Recent advances in heavy metal removal by chitosan based adsorbents

U Upadhyay, I Sreedhar, SA Singh, CM Patel… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chitosan, a low cost polymer, has been used in many studies for adsorption of heavy metal
ions. This review covers the performance of all those adsorbents which were derived from …

Advances in porous chitosan-based composite hydrogels: Synthesis and applications

ES Dragan, MV Dinu - Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitosan (CS) as the only polycation coming from renewable resources is endowed with
intrinsic valuable properties, such as: biocompatibility, biodegradability, low cost, easy …

Biopolymer-clay nanocomposites as novel and ecofriendly adsorbents for environmental remediation

M del Mar Orta, J Martín, JL Santos, I Aparicio… - Applied Clay …, 2020 - Elsevier
Water pollution is usually a result of human activities and it has become an issue of concern
because of the toxic and carcinogenic effects associated with some pollutants which may …

[HTML][HTML] Effective removal of methylene blue from simulated wastewater using ZnO-chitosan nanocomposites: optimization, kinetics, and isotherm studies

ZU Zango, JO Dennis, AI Aljameel, F Usman, MKM Ali… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Successful synthesis of ZnO-chitosan nanocomposites was conducted for the removal of
methylene blue from an aqueous medium. Remarkable performance of the nanocomposites …