Adsorption of organic pollutants by natural and modified clays: a comprehensive review

AM Awad, SMR Shaikh, R Jalab, MH Gulied… - Separation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Adsorption process has been widely used for treatment of wastewaters due to its simplicity
and lower costs as compared to other traditional technologies. Among the alternative …

Surfactants-based remediation as an effective approach for removal of environmental pollutants—A review

T Rasheed, S Shafi, M Bilal, T Hussain, F Sher… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Deterioration of environmental quality and equilibrium by rampant industrial expansion,
accelerated urbanization and unchecked population growth has become a high-priority …

Pore wettability for enhanced oil recovery, contaminant adsorption and oil/water separation: A review

F Ding, M Gao - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Wettability, a fundamental property of porous surface, occupies a pivotal position in the fields
of enhanced oil recovery, organic contaminant adsorption and oil/water separation. In this …

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 …

Montmorillonite for adsorption and catalytic elimination of pollutants from wastewater: a state-of-the-arts review

ZU Zango, A Garba, ZN Garba, MU Zango, F Usman… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Clay minerals have been recognized as one of the cheap and effective materials for
wastewater remediation. Among the various clay minerals, montmorillonite (MMT) has …

Bentonite-ionic liquid composites for Congo red removal from aqueous solutions

R Ozola-Davidane, J Burlakovs, T Tamm… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Clay-organic composites have attracted great interest due to their ability to remove various
contaminants from wastewater. The surfactants are the most commonly used organic …

Enhanced removal of p-nitrophenol from aqueous media by montmorillonite clay modified with a cationic surfactant

A Dos Santos, MF Viante, DJ Pochapski… - Journal of hazardous …, 2018 - Elsevier
Montmorillonite clay (MC) yields after modification of the interlamellar spacing and the
chemical character of its surface by treatment with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) …

p-Nitrophenol determination and remediation: an overview

FMM Tchieno, IK Tonle - Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, 2018 - degruyter.com
An almost exhaustive overview of the determination and remediation of p-nitrophenol (p-NP)-
contaminated media is herein presented. p-NP is one of the priority pollutants on the US …

Facile preparation of a multifunctional superhydrophilic PVDF membrane for highly efficient organic dyes and heavy metal ions adsorption and oil/water emulsions …

M Qu, D He, Z Luo, R Wang, F Shi, Y Pang… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
At present, various water pollution problems have attracted extensive attention all over the
world. Among them, a large amount of wastewater contains oil-water emulsions, heavy …

Bisphenol A sorption by organo-montmorillonite: Implications for the removal of organic contaminants from water

Y Park, Z Sun, GA Ayoko, RL Frost - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
Remediation of bisphenol A (BPA) from aqueous solutions by adsorption using organoclays
synthesized from montmorillonite (MMT) with different types of organic surfactant molecules …