Toxicity of heavy metals in plants and animals and their uptake by magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

AU Rehman, S Nazir, R Irshad, K Tahir… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Heavy metal exist naturally in environment, but due to human and some natural activities
they have been entered to water bodies, air and soil and have become one of the major …

Nanomaterials for the removal of heavy metals from wastewater

J Yang, B Hou, J Wang, B Tian, J Bi, N Wang, X Li… - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Removal of contaminants in wastewater, such as heavy metals, has become a severe
problem in the world. Numerous technologies have been developed to deal with this …

A critical review on the removal of mercury (Hg2+) from aqueous solution using nanoadsorbents

EC Emenike, AG Adeniyi, KO Iwuozor, CJ Okorie… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Even at very low concentrations, exposure to mercury or its complexes can have dangerous
effects on living organisms and result in conditions that affect humans. It is essential to …

Aqueous phase adsorption of aromatic organoarsenic compounds: A review

KO Iwuozor, KG Akpomie, J Conradie… - Journal of Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aromatic organoarsenic compounds (AOCs) are synthetic arsenic-based compounds
released into the environment through anthropogenic activities. Due to their high solubility …

Chitosan-alginate nanoparticles (CANPs) as potential nanosorbent for removal of Hg (II) ions

R Dubey, J Bajpai, AK Bajpai - Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring …, 2016 - Elsevier
Chitosan-alginate nanoparticles were prepared using microemulsion method for removal of
Hg (II) ions from aqueous solutions and optimization was done in terms of two biopolymers …

Heavy metal pollution and the role of inorganic nanomaterials in environmental remediation

MB Mensah, DJ Lewis, NO Boadi… - Royal Society open …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Contamination of water and soil with toxic heavy metals is a major threat to human health.
Although extensive work has been performed on reporting heavy metal pollutions globally …

Synthetic coal fly ash-derived zeolites doped with silver nanoparticles for mercury (II) removal from water

Z Tauanov, PE Tsakiridis, SV Mikhalovsky… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Coal fly ash-derived zeolites have attracted considerable interest in the last decade due to
their use in several environmental applications such as the removal of dyes and heavy …

Magnetic adsorption separation process: an alternative method of mercury extracting from aqueous solution using modified chitosan coated Fe3O4 nanocomposites

A Azari, H Gharibi, B Kakavandi… - Journal of Chemical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND In the present work, Hg (II) is considered as one of the most dangerous
elements being released excessively into the environment from various sources. Therefore …

Synthetic zeolites as potential sorbents of mercury from wastewater occurring during wet FGD processes of flue gas

D Czarna, P Baran, P Kunecki, R Panek… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper evaluates the suitability of fly ash-derived zeolites as sorbents of mercury in
water and wastewater. The tested materials were type X and type A synthetic zeolites …

Magnetite immobilized metal nanoparticles in the treatment and removal of pollutants from wastewater: a review

A Lourens, A Falch, R Malgas-Enus - Journal of Materials Science, 2023 - Springer
The increase in population and industrial activities has resulted in harmful pollutants in our
water sources that cause a concern for our future health and environmental well-being …