thin-film nanocomposite polymeric membrane: simultaneously high water permeation and complete removal of cationic/anionic …

N Ghaemi, P Safari - Journal of hazardous materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes were prepared by embedding nano-porous
SAPO-34 nanoparticles in a polypyrrole thin-film layer polymerized on PES substrate. SEM …