Influence of nano-priming on seed germination and plant growth of forage and medicinal plants

M Abbasi Khalaki, M Moameri, B Asgari Lajayer… - Plant growth …, 2021 - Springer
Plant growth and development are vastly affected by different abiotic and biotic stresses.
Seed priming is an effective tool for increasing seed germination and plant growth that will …

Towards hydrogen production from waste activated sludge: Principles, challenges and perspectives

Q Fu, D Wang, X Li, Q Yang, Q Xu, BJ Ni… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrogen production from waste activated sludge (WAS) was widely considered and
intensively investigated as a promising technology to recover energy from wastewater …

Micro (nano) plastic size and concentration co-differentiate nitrogen transformation, microbiota dynamics, and assembly patterns in constructed wetlands

X Yang, L Zhang, Y Chen, Q He, T Liu, G Zhang… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Micro/nano-sized plastics (MPs/NPs) existing in wastewater system are the potential threats
to nitrogen (N) biotransformation. Constructed wetlands (CWs) as wastewater treatment …

Plant‐Extract‐Mediated Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles

Y Bao, J He, K Song, J Guo, X Zhou… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Metal nanoparticles (MNPs) have been widely used in several fields including catalysis,
bioengineering, photoelectricity, antibacterial, anticancer, and medical imaging due to their …

Zerovalent iron effectively enhances medium-chain fatty acids production from waste activated sludge through improving sludge biodegradability and electron transfer …

Y Wang, W Wei, SL Wu, BJ Ni - Environmental science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A novel zerovalent iron (ZVI) technique to simultaneously improve the production of medium-
chain fatty acids (MCFAs) from waste activated sludge (WAS) and enhance WAS …

Nanomaterials for sustainable remediation of chemical contaminants in water and soil

R Mukhopadhyay, B Sarkar, E Khan… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Rapid growth in population, industry, urbanization and intensive agriculture have led to soil
and water pollution by various contaminants. Nanoremediation has become one of the most …

Recent advances in nitrous oxide production and mitigation in wastewater treatment

H Chen, L Zeng, D Wang, Y Zhou, X Yang - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emitted from wastewater treatment plants has caused widespread
concern. Over the past decade, people have made tremendous efforts to discover the …

Polystyrene nanoplastics reshape the anaerobic granular sludge for recovering methane from wastewater

W Wei, Q Hao, Z Chen, T Bao, BJ Ni - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Wastewater has been identified as an important carrier for nanoplastics, which could elicit
unintended impacts on critical microbial processes. However, the long-term impacts of …

Nitrification and denitrification processes for mitigation of nitrous oxide from waste water treatment plants for biovalorization: Challenges and opportunities

IS Thakur, K Medhi - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is a potent greenhouse gas. Even though its emissions is much lesser
than CO 2 but its global warming potential (GWP) is 298 times more than CO 2. N 2 O …

Free ammonia enhances dark fermentative hydrogen production from waste activated sludge

D Wang, YY Duan, Q Yang, Y Liu, BJ Ni, Q Wang… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Ammonium and/or free ammonia (the unionized form of ammonium) are generally thought to
inhibit the activities of microbes involved in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge. It …