Innovative Approaches for Metal Remediation in Soils and Water
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2025) | Viewed by 2384
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental chemistry; heavy metals in the environment; bioaccumulation in aquatic plants and animals; bio indication using fish and other sentinel organisms; ionic liquids for heavy metal removal from natural waters; applications for heavy metal analyses in difficult matrices
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Interests: environmental chemistry; heavy metals in the environment; microbial remediation; microbial ecology; biogeochemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metals and metalloids are among the most critical pollutants of water and soils. Although often included under the term “heavy metals”, elements of concern include arsenic, aluminum, and selenium, which are not heavy metals in sensu stricto.
Although metallic and metalloidal elements differ greatly in terms of their physico-chemical properties, they still possess several commonalities: they occur naturally, are not degradable, and are toxic to biota when surpassing certain environmental concentrations. Varying in their properties, the search for remediation technologies must be undertaken. There is a strong need for innovation when it comes to the remediation of contaminated waterbodies and soils. We must urgently meet sustainability goals and develop greener methods for the very near future.
This Special Issue welcomes contributions practicing approaches which have sustainability as a clear goal and show a distinct commitment towards the development of greener chemistry/technology.
Dr. Franz Jirsa
Dr. Nicolas Valiente
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- green solvents
- sustainable methods
- recyclable components, bio-remediation
- phytoremediation
- mycoremediation
- microbial remediation
- adsorbent biomaterials
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