In nature, microbes tend to form synergistic biofilms on a wide range of materials using
extracellular polymeric substances to embed sessile cells. Problematic biofilms provide …

There is a growing demand for advancing products and renewable technologies worldwide
that rely on rare earth elements (REEs), including those directly necessary for a low-carbon …

Due to their numerous effects on human health and the natural environment, water
contamination with heavy metals and metalloids, caused by their extensive use in various …

The removal of heavy metals from sewage sludge (SS) is attracting increasing attention
because the presence of toxic heavy metals in SS restricts its reuse or disposal, especially …

With the rapid development of the marine industry, biofouling and surface corrosion of
underwater equipment have become a major issue. Traditional antifouling or anticorrosion …

The rapidly growing demand for lithium has resulted in a sharp increase in its price. This is
due to the ubiquitous use of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in large-scale energy and …

Bioleaching (microbial leaching), being an economical and environmental friendly process,
is investigated extensively for metal extraction from secondary solid wastes, viz., electronic …

Microorganisms are employed to mine economically important elements from rocks,
including the rare earth elements (REEs), used in electronic industries and alloy production …

In recent years, the biomass was directly used extensively in agriculture due to its low cost
and convenience. Increasingly serious soil pollution of heavy metals may pose threats and …

Rare earth elements (REEs) are important high-tech materials with widespread industrial
applications and a high risk of supply disruption. Current physico-chemical methods for REE …