[HTML][HTML] Chitosan: a natural biopolymer with a wide and varied range of applications

CP Jiménez-Gómez, JA Cecilia - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although chitin is of the most available biopolymers on Earth its uses and applications are
limited due to its low solubility. The deacetylation of chitin leads to chitosan. This biopolymer …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorption of heavy metals from wastewater by chitosan: A review

A Basem, DJ Jasim, HS Majdi, RM Mohammed… - Results in …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the progress of human civilization, the development of technology and the increasing
population, the world is currently facing an important problem called pollution, which …

Heavy metal removal from aqueous solutions using engineered magnetic biochars derived from waste marine macro-algal biomass

EB Son, KM Poo, JS Chang, KJ Chae - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite the excellent sorption ability of biochar for heavy metals, it is difficult to separate and
reuse after adsorption when applied to wastewater treatment process. To overcome these …

Removal of various pollutants from water and wastewater by modified chitosan adsorbents

J Wang, S Zhuang - Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Chitosan-based adsorbents have attracted increasing attention in water and wastewater
treatment in recent years due to its abundance and low price, as well as rich amino and …

Progress in surface-modified silicas for Cr (VI) adsorption: A review

AK Mallik, MA Moktadir, MA Rahman… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Various toxic chemicals are discharging to the environment due to rapid industrialization
and polluting soil, water, and air causing numerous diseases including life-threatening …

Adsorption of dyes and heavy metal ions by chitosan composites: A review

WSW Ngah, LC Teong, MAKM Hanafiah - Carbohydrate polymers, 2011 - Elsevier
Various adsorbents have been used to remove different types of dyes and heavy metal ions
from wastewater especially those that are harmful to mankind. Activated carbons, plant or …

Chitosan–clay composite as highly effective and low-cost adsorbent for batch and fixed-bed adsorption of methylene blue

M Auta, BH Hameed - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Modified Ball clay (MBC) and chitosan composite (MBC–CH) was prepared and its
application for methylene blue (MB) adsorption from aqueous solution in an industrial …

Recent advances in synthesis and application of polymer nanocomposites for water and wastewater treatment

M Khodakarami, M Bagheri - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Clean water scarcity combined with environmental impacts of municipal and industrial
wastewater necessitates the development of new technologies for clean water production …

Activated carbons and low cost adsorbents for remediation of tri-and hexavalent chromium from water

D Mohan, CU Pittman Jr - Journal of hazardous materials, 2006 - Elsevier
Hexavalent chromium is a well-known highly toxic metal, considered a priority pollutant.
Industrial sources of Cr (VI) include leather tanning, cooling tower blowdown, plating …

[HTML][HTML] Organic-inorganic hybrid polymers as adsorbents for removal of heavy metal ions from solutions: a review

B Samiey, CH Cheng, J Wu - Materials, 2014 - mdpi.com
Over the past decades, organic-inorganic hybrid polymers have been applied in different
fields, including the adsorption of pollutants from wastewater and solid-state separations. In …