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Efficient removal of heavy metal ions by thiol-functionalized superparamagnetic carbon nanotubes

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In this article, the 3-mercaptopropyltriethoxysilane (MPTS) was successfully grafted on the surface of CNTs/Fe3O4 nanocomposites.
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This article is published in Chemical Engineering Journal.The article was published on 2012-11-01. It has received 250 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Adsorption & BET theory.

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Heavy metal removal from aqueous solution by advanced carbon nanotubes: Critical review of adsorption applications

TL;DR: In this article, the use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), member of the fullerene structural family, is considered with special focus on the removal of heavy metals from water (lead, chromium, cadmium, arsenic, copper, zinc and nickel).
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Sustainable technologies for water purification from heavy metals: review and analysis

TL;DR: The current state-of-the-art of available technologies for water purification are reviewed and their field of application for heavy metal ion removal is discussed, as heavy metal ions are the most harmful and widespread contaminants.
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A review of functionalized carbon nanotubes and graphene for heavy metal adsorption from water: Preparation, application, and mechanism.

TL;DR: This critical revies assesses the recent development of various functionalized carbon nanotubes and graphene that are used to remove heavy metals from contaminated water, including the preparation and characterization methods of functionalizedhene and graphene, their applications for heavy metal adsorption, effects of water chemistry on the Adsorption capacity, and decontamination mechanism.
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Remediation of wastewater using various nano-materials

TL;DR: In this article, the potential developments in nanotechnology with respect to wastewater treatment are reviewed and discussed utilization of various classes of nano-materials for wastewater treatment processes, including activated carbon, carbon nanotubes, grapheme, manganese oxide, zinc oxide, titanium oxide, magnesium oxide and ferric oxides.
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Nanomaterials for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater

TL;DR: Novel nanomaterials, including carbon-based nanommaterials, zero-valent metal, metal-oxide based nanomMaterials, and nanocomposites, and their applications for the removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater were systematically reviewed and their efficiency, limitations, and advantages were compared.
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Hard and soft acids and bases

TL;DR: In this paper, the rate data for the generalized nucleophilic displacement reaction were reviewed, and the authors presented a method to estimate the rate of the generalized displacement reaction in terms of the number of nucleophiles.
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Sorption of dye from aqueous solution by peat

TL;DR: In this paper, the sorption of two dyes, namely Basic Blue 69 and Acid Blue 25 onto peat has been studied in terms of pseudo-second order and first order mechanisms for chemical sorption as well as an intraparticle diffusion mechanism process.
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Nanoscale Size Effect of Magnetic Nanocrystals and Their Utilization for Cancer Diagnosis via Magnetic Resonance Imaging

TL;DR: The development of a synthetically controlled magnetic nanocrystal model system that correlates the nanoscale tunabilities in terms of size, magnetism, and induced nuclear spin relaxation processes led to the development of high-performance Nanocrystal-antibody probe systems for the diagnosis of breast cancer cells via magnetic resonance imaging.
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Amino-functionalized Fe3O4@SiO2 core–shell magnetic nanomaterial as a novel adsorbent for aqueous heavy metals removal

TL;DR: The present work highlights the potential for using amino-functionalized Fe(3)O(4)@SiO(2) magnetic nanoparticles as an effective and recyclable adsorbent for the removal of heavy metal ions in water and wastewater treatment.
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Lead adsorption on carbon nanotubes

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that carbon nanotubes (CTNs) show exceptional adsorption capability and high adorption efficiency for lead removal from water and suggest that CNTs can be good Pb2+ adsorbers and have great potential applications in environmental protection.
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