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New ternary water-soluble support from self-assembly of β-cyclodextrin-ionic liquid and an anionic polymer for a dialysis device
We developed a new hybrid material resulting from an innovative supramolecular tripartite association between an ionic liquid covalently immobilized...
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Synthesis, properties and food packaging applications of sulfur quantum dots: a review
About one billion tons of food is wasted annually due to microbial contamination and oxidative deterioration. Actually, this issue is solved by...
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Bacterial Remediation of Micro-Nanoplastics (MNPs): Contaminated Soil
According to the recent studies, approximately 380 million tons of plastic is being generated across the world per year and 90% of it is recycled, so...
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Microbial Nanobioremediation of Micro-Nanoplastics: Current Strategies, Challenges, and Future Prospects
Plastic is the most common man-made polymer. It possesses greater flexibility, durability, lower manufacturing cost, and lighter weight, leading to...
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Lignin modification and valorization in medicine, cosmetics, environmental remediation and agriculture: a review
The circular economy requires advanced methods to recycle biomass into value-added materials, such as lignin extraction and modification. Here, we...
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Phytoaccumulation of Micro- and Nanoplastics: Root Uptake
Accumulation of microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment accounts for some of the ecological and health issues in plants. They move in the...
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Evolution of Ziegler-Natta Catalysts for Polymerization of Olefins
This chapter provides a brief account of the discovery and gradual evolution of Ziegler-Natta catalysts for polymerization of various olefins,...
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Electrospun Nanofibers Adsorbent for Water Purification
Heavy metals and organic dyes are the two kinds of main pollutants in the environment and industrial wastewater. The presence of these pollutants in...
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Scale Inhibitors for Industrial Circulating Water Systems: A Review
AbstractPresence and deposition of sparingly soluble salts, known as scale, has been one of utmost damaging problems of circulating water. In...
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Fabrication of polysulfone mixed matrix membrane for wastewater treatment
Recent development in separation technologies has envisioned a green and sustainable future that encouraged energy preservation and waste...
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Removal of Radioactive Wastes Using Nanomaterial
Radioactivity is a silent killer; even though radiations are not visible, they are strong enough to alter a cell’s normal functioning. The extent of...
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Facile fabrication of sodium styrene sulfonate-grafted ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer as adsorbent for ammonium removal from aqueous solution
An adsorbent EVOH-g-SSS(H) was successfully synthesized for ammonium removal by one-step grafting SSS onto EVOH particles directly using...
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Electrospun Nanofibers for Membrane-Based Water Filtration
Membrane-based water filtration has already been recognized as a prominent way for wastewater treatment. Substantive progress has been accomplished...
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Clay–polymer nanocomposites for effective water treatment: opportunities, challenges, and future prospects
The metal intoxication and its associated adverse effects to humans have led to the research for development of water treatment technologies from...
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Sealants and Other Management Strategies for PFAS-Contaminated Concrete and Asphalt
Purpose of ReviewThe unique properties of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have seen their widespread adoption, subsequent accumulation in...
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Environmental and Health Impacts
The environmental and health impacts of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are well-researched across the world. Their long-range transportation,...
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Current Strategies for the Design of Anti-fouling Ion-Exchange Membranes
Ion-exchange membranes (IEMs) have been established as a key component in industrial processes including water desalination. Nevertheless, IEMs...
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Recent advances in sustainable nature-based functional materials for biomedical sensor technologies
The lightweight, low-density, and low-cost natural polymers like cellulose, chitosan, and silk have good chemical and biodegradable properties due to...
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A high-throughput approach for assessing antiscaling performance during mineral precipitation from seawater and hard water
The undesired precipitation of minerals from solution poses challenges in various industrial and domestic applications, including water treatment,...
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Qualitative characterisation and identification of microplastics in a freshwater dam at Gauteng Province, South Africa, using pyrolysis–gas chromatography–time of flight–mass spectrometry (Py–GC–ToF–MS)
Pyrolysis GC–ToF–MS–based analytical study was employed in the identification of microplastics (MPs) in the freshwater of a dam Rietvlei (RTV)...
