A novel sponge composite of chitosan-sodium tripolyphosphate-melamine for anionic dye Orange II removal.

Since the potential carcinogenic, toxic and non-degradable dyes trigger serious environmental contamination by improper treatment, developing novel adsorbents remains a major challenge. A novel high efficiency and biopolymer-based environmental-friendly adsorbent, chitosan‑sodium tripolyphosphate-melamine sponge (CTS-STPP-MS) composite, was prepared for Orange II removing with chitosan as raw material, sodium tripolyphosphate as cross-linking agent. The composite was carefully characterized by SEM, EDS, FT-IR and XPS.

Engineered Bacillus subtilis Biofilm@Biochar living materials for in-situ sensing and bioremediation of heavy metal ions pollution.

The simultaneous sensing and remediation of multiple heavy metal ions in wastewater or soil with microorganisms is currently a significant challenge. In this study, the microorganism Bacillus subtilis was used as a chassis organism to construct two genetic circuits for sensing and adsorbing heavy-metal ions. The engineered biosensor can sense three heavy metal ions (0.

Superior capacity and easy separation of zirconium functionalized chitosan melamine foam for antimony(III/V) removal.

Nowadays, highly toxic antimony has severely posed threat to water sources and jeopardized human health. Fabricating adsorbents with the capability of easy separation, high efficiency and large adsorption capacity remains a major challenge. In this paper, zirconium functionalized chitosan melamine foam (ZCMF) was fabricated with zirconium and chitosan crosslinked onto melamine foam, then utilized for the removal of antimony(III/V) in water.

Enhanced removal of methylene blue from wastewater by alginate/carboxymethyl cellulose-melamine sponge composite.

Industrial dye wastewater poses a threat to human health due to its harmful effects, and the treatment of related wastewater is receiving increasing attention. In this paper, the melamine sponge with high porosity and convenient separation was selected as matrix material, and alginate/carboxymethyl cellulose-melamine sponge composite (SA/CMC-MeS) was prepared through crosslinking strategy. Not only does the composite cleverly combined the merits of alginate and carboxymethyl cellulose, it also enhanced the adsorption performance for methylene blue (MB).

Designing of 3D MnO-graphene catalyst on sponge for abatement temperature removal of formaldehyde.

The Mn-based catalysts, with low cost and high activity, are believed to be the effective composites for eliminating in-door formaldehyde (HCHO), while the powdered form nanosized catalysts are hardly to apply for practical application. Herein, hetero-structure of nanosheets manganese oxide (MnO) encapsulating N-doping graphene sphere (GS) were deposited in network-like sponge for constructing 3D catalyst. The prepared MnO-GS-Sponge composite catalyst exhibited excellent performance for removing HCHO at room temperature compared with GS and commercial MnO.

Assessing the rainfall infiltration on FOS via a new NSRM for a case study at high rock slope stability.

Assessing the stability characteristics of high rock slope under rainfall via theoretical research, numerical simulation, and field monitoring is of great implications for safety construction in open-pit mine engineering. Thus, based on the Hoke-Brown criterion, instantaneous internal friction angle and cohesion of high-slope rock mass under high stress conditions were deduced, and a nonlinear strength reduction method for high rock slope was established. The safety factors of the open-pit mine were calculated by COMSOL Multiphysics, which considering the high rock southwest slope and detected rainfall in Dagushan Open-pit Mine, China.

A precise self-built secondary mass database for identifying red dyes and dyeing techniques with UPLC-MS/MS.

Dyes on ancient silks have been a worth studying field through human's history, although current reports ignore the connection between natural dyes origin and relevant colour reduction methods, which poses an insurmountable obstacle for restoration of historical silks. In this paper, a series of 12 red hue silks from six natural dyes (sappanwood, Chinese madder, safflower, lac, cochineal, dragon's blood) via three different dyeing techniques were used to establish a self-built precise tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) database. With organic solvent extracting on those manual-dyed silks, ultraperformance liquid chromatography - electrospray ionization - quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS) was utilized to form preliminary MS database for screening and identifying of the potential dyes compounds without standard references.

Enhanced removal of As(III) and As(V) from water by a novel zirconium-chitosan modified spherical sodium alginate composite.

Most nano-scaled adsorbents have trouble in separating from aqueous solution, thus, a need for new materials of facile separation and predominant adsorption performance has arisen. This present study focused on a novel segregative zirconium-chitosan modified sodium alginate (Zr-CTS/SA) composite preparation and its performance for As(III/V) removal from aqueous solution. The obtained composite presented a spherical structure with a diameter of 2.

Fast and efficient phosphate removal on lanthanum-chitosan composite synthesized by controlling the amount of cross-linking agent.

In the present study, non-crosslinked lanthanum-chitosan (La-CTS-0X) and crosslinked lanthanum-chitosan (La-CTS-1X/2X) composites were prepared as new complex biosorbents for effective phosphate removal from wastewater. Batch adsorption experiments were investigated by varying the influencing parameters, viz., pH, initial concentration of phosphate ions, contact time, temperature and co-existing anions.

Synthesis of spherical magnetic calcium modified chitosan micro-particles with excellent adsorption performance for anionic-cationic dyes.

In this present study, spherical magnetic calcium modified chitosan micro-particles (MG-Ca-CMPs) were synthesized by using embedding/cross-linking method and employed as an efficient adsorbent for Orange II (OII) in single system and coexisted with methylene blue (MB) in binary system. The obtained MG-Ca-CMPs were characterized by fourier transform infrared spectrometer, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffraction and magnetic property measurement system analyses, which demonstrated that the MG-Ca-CMPs possessed core-shell structure and excellent superparamagnetic property. The adsorption behaviors for OII in single system and coexisted with MB in binary system were systematically studied.

Adsorption of Cr(VI) on cerium immobilized cross-linked chitosan composite in single system and coexisted with Orange II in binary system.

In this work, cerium immobilized cross-linked chitosan (CTS-Ce) composite, employed as an efficient adsorbent for Cr(VI) in single system and coexisted with Orange II (OII) in binary system, was prepared by co-precipitation method. The as-obtained adsorbent was characterized by FTIR, SEM, EDS and XPS before and after adsorption. The adsorption behaviors of Cr(VI) in single and binary system were systematically studied.

Simultaneous oxidation and adsorption of As(III) from water by cerium modified chitosan ultrafine nanobiosorbent.

Since most existing arsenic removal adsorbents are difficult to effectively remove arsenite (As(III)), an urgent need is to develop an efficient adsorbent for removing As(III) from contaminated water. In this study, a novel ultrafine nanobiosorbent of cerium modified chitosan (Ce-CNB) with simultaneous oxidation and adsorption As(III) performance has been successfully developed. The resulting Ce-CNB with or without As(III) adsorption was characterized by FTIR, XRD, SEM, EDS, TEM, EMI and XPS analysis.

Highly specific phosphopeptide enrichment by titanium(IV) cross-linked chitosan composite.

Natural chitosan was applied as supporting material for Ti(IV) based immobilized metal ion affinity chromatographic (IMAC) material (Ti-CTS). Compared with other polymer based IMAC, Ti-CTS can save the cockamamie synthesis procedures and be easy to obtain. The morphology, surface area, pore volume and elemental composition of Ti-CTS were revealed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) method and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).

Insight into the adsorption mechanisms of vanadium(V) on a high-efficiency biosorbent (Ti-doped chitosan bead).

In this present study, a new chitosan bead modified with titanium ions (TiCB) was prepared and employed for the adsorption of vanadium ions from aqueous solutions. Batch adsorption experiments were performed to research the effect of various factors, including pH, temperature, contact time and initial concentration of vanadium(V) ions. The adsorption of vanadium was followed by the pseudo second-order kinetic and the Langmuir isotherm model, with a remarkable maximum adsorption capacity of 210 mg/g.

Preparation and characterization of chitosan-zirconium(IV) composite for adsorption of vanadium(V).

In this present study, an inorganic-biopolymer composite based on chitosan-zirconium(IV) was prepared and investigated as a biosorbent for the removal of vanadium(V) ions from aqueous solution. The resulting composite before and after adsorbed V(V) were characterized by using FT-IR, XRD, SEM and EDS, respectively. Various relevant parameters affecting the adsorption capacity such as pH, initial concentration, contact time, temperature and co-existing ions were evaluated.

Electrochemical detection of DNA hybridization by using a zirconia modified renewable carbon paste electrode.

A simple, polishable and renewable DNA biosensor was fabricated based on a zirconia modified carbon paste electrode. Zirconia was mixed with graphite powder and paraffin wax to produce the paste for the electrode, and response-optimized at 56% graphite powder, 19% ZrO(2) and 25% paraffin wax. An oligonucleotide probe with a terminal 5'-phosphate group was attached to the surface of the electrode via the strong affinity of zirconia for phosphate groups.