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 …

A review on functionalized adsorbents based on peanut husk for the sequestration of pollutants in wastewater: Modification methods and adsorption study

AA Aryee, FM Mpatani, AN Kani, E Dovi, R Han… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The adsorption technique has been observed to be very effective for the sequestration of
pollutants in wastewater remediation processes with the material used as the adsorbent …

[HTML][HTML] Band structure tuning of ZnO/CuO composites for enhanced photocatalytic activity

K Mubeen, A Irshad, A Safeen, U Aziz, K Safeen… - Journal of Saudi …, 2023 - Elsevier
The toxic dye pigments, even in small quantities, can damage ecosystems. Removing
organic, inorganic, and microbiological contaminants from wastewater via heterogeneous …

High-performance mixed-matrix membranes enabled by organically/inorganic modified montmorillonite for the treatment of hazardous textile wastewater

A Abdel-Karim, ME El-Naggar, EK Radwan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, a low pressure-driven ultrafiltration (UF) membrane has been developed using
cellulose acetate (CA), α-aminophosphonate modified montmorillonite (MMT) and Ag-TiO 2 …

[HTML][HTML] General overview to understand the adsorption mechanism of textile dyes and heavy metals on the surface of different clay materials

M El-habacha, Y Miyah, S Lagdali, G Mahmoudy… - Arabian Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The adsorption process is one of the most cost-effective methods for eliminating various
types of pollutants from water. Clay minerals can be converted into biosorbents for …

An efficient and adsorption of methylene blue dye on a natural clay surface: modeling and equilibrium studies

M El-Habacha, A Dabagh, S Lagdali, Y Miyah… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
The present research work revolves around the evaluation of the elimination of the cationic
dye methylene blue (MB) from an aqueous solution by the exploitation of natural clay (TMG) …

Properties and applications of amphoteric surfactant: A concise review

R Sarkar, A Pal, A Rakshit… - Journal of Surfactants and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Amphoteric surfactants have long hydrophobic hydrocarbon chain and hydrophilic positive
as well as negative charged center connected with each other by a spacer group. Thus, this …

Clay-hydrogel nanocomposites for adsorptive amputation of environmental contaminants from aqueous phase: a review

SA Khan, TA Khan - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Water, being the crucial feature of our planet, the contamination of which is a grave matter of
concern globally. Elimination of tenacious pollutants from the aquatic phase is …

Multifunctional 3D cationic starch/nanofibrillated cellulose/silver nanoparticles nanocomposite cryogel: Synthesis, adsorption, and antibacterial characteristics

EK Radwan, ME El-Naggar, A Abdel-Karim… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
We report a new 3D nanocomposite cryogel combines the advantages of cationic starch
(Cs), nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) and silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs). Cs was the main …

Organo-modification of montmorillonite

YX Guo, JH Liu, WP Gates, CH Zhou - Clays and Clay Minerals, 2020 - cambridge.org
Modification of the surfaces of montmorillonite (Mnt) by organic molecules is an effective
method for improving their affinity toward non-aqueous substances, and has resulted in …