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Smart Adsorbents for Aquatic Environmental Remediation
Author(s) -
Nazarzadeh Zare Ehsan,
Mudhoo Ackmez,
Ali Khan Moonis,
Otero Marta,
Bundhoo Zumar Muhammad Ali,
Patel Manvendra,
Srivastava Anju,
Navarathna Chanaka,
Mlsna Todd,
Mohan Dinesh,
Pittman Charles U.,
Makvandi Pooyan,
Sillanpää Mika
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.202007840
Subject(s) - adsorption , environmental remediation , metal ions in aqueous solution , human decontamination , smart material , aqueous medium , xenobiotic , aqueous solution , environmental science , environmental chemistry , materials science , waste management , nanotechnology , metal , chemistry , computer science , engineering , ecology , contamination , organic chemistry , metallurgy , biology , enzyme
A noticeable interest and steady rise in research studies reporting the design and assessment of smart adsorbents for sequestering aqueous metal ions and xenobiotics has occurred in the last decade. This motivates compiling and reviewing the characteristics, potentials, and performances of this new adsorbent generation's metal ion and xenobiotics sequestration. Herein, stimuli‐responsive adsorbents that respond to its media (as internal triggers; e.g., pH and temperature) or external triggers (e.g., magnetic field and light) are highlighted. Readers are then introduced to selective adsorbents that selectively capture materials of interest. This is followed by a discussion of self‐healing and self‐cleaning adsorbents. Finally, the review ends with research gaps in material designs.