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Mariusz Kluska and Joanna Jablonska
Due to their toxicity, lack of bioaccumulation and biodegradability, and ease of binding to sediments, heavy metals are considered the main pollutants of rivers. It is, therefore, necessary to control and monitor these pollutants. The present study analy...
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Lucas de Lima Casseres dos Santos, Jean Bruno Melo Silva, Luisa Soares Neves, Natalia dos Santos Renato, Julia Moltó, Juan Antonio Conesa and Alisson Carraro Borges
The scarcity of natural resources makes it essential to develop products that meet environmental requirements. This is also true for the water and wastewater treatment business, where even consolidated processes, such as coagulation and flocculation, mus...
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Elsa M. Gonçalves, Mafalda Silva, Luiza Andrade and Joaquina Pinheiro
In the wake of escalating global concerns over the environmental impact of plastic pollution, there has been an unprecedented call for sustainable alternatives. The food-packaging industry, responsible for a staggering 40% of global plastic consumption, ...
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László Wojnárovits, Renáta Homlok, Krisztina Kovács, Anikó Bezsenyi and Erzsébet Takács
The fluoroquinolone-type antibiotic ofloxacin is regularly detected in wastewaters. In this work, its hydroxyl radical (?OH) induced degradation was studied at a concentration of 0.1 mmol dm-3 in three water matrices, pure water, tap water, and purified ...
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Shiva Khoshtinat
As a result of the exponential growth in the production of plastics and their extended degradation period, strong environmental concerns in association with the disposal of plastic waste have emerged. Pursuing sustainable solutions for managing plastic w...
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Leonid Ilyich Vayshbeyn, Elena Evgenyevna Mastalygina, Anatoly Aleksandrovich Olkhov and Maria Victorovna Podzorova
Aliphatic and aromatic polyesters of hydroxycarboxylic acids are characterized not only by biodegradability, but also by biocompatibility and inertness, which makes them suitable for use in different applications. Polyesters with high enzymatic hydrolysi...
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Daniel Brüggemann, Tahereh Shojamejer, Michelle Tupinamba Lima, Dzenna Zukova, Rahel Marschall and Reinhard Schomäcker
For a group of nonionic surfactants with polar head groups synthesized by the copolymerization of ethylene oxide and carbon dioxide, the potential for their application in the foam flotation of microplastic particles was investigated. Their performance w...
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Shaotian Zhang, Dafu Wei, Xiang Xu and Yong Guan
It is still crucial to improve the mechanical characteristics of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) films without resorting to chemical cross-linking. In this study, boric acid (BA) was used to enhance the mechanical characteristics of PVA films while maintaining t...
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Mirela Alina Sandu, Roxana Maria Madjar, Mihaela Preda, Ana Vîrsta, Mala-Maria Stavrescu-Bedivan and Gina Vasile Scae?eanu
The aim of this study was to perform a morphometric analysis of Prussian carp individuals collected from the Moara Domneasca pond in Ilfov County, Romania. This was accompanied by a physico-chemical characterization of the water, which was sampled from t...
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Mariusz Kluska and Joanna Jablonska
In recent years, human impact on the Earth?s ecological environment has become increasingly visible, with serious negative consequences. One of the most important pollutants are heavy metals which can easily bind to sediments. Due to their toxic behavior...
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