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The Use of Arum italicum Root Extracts for Protection Against Corrosion and Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles: Investigation of Their Photocatalytic and Antimicrobial Properties

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Corresponding author: Daoiya Zouied et al. View all

Nanomaterials in the environment: applications and effects

The main objective of this work is to investigate sustainable ways to corrosion inhibition and photocatalytic applications using natural extracts and green synthesis processes. Specifically, the study investigates at the utilization of an ethanolic extract from the Arum italicum plant as a mild...

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Elimination of malachite green by modified Fenton like process. Application of Box Behnken design

by BENDEBANE S. BENDEBANE H. BENDEBANE F. Fadhel I.

Issue 10

Advanced Oxidation Processes for Wastewater treatment

The aim of this work was to investigate an advanced oxidation process for removing malachite green from aqueous solutions using a modified Fenton-like process. An experimental Box-Behnken design was applied to determine the optimal conditions by examining the effects of catalyst concentration ([Fe 2...

Advanced oxidation process Malachite green +4 more
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Empirical research on green finance boosting the development of low-carbon economy in the Yangtze River Delta region

by Wang C. Chao Y. Gong W.

Issue 10

Environmental Management and Policies

In order to address the increasingly prominent issues of sustainable development in resources, environment, and ecology, the support of green finance and the transformation of a low-carbon economy are two complementary and pivotal strategies and paths on the journey towards achieving the grand goal...

Green finance; Low-carbon economy; Two-way fixed effects; Mediating effects; Regional heterogeneity
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The Bioremoval of Toxic Dyes Using Chlorella Algae in Airlift Bioreactor

by Aljuboori A. Almukhtar R. Alwasiti A.

Issue 8

Water treatment

Malachite green (MG) and Crystal Violet (CV) are used mainly as dyestuff and antimicrobials in aquaculture. They have a severe toxic effect on the environment. Several techniques were used to remove impurities from an aqueous solution: chemical, physical, and electrical. Among all these techniques...

Algae bioremoval +2 more
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Industrial co-agglomeration, green finance and urban carbon emission efficiency: Empirical evidence from Shandong province in China

by Fang S. Li W. Xu J. Li Q. Zhang Y. Wang C. Gong W. Zhang R.

Issue 7

Climate change mitigation and adaptation

This study explores the impact of industrial co-agglomeration on urban carbon emission efficiency in Shandong Province from China during 2007 to 2020. The moderating effect model is constructed to explore the role green finance in the impact of industrial co-agglomeration on urban carbon emission...

Urban carbon emission efficiency Industrial co-agglomeration +3 more
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Green, environmentally friendly synthesis of MnO Nanoparticles for corrosion inhibition in mild steel

by Rajasekar V. Shyamala M. Aravind J.

Issue 6

General

This study uses green, environmentally friendly methods to synthesize manganese oxide nanoparticles (MnO-NPs) that can be applied on mild steel as a safe and eco-friendly material with corrosion inhibition attributes. Mukia madaraspatana leaf extract is effective in the green synthesis of Mno-NPs...

green synthesis Manganese oxide nanoparticles +3 more
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Exploring the Role of Microbial Fuel Cells in Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Energy Generation

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Prashant Sharma et al. View all

Issue 7

Water and wastewater reuse

Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) offers a promising solution for addressing both waste water treatment and challenges in renewable energy production. This study aims to explore the integration of MFCs with adsorption/bio-oxidation (AB) process to tackle wastewater management difficulties while generating...

wastewater treatment Renewable Energy +5 more
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Assessment of Innovative Technologies for Hazardous Waste Treatment and Remediation Review: A Sustainable Approach for Environmental Protection

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Prashant Sharma et al. View all

Issue 7

Water and Wastewater Treatment

The management of hazardous waste is a critical environmental challenge that requires innovative and sustainable solutions to mitigate adverse impacts on ecosystems and human health. This research project aims to assess and evaluate cutting-edge technologies for the treatment and remediation of...

Hazardous waste treatment Remediation technologies +3 more
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Unveiling the industrial photocatalytic dye degradation of textile effluents using tailored eco-friendly AgO Nanoparticles

by Subbulakshmi A. Sreenivasan V.

Issue 5

Water and Wastewater Treatment

In this study, tamarind leaf extract was used to effectively produce silver oxide (AgO) nanoparticles. Crystal violet (CV), Alizarin red (AR), Reactive black (RB), and rhodamine b (Rh B) degradation were examined to evaluate the effectiveness of AgO NPs. XRD patterns, UV-visible spectroscopy...

Textile effluents Dye Degradation +4 more
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Urbanizational impact on climatic variables and geographical analysis of physical land use land cover variation of a city using Remote Sensing.

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Santhana Iyyappa Sundararaj S et al. View all

Issue 5

Climate change mitigation and adaptation

Climate change has serious implications foron the rise and variation of the average earth’s temperature, and intensified rainfall. In urban areas, temperatures and intensified rainfall variation are noticeably seenin the city which disrupts the normal life of a living things. Also, it affects the...

Urbanization Climate change +3 more
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The Impact of Climate Change on the Development of Circular Economy in China: A Perspective on Green Total Factor Productivity

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Xue Lei et al. View all

Issue 4

Circular economy

In the process of China's transition to high-quality development, the circular economy, as a key strategy for achieving green growth, is of significant importance in addressing climate change and promoting sustainable development. This study employs the SBM-GML model to analyze the Green Total...

Circular economy Climate change +2 more
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Research on high performance green concrete using nano particles and organic materials: an eco-friendly approach

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Abiraami. R et al. View all

Issue 4

General

Since concrete is a fundamental component of all types of construction, many researchers are concentrating on developing High Performance Concrete (HPC) using efficient manufacturing processes. Nano silica is a quartz and silica dust this can be replaced instead of cement to achieve great strength...

Green Concrete Nano particles-Nano-silica and Delonixregia Pods +3 more
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Eco-Friendly Cost-Effective Formation of Copper Oxide Nanostructures and its Prodigious Potential for Environmental Remediation Applications

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Sreenivasan V.S et al. View all

Issue 3

Ecology, environmental change and management

The proliferation of environmental pollution, particularly from hazardous industrial dyes, poses a significant threat to ecosystems and aquatic life. This study uses extract from Nerium oleander leaves as a natural capping and reducing agent to produce copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs), an...

Copper oxide nanoparticles Nerium oleander leaf +4 more
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Evaluating the potential capability of Selenium nanoparticles on degradation of hazardess textile dye using environmental friendly approach

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V.G. Anisha Gnana Vincy et al. View all

Issue 2

Ecosystems and Natural Resources Management

This study synthesizes selenium nanoparticles (Se NPs) using a green approach, utilizing Tectona grandis leaf extract in a hydrothermal method. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis provided highly crystalline particles with a trigonal crystal structure, indicative of the well-defined nature of the...

degradation of hazardess green synthesis +3 more
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Research on Performance Assessment of High Quality Development in Urban Green and Low Carbon Transformation

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Xiuyan Han et al. View all

Issue 1

Ecological effects of Environmental change

In order to study the effective methods of green and low-carbon transformation in Chinese cities, this paper takes Rizhao City, Shandong Province, China, as the object of study. Based on the analysis of the research background and the literature review, and taking into account the characteristics of...

Green transformation，Green transformation empowerment，High-quality development performance，Overall assessment，Rizhao City
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Facile Prepared Fe3O4 Nanoparticles as a Nano-Catalyst on photo-Fenton process to remediation of methylene blue dye from water: Characterisation and Optimization

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Ahmed HALFADJI et al. View all

Issue 1

Nanomaterials in the environment: applications and effects

In this research, a simple method for the preparation of Fe3O4 nanoparticles (Fe3O4NPs) with an average size of 38.05 nm via co-precipitation was investigated. X-ray diffraction (DRX), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) were used to characterize obtained Fe3O4...

Fe3O4Nps structural characterization +5 more
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Bio-Inspired Synthesis of CuO and ZnO Nanoparticles by Hydrothermal Method: Characterization and Evaluation as Photocatalytic Degradation of Imidacloprid Pesticide

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Amna Iqbal et al. View all

Issue 9

Water and Wastewater Treatment

In this work, copper oxides (CuO) and zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles were synthesized using Abelmoschus esculentus (A. esculentus) leaves extract by hydrothermal method and subsequently employed for degrading recalcitrant pesticide imidacloprid (IMI). The CuO and ZnO nanoparticles were characterized...

green synthesis Abelmoschus esculentus water treatment +4 more
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Effective Utilization of Industrial and Constructional Solid Waste Materials in Foundry Mould Making to Prevent Environment Pollution and Conserve Natural Silica Sand

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Prabhushankar Nachimuthu et al. View all

Issue 8

Solid Waste Management

Green sand moulding uses silica sand for metal casting. Silica sand mining and delivery to foundries destroy the ecosystem, making metal casting unsustainable. Due to increased sand-casting output and massive civil buildings in India, the silica sand supply is declining. The depletion and shortage...

Quarry dust Cupola slag +4 more
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Green synthesis and characterisation of ZnO nanoparticles from Manihot esculenta (cassava) peel and their antibacterial study

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N. Jothi Lakshmi et al. View all

Issue 3

Nanomaterials in the environment: applications and effects

A technique for green manufacturing of zinc oxide based nanoparticles utilising cassava peel has been approached in this research for antibacterial investigation. Especially, the cassava peel is an agro waste from starch and food processing industries and the extract of Cassava peel is used for...

green synthesis ZnO +3 more
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An innovative solution for the treatment of poultry industry wastewater with advanced hybrid technology sono-photocatalysis

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Assist Prof Dr Gamze Dogdu et al. View all

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Advanced Oxidation Processes for Wastewater treatment

Poultry slaughterhouse wastewater (PSWW) is a crucial concern fundamentally due to extensive generation and related substantial amounts of recalcitrant organic content due to high COD and oil and grease (O&G) levels. Hybrid advanced oxidation processes are promising, green, and innovative options to...

Optimization poultry slaughterhouse wastewater +3 more
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Depollution of Synthetic dyes From Wastewater Using Polyazomethine/TiO2 And Polyazomethine/ZnO Nanocomposites Via Photocatalytic Process

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Pradeeba S J et al. View all

Issue 3

Water and Wastewater Treatment

We propose a simple method for synthesising Poly(azomethine), ZnO, TiO2, poly(azomethine)/TiO2, and poly(azomethine)/ZnO nanocomposites using an ultrasonication process, as well as the use of these nanomaterials for photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes (Methylene blue (MB), malachite green (MG...

Organic dyes sunlight irradiation +4 more
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Separation of green solvent dimethyl carbonate/methanol azeotropic mixture by pervaporation with polydimethylsiloxane/polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane composite membrane

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Wenhai Lin et al. View all

Issue 3

Air Quality

A composite active layer was prepared by cage type polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and was combined with polyacrylonitrile (PAN) porous support layer to form pervaporation (PV) membrane, which was used in the PV membrane separation of dimethyl carbonate...

Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane Composite membrane +3 more
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Cadmium biosorption potential and kinetic behavior of endophytic Fusarium verticillioides and its green synthesized silver nanoparticles (GSNPs)

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Elhagag A hmed Hassan et al. View all

Issue 3

Environmental Toxicology and Biogeochemistry of Ecosystems

Silver nanoparticles (GSNPs) were synthesized from extracellular metabolites of endophytic isolates of Fusarium verticillioides (KT587649) to evaluate their efficiency as new biosorbent agents for the exclusion of cadmium Cd (II) from aquatic systems. The GSNPs were characterized through X-ray...

Biosorption kinetic cadmium +3 more
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Adsorptive Capacity of Malachite Green onto Mg/M3+ (M3+=Al and Cr) LDHs

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Aldes Lesbani et al. View all

Issue 1

Water and Wastewater Treatment

Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) of MgM3+ (M3+=Al and Cr) were synthesized by coprecipitation method to form Mg/Al and Mg/Cr LDHs. The materials were applied as adsorbents of malachite green in aqueous solution. The physical properties of Mg/Al and Mg/Cr were analyzed using XRD, FTIR, BET and TGDTA...

Adsorption layered double hydroxide +3 more
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Eco-friendly isolation of tannin based natural colorant from coconut coir (Cocos nucifera) for dyeing of bio-mordanted wool fabric

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shumaila kiran et al. View all

Issue 1

General

Due to hazardous effluent load of synthetic dyes, the global community is now seeking inclusion of natural products particularly green dyes and pigment in various fields. Current study has been concerned with utilization of eco-friendly tools for isolation of colorants from plant wastes such as...

Coconut coir microwave treatment and wool dyeing +3 more
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