ReviewPolymers2025
Research Advances in Natural Polymers for Environmental Remediation.
Review in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Article
- Sustainable Biopolymers for Environmental Applications: Advances and Future Perspectives Toward a Circular Economy.Polymers · 2026Review
- Self-healing hydrogels: mechanisms and applications in biomedical and environmental fields.Biodegradation · 2026Review
- Special Issue "Natural Compounds: Advances in Antimicrobial Activity".International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Review
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- Sustainable Cellulose-Bentonite Composites for Wastewater Treatment.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Biodegradable Polymer Composites Based on Poly(butylene succinate) Copolyesters and Wood Flour.Polymers · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors.
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Abstract
The search for sustainable and efficient remediation techniques is required to control increasing environmental pollution caused by synthetic dyes, heavy metal ions, and other harmful pollutants. From this point of view, natural polymers like chitosan, cellulose, lignin, and pectin have been found highly promising due to their biodegradability, availability, and possibility of chemical functionalization. Natural polymers possess inherent adsorption properties that can be further enhanced by cross-linking and surface activation. This review discusses the main properties, adsorption mechanisms, and functional groups such as hydroxyl, carboxyl, and amino groups responsible for pollutant sequestration. The paper also emphasizes the effectiveness of natural polymers in removing heavy metals and dyes from wastewater and discusses recent advances in polymer modifications, including ionic crosslinking and grafting. This study underlines the ecological potential of natural polymer-based adsorbents in the treatment of wastewater and the protection of the environment as a sustainable solution to pollution challenges.
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