Impact of industrial effluents on the environment and human health and their remediation using MOFs-based hybrid membrane filtration techniques

Ce-MOF infused membranes with enhanced molecular sieving in the application of dye rejection

“…The scope of these membranes is restricted due to the structural defects and lack of sufficient mechanical strength to form membranes. 56…”

“…The scope of these membranes is restricted due to the structural defects and lack of sufficient mechanical strength to form membranes. 56 The strong affinity of terephthalic organic ligands of the framework towards the polymer chain sets the interaction of the MOF with the polymer bulk. Further, these interactions hold sway over the formation of porous structures.…”

Efficient Removal of Tetracyclines and Quinolones Enabled by Polyphenol-Mediated Supramolecular Coagulation

“…Currently, although conventional water treatments are applied at different stages of wastewater treatment regardless of their low cost and innocuous nature, these methods are inefficient in removing antibiotics, and the universal removal of diverse antibiotics is even extremely challenging . Therefore, great efforts have been devoted to integrating advanced water treatments (e.g., advanced oxidation, adsorption, reverse osmosis, and membrane filtration) into conventional water pretreatments to achieve the removal of diverse antibiotics. − However, these multiple treatments considerably increase the process length, energy consumption, capital cost, and land use . Thus, there is an urgent demand for sustainable approaches to remove antibiotics through the development of simple and scalable processing and materials, which are capable of capturing a broad spectrum of antibiotics in facile treatment.…”

Fate and occurrence of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants

“…Moreover, the discharge of inadequately treated effluents into receiving waters, along with the deteriorating quality and diminishing quantity of accessible groundwater, is having a major impact on the availability of safe drinking and household water resources. 3 Also, in the past few years, with the progress and the development of novel products, the pollutant complexity has increased. The presence of a wide range of contaminants of emerging concern, known as (micro)pollutants, has led to a high degree of environmental pollution and to serious health hazards, threatening the quality of life of humans, animals, and plants.…”