Engineered nanomaterials and their surface functionalization for the removal of heavy metals: A review

A Jawed, V Saxena, LM Pandey - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Water is polluted by various harmful toxic chemical substances, precisely heavy metals,
dyes, and pathogens, which have a disastrous effect on the ecological balance of human as …

Heterogeneous photodegradation of industrial dyes: An insight to different mechanisms and rate affecting parameters

I Khan, K Saeed, N Ali, I Khan, B Zhang… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The removal of wastes through solar-induced technologies is gaining extensive momentum
over the last few years. Photocatalytic (PC) removal of dyes and other waste products from …

Adsorption kinetics, isotherm and reusability studies for the removal of cationic dye from aqueous medium using arginine modified activated carbon

M Naushad, AA Alqadami, ZA AlOthman… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present work, we have successfully developed 2-amino-5-guanidinopentanoic acid
modified activated carbon (AGDPA@ AC) for the effective removal of methylene blue (MB) …

Methylene blue adsorption on magnetic alginate/rice husk bio-composite

E Alver, AÜ Metin, F Brouers - International journal of biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Magnetic alginate/rice husk (m-ALG/RH) bio-composite beads prepared with ionotropic
gelation method and used for methylene blue (MB) removal. Structural analysis of magnetic …

Characteristics of tetracycline adsorption by cow manure biochar prepared at different pyrolysis temperatures

P Zhang, Y Li, Y Cao, L Han - Bioresource Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
This study aimed to explore the feasibility of using cow manure biochar (CMBC) for
adsorption of tetracycline for realizing farm waste treatment and recycling. Three kinds of …

Adsorptive removal of organic pollutant methylene blue using polysaccharide-based composite hydrogels

R Sivakumar, NY Lee - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Methylene blue (MB) is categorized as an organic dye (OD) released as effluents after
various industrial activities and is one of the most abundant pollutants in the aquatic …

Calcium alginate hydrogels reinforced with cellulose nanocrystals for methylene blue adsorption: Synthesis, characterization, and modelling

S Soleimani, A Heydari, M Fattahi… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water contamination due to the artificial dyes from domestic and industrial wastewater is one
of the most crucial environmental issues and problems that the use of an effective adsorbent …

Enhanced adsorption capacity of low-cost magnetic clinoptilolite powders/beads for the effective removal of methylene blue: Adsorption and desorption studies

M Noori, M Tahmasebpoor, R Foroutan - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Clinoptilolite/Fe 3 O 4 (Clin/Fe 3 O 4) nanocomposite powders and
Alginate/Clinoptilolite/Fe 3 O 4 (Alg/Clin/Fe 3 O 4) nanocomposite beads were prepared and …

An empirical literature analysis of adsorbent performance for methylene blue uptake from aqueous media

KO Iwuozor, JO Ighalo, LA Ogunfowora… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Methylene blue (MB) is a heterocyclic aromatic compound used as a medication or as a
synthetic dye for textiles. Due to its ecotoxicity, researchers have been investigating its …

Verification of pore size effect on aqueous-phase adsorption kinetics: A case study of methylene blue

JO Ighalo, KO Iwuozor, CA Igwegbe… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the negative environmental effect of methylene blue (MB), researchers have been
investigating several aspects of its adsorption. The kinetics/rapidity is an important aspect of …