Chitosan-based beads as sustainable adsorbents for wastewater remediation: a review

A Balakrishnan, S Appunni, M Chinthala… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Water contamination is increasing worldwide, yet actual methods of water and wastewater
treatment are limited, in particular by actual fossil-fuel derived nano-adsorbents that are …

Natural, low-cost adsorbents for toxic Pb (II) ion sequestration from (waste) water: A state-of-the-art review

PO Oladoye - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Pb (II) ions is an inorganic pollutant that is present in the environment. Its presence affects
both human health and ecosystem. Economically, amongst many wastewater treatment …

Modification of chitosan using amino acids for wound healing purposes: A review

S Torkaman, H Rahmani, A Ashori, SHM Najafi - Carbohydrate polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan, a well-known biopolymer due to its unique properties, has received considerable
attention as a result of the amine group activity that locates on the backbone of chitosan. To …

Preparation of metal organic frameworks modified chitosan composite with high capacity for Hg (II) adsorption

X Yan, H Ge - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel modified chitosan composite adsorbent (UNCS) was prepared by
crosslinking between chitosan and metal organic frameworks (MOFs) material UiO-66-NH 2 …

Highly selective uranium adsorption on 2-phosphonobutane-1, 2, 4-tricarboxylic acid-decorated chitosan-coated magnetic silica nanoparticles

Y Huang, H Zheng, H Li, C Zhao, R Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The separation and recovery of uranium resources from nuclear waste solutions is important
for achieving uranium reuse and environmental protection. In this study, a novel adsorbent …

Novel cationic polymer modified magnetic chitosan beads for efficient adsorption of heavy metals and dyes over a wide pH range

M Zhang, Z Zhang, Y Peng, L Feng, X Li, C Zhao… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wastewater containing highly toxic and non-biodegradable heavy metals and organic dyes
poses a serious threat to ecological environment and human health. Adsorption has been …

Microwave assisted synthesis of xanthan gum-cl-poly (acrylic acid) based-reduced graphene oxide hydrogel composite for adsorption of methylene blue and methyl …

E Makhado, S Pandey, J Ramontja - International journal of biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present study, facile and efficient method was adopted for the synthesis of graft
copolymer hydrogel by graft copolymerization of acrylic acid (AA) onto xanthan gum (XG) …

Facile one-pot synthesis of sustainable carboxymethyl chitosan–sewage sludge biochar for effective heavy metal chelation and regeneration

J Ifthikar, X Jiao, A Ngambia, T Wang, A Khan… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, sewage sludge, a solid waste from wastewater treatment plant, which eagerly
requires proper treatment was reused as solid support in the form of sewage sludge biochar …

Fast microwave-assisted green synthesis of xanthan gum grafted acrylic acid for enhanced methylene blue dye removal from aqueous solution

E Makhado, S Pandey, PN Nomngongo… - Carbohydrate …, 2017 - Elsevier
In the present project, graft polymerization was employed to synthesis a novel adsorbent
using acrylic acid (AA) and xanthan gum (XG) for cationic methylene dye (MB+) removal …

Synthesis, characterization, and performance evaluation of ion-imprinted crosslinked chitosan (with sodium tripolyphosphate) for cadmium biosorption

A Babakhani, M Sartaj - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examined the removal of cadmium from aqueous solution using novel Cd (II)-
imprinted chitosan hydrogel beads crosslinked by sodium tripolyphosphate. The synthesis of …