Water is a vital resource that is required for social and economic development. A rapid
increase in industrialization and numerous anthropogenic activities have resulted in severe …

Finding affordable and environment-friendly options to decontaminate wastewater
generated with heavy metals and dyes to prevent the depletion of accessible freshwater …

Hydrogels are being investigated recently for wastewater treatment. These polymeric
networks permit their functional group alterations imparting high binding affinity for different …

Starch is a homopolysaccharide made up of glucose units which are linked together via a
glycosidic linkage. This biopolymer is well known for its low cost, biodegradability …

Low-cost and reliable wastewater treatment is a relevant issue worldwide to reduce the
concentration of environmental pollutants. Industrial effluents containing dyes, heavy metals …

The presence of polyfunctional ligands on the bio-macromolecules acts as an efficient
adsorbent for heavy metal ions. Starch is one of the most abundant, easily available and …

Crystalline materials with well-defined structures and ordered molecular arrays can provide
a new research platform to fabricate new smart materials with excellent stimulus response …

The removal of hazardous heavy metals from the environment is imperative in order to have
quality of water. Robust and eco-friendly technologies are required for the treatment of …

Starch-NiFe-layered double hydroxide (S/NiFe-LDH) composite was prepared via co-
precipitation method and employed as an adsorbent for the removal of anionic dye methyl …

Environmental pollution has been accelerated due to fast urbanization and industrialization,
and thus hazardous contaminants removal and valuable metal recovery have become …