Research Advances in Adsorption Technologies for Pollutant Removal

Dear Colleagues,

The technological development of human activities over the centuries has brought countless advances to society. However, these breakthroughs have brought with them a series of environmental impacts, of which the pollution of rivers, lakes, and other waterways can be said to be one of the most severe. In recent decades, chemical substances that are harmful not only to the fauna and flora of marine environments but also to human health have been observed in these waterways. These substances include the following: emerging pollutants (dyes, pesticides, metallic ions, and other inorganic substances), heavy metals, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and pharmaceutically active compounds (PACs), among others. Given the impacts harmful chemical species have on aquatic environments, many researchers have been investigating various processes that can efficiently remove these substances from water. Among the many treatment and separation processes developed, adsorption has been identified as a viable, selective, and, above all, low-cost alternative.

This Special Issue on “Research Advances in Adsorption Technologies for Pollutant Removal” seeks high-quality works focusing on the adsorption of a broad species of water pollutants. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The development of materials suitable to be employed as adsorbents—their synthesis, characterization, and application;
• Biochars from natural sources and their potential to replace conventional adsorbents;
• Wastes benefitting from the adsorption of water pollutants;
• Engineered nanocomposites and their application in the adsorption of water pollutants;
• Carbonaceous nanomaterials with high adsorption capacities;
• Removal of emerging pollutants through adsorption;
• Binary and multicomponent systems;
• Continuous adsorption on aqueous media;
• Pilot-scale approaches to the adsorption of water pollutants.

Authors from different research fields are welcome to contribute their expertise and research. I am grateful for your consideration and hope you consider participating in this Special Issue.

Dr. Tiago José Marques Fraga
Prof. Dr. Maurício A.M. Sobrinho
Dr. Marcos Gomes Ghislandi
Guest Editors

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• adsorption
• engineered nanomaterials
• functionalization
• low-cost adsorbents
• biochars
• pharmaceutically active compounds
• emerging pollutants
• heavy metals
• policyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
• multicomponent adsorption