“…In this sense, the following cationic surfactants are mainly used: octadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (C18, OTAB), cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (C16, CTAB) or chloride (C16, CTAC), cetylpyridinium bromide (C16, CPB) or chloride (C16, CPC), tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (C14, TTAB) and dodecylpyridinium chloride (C12, DPC) [6]. For the purpose of making sorbents, modifications of many biomasses or other substrates were carried out as follows: cellulose fibers with CTAB [7], wheat straw with CPB to remove anionic dyes [8], the tea waste with CTAB and CPB for the removal of anionic congo-red [9], silkworm exuviae with CTAB for removing anionic methyl orange [10], yeast biomass and lichens with CTAB to remove chromates [11], barley straw with CPC for the removal of food and mineral oils [12], coir pith with CTAB for the removal of chromates, sulphates and thiocyanates [13,14], zeolite with CTAB to remove phosphate [15], acetate-cellulose membranes with TTAB, CTAB, CTAC, and CPC for the removal of nitrates [16].…”