Nanomaterials: A comprehensive review of applications, toxicity, impact, and fate to environment

MM El-Kady, I Ansari, C Arora, N Rai, S Soni… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present era is considered the nanotech age. Nanomaterials have gained a great deal of
importance in the field of technology, engineering, and medicine progression because of …

Chemico-nanotreatment methods for the removal of persistent organic pollutants and xenobiotics in water–A review

G Karthigadevi, S Manikandan, N Karmegam… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
While the technologies available today can generate high-quality water from wastewater, the
majority of the wastewater treatment plants are not intended to eliminate emerging …

[HTML][HTML] A review of nanotechnological applications to detect and control surface water pollution

NHH Hairom, CF Soon, RMSR Mohamed… - … Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
Surface water is extremely susceptible to pollution stemming from human activities, such as
the expansion of urban and suburban areas, industries, cities, and agriculture. In fact …

Sol-gel synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles using different chitosan sources: effects on antibacterial activity and photocatalytic degradation of AZO Dye

I Ben Amor, H Hemmami, SE Laouini, MS Mahboub… - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chitosan was used in the sol-gel synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) as a
cap** agent in order to control the size, morphology, optical bandgap, photocatalytic …

Nanoremediation strategies to address environmental problems

MA Rather, S Bhuyan, R Chowdhury, R Sarma… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
A rapid rise in population, extensive anthropogenic activities including agricultural practices,
up-scaled industrialization, massive deforestation, etc. are the leading causes of …

Recent advances in ZnO nanostructure-based electrochemical sensors and biosensors

H Beitollahi, S Tajik, FG Nejad, M Safaei - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanostructured metal oxides, such as zinc oxide (ZnO), are considered as excellent
materials for the fabrication of highly sensitive and selective electrochemical sensors and …

Nanomaterial-based fluorescent sensors for the detection of lead ions

H Singh, A Bamrah, SK Bhardwaj, A Deep… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lead (Pb) poisoning has been a scourge to the human to pose sighnificant health risks (eg,
organ disorders, carcinogenicity, and genotoxicity) as observed from many different parts of …

Recent advances in silver nanoparticle-based electrochemical sensors for determining organic pollutants in water: A review

M Zahran, Z Khalifa, MAH Zahran, MA Azzem - Materials Advances, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Water pollutants have attracted great attention because of their negative effect on human
health. Accordingly, various analytical techniques have been investigated to detect water …

The emerging role of nanotechnology in plant genetic engineering

HJ Squire, S Tomatz, E Voke… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Genetic engineering to improve the capabilities of plants is essential given climate change
and population growth pressures. Current manipulation methods are laborious and species …

Detection and remediation of pollutants to maintain ecosustainability employing nanotechnology: A review

N Yadav, VK Garg, AK Chhillar, JS Rana - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental deterioration due to anthropogenic activities is a threat to sustainable, clean
and green environment. Accumulation of hazardous chemicals pollutes soil, water and air …