A review on biosynthesis of metal nanoparticles and its environmental applications

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, S Karishma, DVN Vo… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology has become one of the emerging multi-disciplinary fields receiving
universal attention and playing a substantial role in agriculture, environment and …

A review on heavy metal pollution, toxicity and remedial measures: Current trends and future perspectives

KH Vardhan, PS Kumar, RC Panda - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2019 - Elsevier
Water is an exceptionally essential source for the presence of life on the earth. The water
quality has seriously affected because of the overgrowth of the population, human activities …

Fabrication and characterization of hydrophilic corn stalk biochar-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron composites for efficient metal removal

F Yang, S Zhang, Y Sun, K Cheng, J Li… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
Pyrolyzing low-cost agro-waste into biochar is a promising means for waste biomass
utilization. This study engineers corn stalk-derived biochar with abundant hydrophilic …

Mixed biosorbent of agro waste and bacterial biomass for the separation of Pb (II) ions from water system

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, PR Yaashikaa, S Karishma… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Adsorption of Pb (II) ions in aqueous systems by newly developed mixed biomass has been
explored. Mixed biomass was prepared from agro-waste (raw Banyan tree bark, RBTB) and …

Adsorptive properties of MgO/WO3 nanoadsorbent for selected heavy metals removal from indigenous dyeing wastewater

CA Uko, JO Tijani, SA Abdulkareem… - Process safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The magnesium oxide/tungsten trioxide (MgO/WO 3) nanocomposites were prepared at
different mixing ratios using a combination of green and wet impregnation methods and …

Adsorptive separation of Cu (II) ions from aqueous medium using thermally/chemically treated Cassia fistula based biochar

RV Hemavathy, PS Kumar, K Kanmani… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study demonstrates the adsorption of Cu (II) ions by Cassia fistula seed derived
biochar materials. The activation and surface modification were done by pyrolysis and …

Pyrolytic synthesis of graphene-encapsulated zero-valent iron nanoparticles supported on biochar for heavy metal removal

TN Karunaratne, RMO Nayanathara, CM Navarathna… - Biochar, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Biochar (BC)-supported graphene-encapsulated zero-valent iron nanoparticle
composites (BC-G@ Fe0) are promising engineering nanocomposites that can be used to …

Synthesis, characterization, kinetics, and thermodynamics of EDTA-modified chitosan-carboxymethyl cellulose as Cu (II) ion adsorbent

K Manzoor, M Ahmad, S Ahmad, S Ikram - ACS omega, 2019 - ACS Publications
A new adsorbent derived from the naturally occurring biopolymers, chitosan (CS) and
carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) was prepared by cross-linking them using EDTA. EDTA …

Effect of Ca2+ ions on naphthalene adsorption/desorption onto calcium oxide nanoparticle: Adsorption isotherm, kinetics and regeneration studies

JA Kumar, T Krithiga, G Narendrakumar… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The adsorptive nature of calcium oxide nanoparticles in aqueous sample of naphthalene in
presence of Ca 2+ ions was estimated. Enhanced efficiency of calcium oxide regeneration …

Effective adsorption of Cu (II) ions on sustainable adsorbent derived from mixed biomass (Aspergillus campestris and agro waste): optimization, isotherm and kinetics …

A Saravanan, TR Sundararaman… - Groundwater for …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this investigation, Cu (II) ions were removed from the synthetic solution using the mixed
biomass [Aspergillus campestris and two forms of Delonix regia seed (raw and acid treated …