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Removal of emerging contaminants from the environment by adsorption
A. Carmalin Sophia,Eder C. Lima +1 more
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Adsorption is a promising method worldwide for EC removal since it is low initial cost for implementation, highly-efficient and has simple operating design.About:
This article is published in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.The article was published on 2018-04-15. It has received 587 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products & Wastewater.read more
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Removal of toxic pollutants from water environment by phytoremediation: A survey on application and future prospects
S. Jeevanantham,Anbalagan Saravanan,R.V. Hemavathy,P. Senthil Kumar,P.R. Yaashikaa,D. Yuvaraj +5 more
TL;DR: There are distinctive subsets of phytoremediation; the most successfully utilized ones are (a) Phytostabilization (b) Rhizodegradation (c) RHizofiltration (d), Phytodegradions (e) Phytoextraction (f) PhYtoaccumulation (g) and Phytovolatilization.
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Application of adsorption process for effective removal of emerging contaminants from water and wastewater.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the effectiveness of the adsorption mechanism as an effective approach for treating emerging contaminants and compared both natural and man-made adsorbents for the separation of contaminants.
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Equilibrium and kinetic studies of the adsorption of antibiotics from aqueous solutions onto powdered zeolites.
Diana Nara Ribeiro de Sousa,Diana Nara Ribeiro de Sousa,Sara Insa,Antonio A. Mozeto,Mira Petrovic,Mira Petrovic,Thiago F. Chaves,Pedro Sergio Fadini +7 more
TL;DR: The results showed that zeolites with FAU structure can be used as effective adsorbents for the removal of antibiotics with different physicochemical properties, including molecules with large volumes, such as azithromycin.
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Adsorptive removal of wide range of pharmaceutical and personal care products from water by using metal azolate framework-6-derived porous carbon
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used porous carbons obtained from the pyrolysis of metal azolate framework-6 (MAF-6, a subclass of metal-organic frameworks), especially in the presence of a KOH activator.
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Carbon nanotube-based adsorbents for the removal of dyes from waters: A review
TL;DR: In this article, the efficacy of unmodified and modified carbon nanotubes for the removal of dyes from wastewater has been reviewed and shown that chemical modification leads to an improvement of the adsorption capacity.
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A review on emerging contaminants in wastewaters and the environment: current knowledge, understudied areas and recommendations for future monitoring.
TL;DR: Understudied areas of emerging contaminant (EC) research in wastewaters and the environment are identified, and direction for future monitoring is recommended, and the fate and impact of ECs in all exposed environmental compartments are studied.
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Adsorption and removal of tetracycline antibiotics from aqueous solution by graphene oxide
TL;DR: Graphene oxide is a potential effective absorbent for tetracycline antibiotics and can be used to remove them from aqueous solution and has a better rate constant of sorption, 0.065 g mg(-1) h(-1), than other adsorbents.
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Adsorptive removal of hazardous materials using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): A review
TL;DR: This review summarizes the recent literatures on the adsorptive removal of various hazardous compounds mainly from fuel, water, and air by virgin or modified MOF materials.
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Characteristics and adsorption capacities of low-cost sorbents for wastewater treatment: A review
TL;DR: In this article, low-cost byproducts from agricultural, household and industrial sectors have been recognized as a sustainable solution for wastewater treatment, which allow achieving the removal of pollutants from wastewater and at the same time to contribute to the waste minimization, recovery and reuse.
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Removal of hazardous organics from water using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): plausible mechanisms for selective adsorptions.
Zubair Hasan,Sung Hwa Jhung +1 more
TL;DR: The adsorptive purifications of contaminated water with MOFs are discussed, in order to understand possible applications of MOFs in clean water provision and plausible adsorption or interaction mechanisms and selective adsorptions are summarized.