Adsorption of heavy metals on conventional and nanostructured materials for wastewater treatment purposes: A review

AE Burakov, EV Galunin, IV Burakova… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The problem of water pollution is of a great concern. Adsorption is one of the most efficient
techniques for removing noxious heavy metals from the solvent phase. This paper presents …

Heavy metal removal from wastewater using various adsorbents: a review

Renu, M Agarwal, K Singh - Journal of Water Reuse and …, 2017 - iwaponline.com
Heavy metals are discharged into water from various industries. They can be toxic or
carcinogenic in nature and can cause severe problems for humans and aquatic ecosystems …

Advances in applications of rhamnolipids biosurfactant in environmental remediation: a review

G Liu, H Zhong, X Yang, Y Liu… - Biotechnology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of the advances in the
applications of rhamnolipids biosurfactants in soil and ground water remediation for removal …

Recent advances in the environmental applications of biosurfactants

CN Mulligan - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Biosurfactants can be used for heavy metal or organic contaminant removal from
contaminated soil or for bioremediation enhancement. Most research has been performed …

Some aspects of heavy metals contamination remediation and role of biosurfactants

LA Sarubbo, RB Rocha Jr, JM Luna… - Chemistry and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Contamination by heavy metals is the result of different industrial activities. The presence of
heavy metals in soil and water causes serious problems, as these materials are not …

Micelles as soil and water decontamination agents

A Shah, S Shahzad, A Munir, MN Nadagouda… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Contaminated soil and water pose a serious threat to human health and ecosystem. For the
treatment of industrial effluents or minimizing their detrimental effects, preventive and …

Simultaneous stabilization of Pb, Cd, and As in soil by rhamnolipid coated sulfidated nano zero-valent iron: Effects and mechanisms

H Song, W Liang, K Luo, G Wang, Q Li, X Ji… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sulfidation effectively improves the electron transfer efficiency of nanoscale zero-valent iron
(nZVI), but decreases the specific surface area of nZVI. In this study, sulfidated nZVI (S-nZVI) …

Removal of Cd (II), Cr (VI), Fe (III) and Ni (II) from aqueous solutions by an E. coli biofilm supported on kaolin

C Quintelas, Z Rocha, B Silva, B Fonseca… - Chemical engineering …, 2009 - Elsevier
The pollution caused by heavy metals is one of the major environmental problems that is
imperative to be solved. New technologies, easy to implement and to adapt to any system …

[HTML][HTML] Biosurfactants are useful tools for the bioremediation of contaminated soil: a review

M Bustamante, N Duran, MC Diez - Journal of soil science and plant …, 2012 - SciELO Chile
Bioremediation processes are negatively affected by the low aqueous solubility of some
contaminants; therefore their bioavailability may be enhanced by the addition of surfactants …

Rhamnolipids: detection, analysis, biosynthesis, genetic regulation, and bioengineering of production

AM Abdel-Mawgoud, R Hausmann, F Lépine… - … : from genes to …, 2011 - Springer
As promising biotechnological products, rhamnolipids (RLs) are the most investigated
biosurfactants. Over the years, important efforts have been spent and an array of techniques …