Impact and toxicity of heavy metals on human health and latest trends in removal process from aquatic media

H Moukadiri, H Noukrati, H Ben Youcef, I Iraola… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Contamination by toxic heavy metals is a serious issue due to their toxicity, persistence, and
bioaccumulative nature. They are released into the environment and reach the human body …

A critical review on the removal of mercury (Hg2+) from aqueous solution using nanoadsorbents

EC Emenike, AG Adeniyi, KO Iwuozor, CJ Okorie… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Even at very low concentrations, exposure to mercury or its complexes can have dangerous
effects on living organisms and result in conditions that affect humans. It is essential to …

Wettability tunable conjugated microporous poly (aniline) s for long-term, rapid and ppb level sequestration of Hg (II)

D Tang, M Yin, X Du, Y Duan, J Chen, T Qiu - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conjugated microporous poly (aniline) s (CMPAs) are an intriguing material platform for the
selective capture of toxic heavy metal ions from water. However, the hydrophobic …

Nanotechnology for water purification: applications of nanotechnology methods in wastewater treatment

KR Kunduru, M Nazarkovsky, S Farah, RP Pawar… - Water purification, 2017 - Elsevier
Providing clean and affordable drinking water is one of the modern-times challenges. The
world's growing population causes water scarcity, and pollutants contaminate whatever …

Surface-tailored nanocellulose aerogels with thiol-functional moieties for highly efficient and selective removal of Hg (II) ions from water

B Geng, H Wang, S Wu, J Ru, C Tong… - ACS Sustainable …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Develo** an easily recyclable and reusable biosorbent for highly efficient removal of very
toxic Hg (II) ions from bodies of water is of special significance. Herein, a thiol-functionalized …

Selective catalytic oxidation of ethylbenzene to acetophenone: a review of catalyst systems and reaction mechanisms

MO Azeez, SA Nafiu, TA Olarewaju… - Industrial & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Acetophenone is an important chemical intermediate often employed in the production chain
of many pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, food, and cosmetic products. It is industrially …

[HTML][HTML] Removal of Cd (II) and Pb (II) from aqueous solution by modified attapulgite clay

R Huang, Q Lin, Q Zhong, X Zhang, X Wen… - Arabian Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Three low-cost adsorbents (purified raw attapulgite (A-ATP), high-temperature-calcined
attapulgite (T-ATP), and hydrothermal loading of MgO (MgO-ATP)) were prepared as …

Sulphur functionalized materials for Hg (II) adsorption: A review

T Velempini, K Pillay - Journal of environmental Chemical engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Water is a scarce commodity and access to safe drinking water is a challenge due to
increased release of inadequately treated effluent containing toxic heavy metals into the …

Heavy metal adsorption from industrial wastewater by PAMAM/TiO2 nanohybrid: preparation, characterization and adsorption studies

A Maleki, B Hayati, F Najafi, F Gharibi… - Journal of Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigates the removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewater using TiO 2
nanoparticles modified with poly-amidoamine dendrimer (PAMAM, G 4). The metal ions Cu …

Synthesis and characterization of PAMAM/CNT nanocomposite as a super-capacity adsorbent for heavy metal (Ni2+, Zn2+, As3+, Co2+) removal from wastewater

B Hayati, A Maleki, F Najafi, H Daraei, F Gharibi… - Journal of Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
The water cleaning applications of carbon nanotubes (CNT) have generated much research
interest since their initial discovery. However, in the early stages of research, the efficiency of …