Porous materials for the recovery of rare earth elements, platinum group metals, and other valuable metals: A review

S Iftekhar, G Heidari, N Amanat, EN Zare… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
The demand for valuable metals such as rare earth elements and platinum group metals is
rising fast in the context of the depletion of natural resources and international conflicts …

Material design strategies for recovery of critical resources from water

OA Kazi, W Chen, JG Eatman, F Gao, Y Liu… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Population growth, urbanization, and decarbonization efforts are collectively straining the
supply of limited resources that are necessary to produce batteries, electronics, chemicals …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced solubilization of strongly adsorbed organic pollutants using synthetic and natural surfactants in soil flushing: column experiment simulation

B Barbati, L Lorini, N Amanat, M Bellagamba… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates the performance of two non-ionic sugar-based surfactants, belonging
to the families of synthetic alkylpoliglucosides and biological rhamnolipids, for enhancing …

Passive electrobioremediation approaches for enhancing hydrocarbons biodegradation in contaminated soils

CC Viggi, M Tucci, M Resitano, B Matturro… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrobioremediation technologies hold considerable potential for the treatment of soils
contaminated by petroleum hydrocarbons (PH), since they allow stimulating biodegradation …

Valorization of rice husk for the production of porous biochar materials

WT Tsai, YQ Lin, HJ Huang - Fermentation, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rice husk (RH) is one of the most important crop residues around the world, making its
valorization an urgent and important topic in recent years. This work focused on the …

Combined strategies to prompt the biological reduction of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons: new sustainable options for bioremediation application

MM Rossi, E Dell'Armi, L Lorini, N Amanat, M Zeppilli… - Bioengineering, 2021 - mdpi.com
Groundwater remediation is one of the main objectives to minimize environmental impacts
and health risks. Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons contamination is prevalent and …

Coupled adsorption and biodegradation of trichloroethylene on biochar from pine wood wastes: a combined approach for a sustainable bioremediation strategy

MM Rossi, B Matturro, N Amanat, S Rossetti… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Towards chlorinated solvents, the effectiveness of the remediation strategy can be improved
by combining a biological approach (eg, anaerobic reductive dechlorination) with …

Optimized pyrolytic synthesis and physicochemical characterization of date palm seed biochar: Unveiling a sustainable adsorbent for environmental remediation …

R Remmani, M Yılmaz, S Benaoune… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
This study focuses on the optimization and comprehensive characterization of biochar
synthesized from date palm seeds (DPS), a prevalent agricultural waste in arid regions …

Enhancing the Anaerobic Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Soils with Electrically Conductive Materials

C Cruz Viggi, M Tucci, M Resitano, V Palushi… - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
Anaerobic bioremediation is a relevant process in the management of sites contaminated by
petroleum hydrocarbons. Recently, interspecies electron transfer processes mediated by …

Synthetic and natural surfactants for potential application in mobilization of organic contaminants: characterization and batch study

N Amanat, B Barbati, MM Rossi, M Bellagamba… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we investigated the abilities of five sugar-based synthetic surfactants and
biosurfactants from three different families (ie, alkyl polyglycoside (APG), sophorolipid (SL) …