Dual Functional Styrene-Maleic Acid Copolymer Beads: Toxic Metals Adsorbent and Hydrogen Storage

Fabrication of biodegradable fibrous systems employing electrospinning technology for effluent treatment

“…In determining and demonstrating the efficacy of a system under laboratory conditions, isotherm modeling plays a crucial role as the adsorbent–adsorbate interaction mechanism and the efficacy can be ascertained from suitable isotherm models, revealing the appropriate equation with the maximum R 2 value. 12,69 The various commonly employed isotherms and their equations describing adsorption mechanisms from a thermodynamic point of view are listed in Table 2.…”

“…7 Accordingly, diverse material systems, such as biochar, zeolites, polymers and their composites, MXenes, and biodegradable polymers, including silk, starch, cellulose, and tannins, have been utilized to effectively treat discharge. 9–21 However, although these materials have been extensively explored for effluent treatment, there is still a lack of combinatory approaches to enhance their properties and biodegradability. Moreover, the removal of these materials after their shelf-life is also one of the foremost challenges in the present environment-sensitive period.…”

Fundamentals and Effects of Biomimicking Stimuli-Responsive Polymers for Engineering Functions

“…In recent times, the swift developments in the field of smart coatings have prompted researchers to consider smart coatings exhibiting hydrophobic or super-hydrophobic behavior owing to the responsive moieties incorporated within the systems, which exhibit serious potential for an assorted array of applications extending from wastewater treatment to oil–water separation to removal of heavy and toxic metal ions from drinkable water, ,− as illustrated in Table . Sahoo et al critically reviewed on copious bio-inspired multifunctional materials possessing hierarchical complex structures with self-cleaning and water repellant characteristics.…”