Nanotechnology in agriculture: Current status, challenges and future opportunities

M Usman, M Farooq, A Wakeel, A Nawaz… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology has shown promising potential to promote sustainable agriculture. This
article reviews the recent developments on applications of nanotechnology in agriculture …

Behaviors and influencing factors of the heavy metals adsorption onto microplastics: A review

X Gao, I Hassan, Y Peng, S Huo, L Ling - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The microplastics (MPs) serving as the “minor but efficient” vector and carriers of the
environmental heavy metals (HMs) were broadly disseminated in the freshwater and marine …

Phosphate removal and recovery by lanthanum-based adsorbents: A review for current advances

Q He, H Zhao, Z Teng, Y Wang, M Li, MR Hoffmann - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Controlling eutrophication and recovering phosphate from water bodies are hot issues in the
21st century. Adsorption is considered to be the best method for phosphate removal …

Lanthanum carbonate grafted ZSM-5 for superior phosphate uptake: Investigation of the growth and adsorption mechanism

Y Yang, Y Wang, C Zheng, H Lin, R Xu, H Zhu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
High-efficiency phosphate removal from wastewater is crucial for protecting environmental
stability. In this work, a lanthanum carbonate grafted ZSM-5 adsorbent (LC-ZSM-5) was …

Photocatalytic degradation of malachite green dye using chitosan supported ZnO and Ce–ZnO nano-flowers under visible light

AM Saad, MR Abukhadra, SAK Ahmed… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Two types of chitosan-based composites (chitosan/ZnO and chitosan/Ce–ZnO composites)
were synthesized under microwave irradiation and characterized as advanced catalysts of …

Nanomaterials for remediation of environmental pollutants

A Roy, A Sharma, S Yadav, LT Jule… - Bioinorganic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Today, environmental contamination is a big concern for both developing and developed
countries. The primary sources of contamination of land, water, and air are extensive …

Lanthanum-iron incorporated chitosan beads for adsorption of phosphate and cadmium from aqueous solutions

Z Lan, Y Lin, C Yang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Excessive emissions of phosphate and cadmium have posed great risks to human health
and the environment. To explore cost-effective approaches for simultaneous uptake of …

CNTs/ferrihydrite as a highly efficient heterogeneous Fenton catalyst for the degradation of bisphenol A: The important role of CNTs in accelerating Fe (III)/Fe (II) …

R Zhu, Y Zhu, H Xian, L Yan, H Fu, G Zhu, Y Xi… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
The generation of Fe (II) from Fe (III) is the rate-limiting step in the heterogeneous Fenton
reaction, and accelerating this step is critical for enhancing the reaction efficiency and also …

One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of NaLa (CO3) 2 decorated magnetic biochar for efficient phosphate removal from water: kinetics, isotherms, thermodynamics …

J Qu, MS Akindolie, Y Feng, Z Jiang, G Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Phosphate elimination is vital for the remediation of eutrophication to avoid deterioration of
water quality. Lanthanum (La) based adsorbents have been proven to have the potential for …

Enhanced phosphate scavenging with effective recovery by magnetic porous biochar supported La (OH) 3: kinetics, isotherms, mechanisms and applications for water …

Y Zhang, MS Akindolie, X Tian, B Wu, Q Hu… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Herein, La (OH) 3 decorated magnetic porous biochar (MPBC) was synthesized via
KHCO 3 activation and hydrothermal processes. The La-to-MPBC mass ratio of 3: 1 …