“…Industrial wastewater is treated with different methods based on its physical, chemical, and biological properties. The most famous methods for treating water are floatation, coagulation/flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, sludge drying, fluoridation, pH correction, and adsorption. ,− Among these methods, adsorption is the most cost-effective technology for the treatment and refinement of wastewater, groundwater, and industrial effluents. − This process can be an acceptable low-cost solution for the purification of water. − Adsorption is more applicable than membrane filtration, especially when treating large quantities of industrial effluent, which makes it difficult to apply the membrane process at an industrial scale. ,− Carbon, silica, and metal oxide-based materials are the most efficient adsorbent materials. − Awual has developed N , N -disalicylidene-4,5-dimethyl-phenylenedene ligand-impregnated mesoporous silica nanocomposite mercury(II) uptake from wastewater . Abbas et al have applied ligand modification for adsorbent surfaces to improve efficiency for mercury(II) detection as well as removal .…”