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ReviewGels (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Bio-Based Aerogels for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions and Oils from Water: Novel Solutions for Environmental Remediation.

Antonella Caterina Boccia, Monica Neagu, Alfio Pulvirenti

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Review in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Antonella Caterina BocciaNational Research Council, (CNR), Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche-SCITEC "G. Natta", Via A. Corti, 12, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2553-3677
Monica NeaguVictor Babes National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9339-2805
Alfio PulvirentiNational Research Council, (CNR), Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche-SCITEC "G. Natta", Via A. Corti, 12, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3923-6227
National Research Council · ITInstitutul National Victor Babes · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Contamination of the aqueous environment caused by the presence of heavy metal ions and oils is a growing concern that must be addressed to reduce their detrimental impact on living organisms and safeguard the environment. Recent efficient and environmentally friendly remediation methods for the treatment of water are based on third-generation bioaerogels as emerging applications for the removal of heavy metal ions and oils from aqueous systems. The peculiarities of these materials are various, considering their high specific surface area and low density, together with a highly porous three-dimensional structure and tunable surface chemistry. This review illustrates the recent progress in aerogels developed from cellulose and chitosan as emerging materials in water treatment. The potential of aerogel-based adsorbents for wastewater treatment is reported in terms of adsorption efficacy and reusability. Despite various gaps affecting the manufacturing and production costs of aerogels that actually limit their successful implementation in the market, the research progress suggests that bio-based aerogels are ready to be used in water-treatment applications in the near future.

Indexed as

aerogelsbio-basedenvironmental remediationheavy metalsoils

Identifiers

PMID38247754
PMCPMC10815902
OpenAlexW4390466992

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Registered trials

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