Platinum group metals (PGM) are a group of elements comprised of platinum (Pt), palladium
(Pd), ruthenium (Ru), iridium (Ir), osmium (Os), and rhodium (Rh) that are critical for use a …

Chemical separations play a vital role in refinery and reprocessing of critical materials, such
as platinum group metals, rare earths, and actinides. The choice of separation system─ …

The efficient removal of complexed heavy metals (HMs) from alkaline electroless plating
wastewater is still challenging. A polyamine-grafted chitosan–wood flour-based composite …

Effective and energy-efficient separation of precious and rare metals is very important for a
variety of advanced technologies. Liquid–liquid extraction (LLE) is a relatively less energy …

Economic and ecological issues motivate the recovery of precious metals (PMs: Ag, Au, Pd,
and Pt) from secondary sources. From the viewpoint of eco-friendliness and cost …

Anions are expected to be repelled from negatively charged surfaces. At aqueous interfaces,
however, ion-specific effects can dominate over direct electrostatic interactions. Using …

Ion adsorption and transfer at charged interfaces play key roles in various industrial and
environmental processes. Molecular scale details of ion–ion, ion–water, and ion–surface …

Polyethyleneimine (PEI)/mesoporous silica hybrid materials with hierarchical
macro/mesostructures were synthesized using amine-coated mesoporous silica …

Ion hydration and interfacial water play crucial roles in numerous phenomena ranging from
biological to industrial systems. Although biologically relevant (and mostly smaller) ions …

Organic contaminants have a destructive influence on the environment. Industrial emissions
are the main source of such contaminants and simultaneously contain numerous and …