Recent advances in chitosan-based nanocomposites for adsorption and removal of heavy metal ions

MS Rostami, MM Khodaei - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the high concentration of various toxic and dangerous pollutants, industrial effluents
have imposed increasing threats. Among the various processes for wastewater treatment …

Radiation-induced modification of chitosan and applications for water and wastewater treatment

B Xu, J Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Chitosan and its derivatives are second abundant polysaccharides in nature, they have
been widely applied in different fields because of their wide sources, abundant functional …

PEI-modified chitosan/activated carbon composites for Cu (II) removal from simulated pyrophosphate plating rinsing wastewater

Q Kong, X Zhang, K Ma, Y Gong, H Peng… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is a challenging task to remove heavy metal ions efficiently from the wastewater containing
high concentrations of complexants. In this work, a novel PEI-modified chitosan/activated …

Upgrading pectin methylation for consistently enhanced biomass enzymatic saccharification and cadmium phytoremediation in rice Ospmes site-mutants

Y Wang, J Wen, S Li, J Li, H Yu, Y Li, X Ren… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Crop straws provide enormous biomass residues applicable for biofuel production and trace
metal phytoremediation. However, as lignocellulose recalcitrance determines a costly …

Composite super-adsorbents of chitosan/activated carbon for the removal of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug from wastewaters

Y Dago-Serry, KN Maroulas, AK Tolkou… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical residues in wastewater are an environmental concern with implications on
human health and aquatic ecosystems. To solve this problem, this study proposes a more …

Preparation of modified chitosan and its application to remove cadmium ions in wastewater: a review

Y Dong, T Ma, P Zhang, H Lin - Journal of Environmental Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Heavy metal ions are serious pollutants in water that are not naturally environmentally
degradable and pose a menace to human health. Cadmium is acknowledged as an …

Adsorption of haem by magnetic chitosan microspheres: Optimal conditions, adsorption mechanisms and density functional theory analyses

Y Du, R Wang, W Fan, Y Fu, X Gao, Y Gao… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Magnetic chitosan microspheres (Al@ CTS@ Fe 3 O 4) were prepared for haem separation
via chemical cross-linking of chitosan, Fe 3 O 4 and AlCl 3· 6H 2 O. The properties of the …

Fabrication of Kaolin Loaded Chitosan Hybrid Nanofibers for Recovery of Precious Palladium Cations from Aqueous Solution

Y Liu, Y Cui, H Meng, K Long, L Shao… - Journal of Polymers and …, 2024 - Springer
Palladium plays an important role in modern industry, agriculture and medicine. The direct
discharge of palladium results in serious environmental pollution and loses of precious …

Adsorption characteristics and mechanism of novel ink melanin composite modified chitosan for Cd (II) in water

Q Bao, Y Yang, Y Li, Y Shi, M Fan, H Guo, X Liu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, chitosan (CS), carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCS), and chitosan quaternary
ammonium salt (HACC) were successfully loaded with ink melanin (ME) as efficient …

Adsorption of sulfamethoxazole in an aqueous environment onto a novel magnetic sporopollenin–cellulose triacetate

IO Saheed, LR Ying, SFFS Yaacob… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are emerging environmental contaminants posing critical health risks due to their
tendency to concentrate in living things and eventually infiltrate the human body …