“…To overcome these disadvantages, in recent years, it has been proposed to fix the NZVI particles onto proper materials. Several supports have been tested, including organic and inorganic materials: bentonite [ 1 , 4 , 21 ], zeolite [ 22 , 23 ], alginate [ 5 ], resin [ 24 , 25 ], silica fume [ 26 ], attapulgite [ 2 ], montmorillonite [ 27 ], organo-montmorillonite [ 28 ], pillared clay [ 29 ], palygorskite [ 30 ], rectorite [ 15 ], sepiolite [ 31 ], pumice [ 32 ], kaolin [ 33 ], chitosan [ 34 ], titanium nanotubes [ 35 ], carbon nanotubes [ 36 ], cellulose acetate [ 37 ]. Despite that these supports have proved their effectiveness for the treatment of a wide range of contaminants under experimental conditions, the development of new supporting materials remains a major issue in the application of NZVI processes [ 1 ].…”