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Polymer functionalized nanocomposites for metals removal from water and wastewater: An overview

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Lofrano, Giusy, Carotenuto, Maurizio, Libralato, Giovanni, Domingos, Rute F., Markus, Arjen, Dini, Luciana, Gautam, Ravindra Kumar, Baldantoni, Daniela, Rossi, Marco, Sharma, Sanjay K., Chattopadhyaya, Mahesh Chandra, Giugni, Maurizio, Meric, Sureyya·2016·Water Research

DOI 10.1016/j.watres.2016.01.033

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Pollution by metal and metalloid ions is one of the most widespread environmental concerns. They are non-biodegradable, and, generally, present high water solubility facilitating their environmental mobilisation interacting with abiotic and biotic components such as adsorption onto natural colloids or even accumulation by living organisms, thus, threatening human health and ecosystems. Therefore, there is a high demand for effective removal treatments of heavy metals, making the application of adsorption materials such as polymer-functionalized nanocomposites (PFNCs), increasingly attractive. PFNCs retain the inherent remarkable surface properties of nanoparticles, while the polymeric support materials provide high stability and processability. These nanoparticle-matrix materials are of great interest for metals and metalloids removal thanks to the functional groups of the polymeric matrixes that provide specific bindings to target pollutants. This review discusses PFNCs synthesis, characterization and performance in adsorption processes as well as the potential environmental risks and perspectives.

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Authors: Lofrano, G., Carotenuto, M., Libralato, G., Domingos, R. F., Markus, A., Dini, L., Gautam, R. K., Baldantoni, D., Rossi, M., Sharma, S. K., Chattopadhyaya, M. C., Giugni, M., & Meric, S.
Affiliations: University of Salerno (IT)
Ca' Foscari University of Venice (IT)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
University of Salento (IT)
University of Allahabad (IN)
Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
JECRC University (IN)
University of Naples Federico II (IT)
Corresponding author: Libralato, Giovanni
ORCID: Lofrano, Giusy
Carotenuto, Maurizio
Libralato, Giovanni
Domingos, Rute F.
Dini, Luciana
Gautam, Ravindra Kumar
Baldantoni, Daniela
Rossi, Marco
Giugni, Maurizio
Venue: Water Research
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2016-04
Volume: 92
Pages: 22-37
ISSN: 0043-1354 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.01.033
OpenAlex: W2264671958
Cited by: 350
References: 91
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 53 · 2020: 42 · 2019: 45 · 2018: 38 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 9
FWCI: 2.31
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
hdl.handle.net
Licence: other-oa
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Locations: Water Research (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
ARCA (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders: European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Heavy Metal Pollution Remediation
Keywords: heavy metal removal, metalloid removal, adsorption, wastewater treatment, water treatment, adsorbent preparation, environmental risk, metal contamination
MeSH terms: Metals, Polymers, Water, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Water Purification, Nanocomposites, Wastewater

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