Cellulose: a review of water interactions, applications in composites, and water treatment

A Etale, AJ Onyianta, SR Turner, SJ Eichhorn - Chemical reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cellulose is known to interact well with water, but is insoluble in it. Many polysaccharides
such as cellulose are known to have significant hydrogen bond networks joining the …

Preparation and modification of nanocellulose and its application to heavy metal adsorption: A review

H Jiang, S Wu, J Zhou - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metals are a notable pollutant in aquatic ecosystems that results in many deadly
diseases of the human body after enrichment through the food chain. As an environmentally …

Cellulose-based materials for scavenging toxic and precious metals from water and wastewater: A review

MMH Rocky, IMM Rahman, FB Biswas… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The abundance of cellulose in nature, as well as its biocompatibility and functional groups,
has paved the way for the development of advanced cellulose-based technologies for water …

Cellulose-based materials for water remediation: adsorption, catalysis, and antifouling

HN Abdelhamid, AP Mathew - Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cellulose-based materials have been advanced technologies that used in water
remediation. They exhibit several advantages being the most abundant biopolymer in …

Review of the recent advances in electrospun nanofibers applications in water purification

AEAA Nayl, AI Abd-Elhamid, NS Awwad… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, nanofibers have come to be considered one of the sustainable routes with
enormous applicability in different fields, such as wastewater treatment. Electrospun …

[HTML][HTML] Ball-milled synthesis of maize biochar-ZnO nanocomposite (MB-ZnO) and estimation of its photocatalytic ability against different organic and inorganic …

A Kamal, MH Saleem, H Alshaya, MK Okla… - Journal of Saudi …, 2022 - Elsevier
Different industrial and agricultural practices release a variety of dyes and pesticides in soil
and water. Degradation of these pollutants is very important to avoid health and …

[HTML][HTML] Nanocellulose-based materials for water pollutant removal: A review

HN Abdelhamid - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Cellulose in the nano regime, defined as nanocellulose, has been intensively used for water
treatment. Nanocellulose can be produced in various forms, including colloidal, water …

Decorated Mn-ferrite nanoparticle@ Zn–Al layered double hydroxide@ Cellulose@ activated biochar nanocomposite for efficient remediation of methylene blue and …

ME Mahmoud, SM El-Bahy, SMT Elweshahy - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
An innovative magnetic nanocomposite was designed and fabricated by the
functionalization and support of magnetic Mn-ferrite nanoparticle (MnFe 2 O 4) with layered …

Sustainable applications of nanofibers in agriculture and water treatment: a review

K Badgar, N Abdalla, H El-Ramady, J Prokisch - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Natural fibers are an important source for producing polymers, which are highly applicable
in their nanoform and could be used in very broad fields such as filtration for …

Emerging 3D printing technologies and methodologies for microfluidic development

GKM Kabandana, T Zhang, C Chen - Analytical Methods, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This review paper examines recent (mostly 2018 or later) advancements in 3D printed
microfluidics. Microfluidic devices are widely applied in various fields such as drug delivery …