Special issue: Application of biosorbents on wastewater treatment

International Journal of Environment and Pollution 34(1-4) 2008

Part I

• Bibliometric analysis of biosorption technology in water treatment research from 1991 to 2004
• Biosorption study in a mining wastewater reservoir
• Removal of cadmium from contaminated waters using saltbush (Atriplex canescens) biomass: identification of Cd binding sites
• Treatment of tannery wastewater in a hybrid biological reactor
• Biosorption of lead onto mimosa tannin resin: equilibrium and kinetic studies
• Removal of acid dyes from aqueous solutions using orange peel as a sorbent material
• Removal and recovery of uranium (VI) using a fungal based low-cost biosorbent Ganoderma lucidum
• Adsorption of aniline onto hexagonal mesoporous silicate monoliths (HOM-2)
• Adsorption of anionic dyes on Fe(III)-loaded collagen fibre from aqueous solution
• Biosorption kinetics and isotherms of copper (II) ions from aqueous solution and application of the MATLAB
• Slurry sampling electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometric determination of palladium in water using biosorption with inactive baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• Biosorption of acid dye on Pueraria lobata ohwi. Equilibrium and kinetic modelling

Part II

• Biosorption of chlorophenols: a review
• Biosorption of Pb(II) from synthetic wastewater onto Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Quaternised biomass as anion exchanger for the removal of fluoride from water
• The kinetics of copper sorption onto yohimbe bark wastes
• Metal ions biosorption from dilute aqueous solution
• Ethylenediamine modified rice hull as a sorbent for the removal of Basic Blue 3 and Reactive Orange 16
• Adsorption of model textile dyes from aqueous solutions using agricultural wastes as adsorbents: equilibrium, kinetics and fixed bed column study
• Use of various agricultural wastes for the removal of heavy metal ions
• Optimisation of cell surface and structural components for improving adsorption capacity of Pseudomonas putida 5-x to Cu2+
• Biosorption of Ag+ from aqueous solution by Streptomyces rimosus biomass
• Adsorption of Acid Yellow 99 onto DEDMA-sepiolite from aqueous solutions

Part III

• A methodological approach for dynamic modelling of membrane integrated biosorption: a case study on Sphaerotilus natans as biosorbent
• Biosorption performance of red and green marine macroalgae for removal of trace cadmium and nickel from wastewater
• Biosorption of lead(II) by free and immobilised fungal biomass of Phanerochaete chrysosporium: a comparative study
• Removal of Ni2+ from aqueous solution by rice bran
• Interactions of Pb(II), Cd(II) and Cr(VI) with Neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf powder: kinetics and thermodynamics
• Effect of sludge age on heavy metal biosorption by selector activated sludge
• Carboxylic acids-modified palm stones as sorbents for metal ions using single and multi-metal aqueous solutions
• Innovative use of silvichemical biomass and its derivatives for heavy metal sorption from wastewater
• Adsorption of C.I. Basic Blue 9 on chitosan-based materials
• Kinetic biosorption study of cadmium onto coconut copra meal as biosorbent