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12 Citations
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19 Pages

30 January 2024

This study aimed to identify the possibility of using rapeseed husks (RH) as an unconventional sorbent for removing acidic (AR18, AY23) and basic (BR46, BV10) dyes from aqueous solutions. Its scope included, i.a.: sorbent characterization (FTIR, pHPZ...

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  • Open Access
355 Views
24 Pages

3 December 2025

This study investigated the potential use of Yerba Mate (YM) residue as an unconventional sorbent for removing acid dyes—Acid Red 18 (AR18) and Acid Yellow 23 (AY23)—and basic dyes—Basic Violet 10 (BV10) and Basic Red 46 (BR46)&mdas...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,008 Views
17 Pages

Carbon-Silica Composite as Adsorbent for Removal of Hazardous C.I. Basic Yellow 2 and C.I. Basic Blue 3 Dyes

  • Małgorzata Wiśniewska,
  • Monika Wawrzkiewicz,
  • Magda Onyszko,
  • Magdalena Medykowska,
  • Agnieszka Nosal-Wiercińska and
  • Viktor Bogatyrov

11 June 2021

Treatment of wastewaters containing hazardous substances such as dyes from the textile, paper, plastic and food industries is of great importance. Efficient technique for the removal of highly toxic organic dyes is adsorption. In this paper, adsorpti...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,387 Views
26 Pages

4 September 2025

This study investigated the sorption properties of the biomass of larch (LaC), pine (PiC) and spruce cones (SpC) in relation to the anionic dye Reactive Black 5 (RB5) and cationic Basic Red 46 (BR46). The scope of the study included the properties of...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,770 Views
18 Pages

Synthesis and Characterization of Phosphorus-Containing Sorbent for Basic Dye Removal

  • Monika Wawrzkiewicz,
  • Sławomir Frynas and
  • Beata Podkościelna

21 September 2023

A new phosphorus-containing sorbent was prepared by copolymerizing ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) and trimethylvinyl silane (TMVS) with diphenylvinylphoshine oxide (DPVO). It was characterized and applied in the removal of cationic dyes such...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,308 Views
16 Pages

7 December 2021

Red-heart Chinese fir is an excellent geographic provenance of Cunninghamia lanceolata, with high-value red heartwood. However, the formation of red heartwood is usually slow. To quickly cultivate red-heart Chinese fir, we studied perforation dyeing...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
2,392 Views
17 Pages

17 March 2022

Bio-based waste materials are more often used as effective and cheap adsorbents to remove toxic organic compounds such dyes. Batch adsorption of C.I. Basic Blue 3 (BB3) onto Cladium mariscus saw-sedge was studied in comparison with sawdust obtained f...

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  • Open Access
108 Citations
10,080 Views
23 Pages

Biological Degradation of the Azo Dye Basic Orange 2 by Escherichia coli: A Sustainable and Ecofriendly Approach for the Treatment of Textile Wastewater

  • Muhammad Ikram,
  • Mohammad Naeem,
  • Muhammad Zahoor,
  • Marlia Mohd Hanafiah,
  • Adeleke Abdulrahman Oyekanmi,
  • Riaz Ullah,
  • Dunia A. Al Farraj,
  • Mohamed S. Elshikh,
  • Ivar Zekker and
  • Naila Gulfam

28 June 2022

In this study, initially 11 different bacterial strains were tested for the degradation capabilities against Basic Orange 2 dye. In initial screening with 78.90% degradation activity, Escherichia coli emerged as the most promising strain to degrade t...

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  • Open Access
102 Citations
7,860 Views
26 Pages

30 May 2019

Owing to its exciting physicochemical properties and doping–dedoping chemistry, polyaniline (PANI) has emerged as a potential adsorbent for removal of dyes and heavy metals from aqueous solution. Herein, we report on the synthesis of PANI compo...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,089 Views
16 Pages

17 June 2025

The release of synthetic dyes like Basic Red 46 (BR46) from industrial wastewater has raised growing concerns due to their toxicity, long-term persistence, and resistance to standard biological treatment methods. In this work, we developed and tested...

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  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,140 Views
25 Pages

Using Excel Solver’s Parameter Function in Predicting and Interpretation for Kinetic Adsorption Model via Batch Sorption: Selection and Statistical Analysis for Basic Dye Removal onto a Novel Magnetic Nanosorbent

  • Akkharaphong Wongphat,
  • Surachai Wongcharee,
  • Nuttapon Chaiduangsri,
  • Kowit Suwannahong,
  • Torpong Kreetachat,
  • Saksit Imman,
  • Nopparat Suriyachai,
  • Sukanya Hongthong,
  • Panarat Phadee and
  • Javier Rioyo
  • + 1 author

Magnetic nanosorbents efficiently capture substances, particularly basic dyes, and can be easily recovered using a magnetic field in water treatment. Adsorption is a cost-effective and highly efficient method for basic dye removal. This study compare...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
2,563 Views
21 Pages

7 September 2023

In this work, amorphous and crystalline novel products based on Zr, Mg, and Mn were facilely fabricated through the Pechini sol–gel procedure using inexpensive chemicals and an uncomplicated apparatus. Also, these products showed high efficienc...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,185 Views
25 Pages

29 August 2025

Many industries release untreated synthetic dye effluents into water bodies, harming ecosystems and human health. Therefore, an economical and sustainable solution for treating dye-contaminated water must be developed. In this study, mulberry leaves...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,164 Views
23 Pages

15 September 2023

In the present study, the ability of an adsorbent (SLM Stem) obtained from the stem of the Silybum Marianum plant to treat wastewater containing the cationic dyes basic blue 3 (BB3) and basic yellow 28 (BY28) from aqueous solutions was investigated u...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,771 Views
21 Pages

Removal of the Basic and Diazo Dyes from Aqueous Solution by the Frustules of Halamphora cf. salinicola (Bacillariophyta)

  • Aleksandra Golubeva,
  • Piya Roychoudhury,
  • Przemysław Dąbek,
  • Oleksandra Pryshchepa,
  • Paweł Pomastowski,
  • Jagoda Pałczyńska,
  • Piotr Piszczek,
  • Michał Gloc,
  • Renata Dobrucka and
  • Andrzej Witkowski
  • + 3 authors

19 May 2023

Industrial wastes with hazardous dyes serve as a major source of water pollution, which is considered to have an enormous impact on public health. In this study, an eco-friendly adsorbent, the porous siliceous frustules extracted from the diatom spec...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,311 Views
14 Pages

7 December 2021

In this study, a magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE) method coupled with High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (HPLC–MS/MS) for the determination of illegal basic dyes in food samples was developed and validated. This meth...

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  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,584 Views
22 Pages

Cationic and Anionic Dye Adsorption on a Natural Clayey Composite

  • Carmen Omaira Márquez,
  • Víctor Julio García,
  • Jefferson Raúl Guaypatin,
  • Francisco Fernández-Martínez and
  • Anita Cecilia Ríos

31 May 2021

One of the main challenges for environmental sciences today is the effective treatment of dye-laden industrial effluents. This work aimed to study the potential of an untreated (natural occurring clayey composite) red clay (RC) for the adsorption of...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,501 Views
17 Pages

C.I. Basic Red 46 Removal from Sewage by Carbon and Silica Based Composite: Equilibrium, Kinetic and Electrokinetic Studies

  • Małgorzata Wiśniewska,
  • Stanisław Chibowski,
  • Monika Wawrzkiewicz,
  • Magda Onyszko and
  • Viktor Bogatyrov

3 February 2022

The worldwide production of colored products and intermediates is increasing year on year. The consequence of this is an increase in the number of liquid effluents containing toxic dyes entering the aquatic environment. Therefore, it is extremely imp...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,758 Views
16 Pages

22 March 2023

A novel phosphorus-containing sorbent (CyP(Ph)4–DVB) was prepared by copolymerizing divinylbenzene (DVB) with bis α,β-unsaturated phosphorylated cyclohexene (CyP(Ph)4). ATR-FT-IR indicated that the phosphinoyl group was introduced in...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,011 Views
14 Pages

16 August 2021

Interactions of C.I. Basic Blue 3 with potassium humate in aqueous systems were investigated. Both the humic content and dye removal are of crucial significance in relation to water of a desired quality. Dye retention experiments demonstrated that po...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,323 Views
18 Pages

Dyeing with Hydrotalcite Hybrid Nanoclays and Disperse, Basic and Direct Dyes

  • Daniel López-Rodríguez,
  • Jorge Jordán-Núñez,
  • Jaime Gisbert-Paya,
  • Pablo Díaz-García and
  • Eva Bou-Belda

Textile effluents are among the most polluting industrial effluents in the world. Textile finishing processes, especially dyeing, discharge large quantities of waste that is difficult to treat, such as dyes. By recovering this material from the water...

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856 Views
16 Pages

14 October 2025

Photocatalytic oxidation technology harnesses solar energy for pollutant mineralization, presenting significant potential for environmental applications. A critical bottleneck remains the development of high-performance photocatalysts. This study cen...

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  • Open Access
626 Views
20 Pages

23 November 2025

Monitoring the freshness of perishable foods remains a challenge due to the lack of simple and reliable indicators that can visually reflect chemical and microbial changes. In this study, a colorimetric freshness indicator was developed using bromocr...

  • Feature Paper
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,651 Views
20 Pages

Effect of Electrochemical Synthesis Parameters on the Morphology, Crystal and Chemical Structure, and Sorption Efficiency of Basic Bismuth Nitrates

  • Slobodan M. Najdanović,
  • Miloš M. Kostić,
  • Milica M. Petrović,
  • Nena D. Velinov,
  • Miljana D. Radović Vučić,
  • Jelena Z. Mitrović and
  • Aleksandar Lj. Bojić

23 February 2025

Bismuth basic nitrates (BBNs) were synthesized via an electrochemical method, i.e., by electrodeposition from an acidic solution of bismuth nitrate, followed by thermal treatment in an air environment. For the first time, the influence of various ele...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
1,867 Views
36 Pages

Sustainable Removal of Basic Fuchsine and Methylene Blue Dyes Using Chicken Bone Biomass: Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Insights from Experimental Studies and Decision Tree with Least Squares Boosting Predictive Modeling

  • Assia Ouzani,
  • Yamina Zouambia,
  • Hamida Maachou,
  • Mohamed Krea,
  • Amine Aymen Assadi,
  • Lotfi Khezami,
  • Yacine Benguerba,
  • Jie Zhang,
  • Abdeltif Amrane and
  • Hichem Tahraoui
  • + 1 author

2 April 2025

This study addresses the dual challenges of water pollution and waste management by exploring the valorization of chicken bone biomass in native (NBio) and calcined (CBio) forms as biosorbents for dye removal. Basic fuchsine (BF) and methylene blue (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,796 Views
13 Pages

The Bio-Safety Concerns of Three Domestic Temporary Hair Dye Molecules: Fuchsin Basic, Victoria Blue B and Basic Red 2

  • Bing Liu,
  • Shu-Fang Jin,
  • Hua-Chao Li,
  • Xiang-Yu Sun,
  • Si-Qi Yan,
  • Shu-Jun Deng and
  • Ping Zhao

Hair-coloring products include permanent, semi-permanent and temporary dyes that vary by chemical formulation and are distinguished mainly by how long they last. Domestic temporary hair dyes, such as fuchsin basic, basic red 2 and Victoria blue B, ar...

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  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,395 Views
17 Pages

Selective Removal of the Emerging Dye Basic Blue 3 via Molecularly Imprinting Technique

  • Maria Sadia,
  • Izaz Ahmad,
  • Faiz Ali,
  • Muhammad Zahoor,
  • Riaz Ullah,
  • Farhat Ali Khan,
  • Essam A. Ali and
  • Amir Sohail

A molecularly imprinting polymer (MIP) was synthesized for Basic Blue 3 dye and applied to wastewater for the adsorption of a target template. The MIPs were synthesized by bulk polymerization using methacrylic acid (MAA) and ethylene glycol dimethacr...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,021 Views
12 Pages

The Adsorptive and Photocatalytic Performance of Granite and Basalt Waste in the Discoloration of Basic Dye

  • Lariana N. B. Almeida,
  • Tatiana G. Josue,
  • Othavio H. L. Nogueira,
  • Laura S. Ribas,
  • Maria E. K. Fuziki,
  • Angelo M. Tusset,
  • Onelia A. A. Santos and
  • Giane G. Lenzi

20 September 2022

The present work explored the adsorptive capacity and catalytic activity of rock powders from basaltic and granitic rocks in the discoloration of synthetic and industrial effluents containing the yellow dye Basic Yellow 96. The rock powders were char...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,772 Views
20 Pages

Na-Kenyaite as Efficient Basic Blue-41 Dye Removal: Synthesis and Regeneration Studies

  • Osama Y. Al-Madanat,
  • Saheed A. Popoola,
  • Hmoud Al Dmour,
  • Rawan Al-Faze and
  • Fethi Kooli

20 July 2024

Na-kenyaite materials are available in nature and can easily be prepared in the laboratory. These materials exhibit interesting adsorption properties; therefore, they can be invested in the new wastewater treatment technologies. This study investigat...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
7,553 Views
18 Pages

Basic Dye Removal with Sorption onto Low-Cost Natural Textile Fibers

  • George Z. Kyzas,
  • Evi Christodoulou and
  • Dimitrios N. Bikiaris

14 September 2018

Over the last several years, the trend of researchers has been to use some very low-cost materials as adsorbents. For this purpose, some already commercially used bast fibers were selected as potential adsorbent materials to remove basic dye from syn...

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  • Open Access
68 Citations
6,662 Views
13 Pages

29 April 2016

Acrylonitrile-Styrene co-polymer was prepared by solution polymerization and fabricated into nanofibers using the electrospinning technique. The nanofiber polarization was enhanced through its surface functionalization with carboxylic acid groups by...

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  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,092 Views
17 Pages

Direct dyes are still widely used for coloring a variety of materials due to their ease of use and the wide range of colors available at a moderate cost of production. In the aquatic environment, some direct dyes, especially the azo type and their bi...

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  • Open Access
30 Citations
2,413 Views
14 Pages

Novel Biosynthesis of Graphene-Supported Zero-Valent Iron Nanohybrid for Efficient Decolorization of Acid and Basic Dyes

  • Mahmoud Samy,
  • Marwa Elkady,
  • Ayman Kamal,
  • Noha Elessawy,
  • Sahar Zaki and
  • Marwa Eltarahony

31 October 2022

Herein, respiratory nitrate reductases (NAR) were utilized in the biosynthesis of zero-valent iron (ZVI) graphene nanocomposite as a simultaneous reducing and capping agent, for the first time, to efficiently adsorb methylene blue (MB) and direct red...

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  • Open Access
45 Citations
4,470 Views
22 Pages

30 January 2022

In this study, cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) were produced from pea peels by acid hydrolysis to be used with pectin and acrylic acid (AAc) to form Pectin-PAAc/CNC nanocomposite by γ-irradiation. The structure, morphology, and properties of the...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,962 Views
17 Pages

Okra Micro-Cellulose Crystal (MCC) and Micro-Clay Composites for the Remediation of Copper, Nickel, and Dye (Basic Yellow II) from Wastewater

  • Anika Amir Mohana,
  • Md. Aminur Rahman,
  • Md. Hafezur Rahaman,
  • Mohd. Maniruzzaman,
  • S. M. Farhad,
  • Md Meftaul Islam,
  • Md. Sirajul Islam Khan and
  • Md. Zahid Parvez

4 July 2023

Water pollution by contaminants such as toxic metals and dyes is now a major concern due to their high toxicity and persistence in the environment. Advances in nanotechnology have enabled the use of micro/nanomaterials to treat and purify water in va...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,567 Views
31 Pages

Revolutionizing Wastewater Treatment: Harnessing Metal–Organic Frameworks for Exceptional Photocatalytic Degradation of Azo-Type Dyes

  • Jose Manuel Barrera-Andrade,
  • Natali de la Fuente-Maldonado,
  • Ricardo Lopez-Medina,
  • Ana Marisela Maubert-Franco and
  • Elizabeth Rojas-Garcia

13 November 2023

Due to the high stability of azo-type dyes, conventional treatment processes such as adsorption, flocculation, and activated sludge are not efficient for decolorizing wastewater effluents. An alternative to traditional wastewater treatment is photoca...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,217 Views
21 Pages

Steric and Energetic Studies on the Synergetic Enhancement Effect of Integrated Polyaniline on the Adsorption Properties of Toxic Basic and Acidic Dyes by Polyaniline/Zeolite-A Composite

  • Ayah T. Zaidalkilani,
  • Amna M. Farhan,
  • Islam R. Sayed,
  • Ahmed M. El-Sherbeeny,
  • Wail Al Zoubi,
  • Ammar Al-Farga and
  • Mostafa R. Abukhadra

19 October 2023

The synergetic enhancement effect of the polyaniline (PANI) integration process on the adsorption properties of the PANI/zeolite-A composite (PANI/ZA) as an adsorbent for malachite green and Congo red synthetic dyes was evaluated based on classic equ...

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8 Citations
4,890 Views
17 Pages

Synthesis of Nano Pigments Using Clay Minerals and Organic Dyes and Their Application as Colorants in Polymer Matrix

  • Chandra Mohan,
  • Neeraj Kumari,
  • Philippe Jeandet,
  • Priyanka Kumari and
  • Arvind Negi

21 May 2023

A new generation of clay-based nano pigments has been introduced, providing the advantage of both inorganic pigments and organic dyes. These nano pigments have been synthesized through a stepwise procedure where, initially, an organic dye is adsorbed...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
784 Views
25 Pages

The discharge of textile effluents containing dyes poses severe environmental risks. This study aimed to develop a magnetic iron oxide–HTM (magnetite–heat-activated termite mound) composite via the coprecipitation method for the...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,932 Views
24 Pages

13 May 2021

The removal of Basic Blue-41 dye molecules was carried out by using two doped porous clay heterostructures by aluminum (Al) or zirconium (Zr) species. The proposed method of synthesis showed its efficiency, starting from Al or Zr intercalated hydroly...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
1,904 Views
18 Pages

13 August 2022

Zirconium porous clay heterostructures (Zr-PCH) were synthesized using intercalated clay minerals by zirconium species with different contents of zirconium. The presence of zirconium and silica species was confirmed by X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluore...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
623 Views
17 Pages

10 October 2025

Water pollution, a significant environmental issue, is growing more urgent. This study evaluated the effectiveness of adsorption and electrocoagulation methods in removing Ba-sic Blue 3 (BB3), a common dye used in the textile industry, from water. Fo...

  • Feature Paper
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33 Citations
3,882 Views
15 Pages

Auramine O UV Photocatalytic Degradation on TiO2 Nanoparticles in a Heterogeneous Aqueous Solution

  • Cristina Pei Ying Kong,
  • Nurul Amanina A. Suhaimi,
  • Nurulizzatul Ningsheh M. Shahri,
  • Jun-Wei Lim,
  • Muhammad Nur,
  • Jonathan Hobley and
  • Anwar Usman

30 August 2022

Amongst the environmental issues throughout the world, organic synthetic dyes continue to be one of the most important subjects in wastewater remediation. In this paper, the photocatalytic degradation of the dimethylmethane fluorescent dye, Auramine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,681 Views
13 Pages

Utilization of Foamed Glass as an Effective Adsorbent for Methylene Blue: Insights into Physicochemical Properties and Theoretical Treatment

  • Hussein Al-kroom,
  • Hamdy A. Abdel-Gawwad,
  • Mohamed Abd Elrahman,
  • Saleh Abdel-Aleem,
  • Mohamed Saad Ahmed,
  • Yasser F. Salama,
  • Saleh Qaysi,
  • Mateusz Techman,
  • Moaaz K. Seliem and
  • Osama Youssf

8 February 2023

This study reports a potential approach for the valorization of glass waste (GW) that is mainly composed of amorphous silica to prepare lightweight foamed glass (FG). The preparation of FG was achieved by mixing sodium hydroxide with GW powder follow...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,697 Views
23 Pages

10 October 2024

Porous clay heterostructures are a hybrid precursor between the pillaring process and organoclays. In this study, the organoclay was substituted by an aluminium intercalated species clay or pillared alumina clays. A porous clay heterostructure was su...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
4,408 Views
13 Pages

Response Surface Methodology: Photocatalytic Degradation Kinetics of Basic Blue 41 Dye Using Activated Carbon with TiO2

  • Emmanuel Kweinor Tetteh,
  • Elorm Obotey Ezugbe,
  • Dennis Asante-Sackey,
  • Edward Kwaku Armah and
  • Sudesh Rathilal

18 February 2021

Water decontamination still remains a major challenge to some developing countries not having centralized wastewater systems. Therefore, this study presents the optimization of photocatalytic degradation of Basic Blue 41 dye in an aqueous medium by a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,544 Views
17 Pages

14 July 2024

The aim of this work was to determine the sorption capacity of the cationic dyes Basic Red 46 (BR46) and Basic Violet 10 (BV10) on the prepared sorbents: beech bark (BBe) and birch bark (BBi). Two fractions of bark were used in the research: fine (2&...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,688 Views
17 Pages

Dye Adsorption Mechanism of Glass Fiber-Reinforced Plastic/Clay Ceramics and Influencing Factors

  • Hiroyuki Kinoshita,
  • Koya Sasaki,
  • Kentaro Yasui,
  • Yuko Miyakawa,
  • Toshifumi Yuji,
  • Naoaki Misawa and
  • Narong Mungkung

18 September 2021

The effective reuse of waste glass fiber-reinforced plastic (GFRP) is desired. We previously produced porous ceramics by firing mixtures of crushed GFRP and clay in a reducing atmosphere and demonstrated their applicability as adsorbents for the remo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,414 Views
14 Pages

20 January 2025

A simple and non-chemical binding nanofiber (β-CD/PA) adsorbent was obtained by electrospinning a mixture of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and polyacrylate (PA). The cationic dyes in wastewater were removed by the host–guest inclusion co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,418 Views
23 Pages

Biosorption of Triphenyl Methane Dyes (Malachite Green and Crystal Violet) from Aqueous Media by Alfa (Stipa tenacissima L.) Leaf Powder

  • Lamia Ouettar,
  • El-Khamssa Guechi,
  • Oualid Hamdaoui,
  • Nadia Fertikh,
  • Fethi Saoudi and
  • Abudulaziz Alghyamah

This study includes the characterization and exploitation of an abundant agricultural waste in Algeria, Alfa (Stipa tenacissima L.) leaf powder (ALP) as a biosorbent for the removal of hazardous triphenylmethane dyes, malachite green (basic green 4)...

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