Recent developments in physical, biological, chemical, and hybrid treatment techniques for removing emerging contaminants from wastewater

SF Ahmed, M Mofijur, S Nuzhat, AT Chowdhury… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emerging contaminants (ECs) in wastewater have recently attracted the attention of
researchers as they pose significant risks to human health and wildlife. This paper presents …

Piezoelectric materials and techniques for environmental pollution remediation

J Li, X Liu, G Zhao, Z Liu, Y Cai, S Wang, C Shen… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of industrialization and agriculture, a series of critical imminent
environmental problems and water pollution have caught wide attention from the public and …

Photocatalysis vs adsorption by metal oxide nanoparticles

U Qumar, JZ Hassan, RA Bhatti, A Raza, G Nazir… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Metal oxide (MO) nanomaterials and related nanocomposites have been
extensively studied for their potential use in water treatment. Because of their controlled …

Nanobioremediation: A sustainable approach for the removal of toxic pollutants from the environment

P Bhatt, SC Pandey, S Joshi, P Chaudhary… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the proportion of organic and inorganic contaminants has increased rapidly
due to growing human interference and represents a threat to ecosystems. The removal of …

Energy consumption and environmental impact assessment of desalination plants and brine disposal strategies

MN Soliman, FZ Guen, SA Ahmed, H Saleem… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, desalination plants are considered as tools to utilize water from different natural
resources such as seawater and brackish water. Globally, the number of desalination plants …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in nanotechnology for eradicating bacterial biofilm

C Sahli, SE Moya, JS Lomas, C Gravier-Pelletier… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Microorganisms grouped together into spatially-organized communities called biofilms, are
the cause of dramatic chronic infections in plants, animals and humans. In this review, the …

Clay-based nanomaterials and their adsorptive removal efficiency for dyes and antibiotics: a review

Z Cigeroglu, N El Messaoudi, ZM Şenol… - Materials Today …, 2024 - Elsevier
The discharge of dyes and antibiotics (ATBs) into the water streams causes severe water
and soil pollution, which poses a global threat to aquatic ecosystems and humans. Clay …

An overview on the progress in produced water desalination by membrane-based technology

NM Abounahia, AMA El-Sayed, H Saleem… - Journal of Water Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
The scarcity of clean water sources has become a global concern in the present-day society.
This has driven to the extraction of fresh water from produced water (PW), from the oil and …

A review of eco-sustainable techniques for the removal of Rhodamine B dye utilizing biomass residue adsorbents

F Amalina, AS Abd Razak, S Krishnan… - … of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2022 - Elsevier
Rhodamine B is a toxic dye due to its carcinogenic, neurotoxic, and disease-causing
properties. Appertaining to the removal of Rhodamine B, the adsorption with biomass …

Carbon based nanocomposites, surface functionalization as a promising material for VOCs (volatile organic compounds) treatment

F Nawaz, M Ali, S Ahmad, Y Yong, S Rahman… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban residential and industrial growth development affects sustainable and healthful
indoor environments. Environmental issues are a global problem. The deterioration of …