Saikat Mitra, Arka Chakraborty, Abu Montakim Tareq, Talha Bin Emran et al.
Heavy metals are well-known environmental pollutants owing to their toxicity, longevity in the atmosphere, and ability to accumulate in the human body via bioaccumulation. The pollution of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems with toxic heavy metals is a major environmental concern that has consequenc...
Yifen Shang, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Golam Jalal Ahammed, Mengqi Li et al.
In the era of climate change, global agricultural systems are facing numerous, unprecedented challenges. In order to achieve food security, advanced nano-engineering is a handy tool for boosting crop production and assuring sustainability. Nanotechnology helps to improve agricultural production by i...
Mahmuda Akter, Md. Tajuddin Sikder, Md. Mostafizur Rahman, A. K. M. Atique Ullah et al.
With the development of nanotechnology, silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) have become one of the most in-demand nanoparticles owing to their exponential number of uses in various sectors. The increased use of Ag-NPs-enhanced products may result in an increased level of toxicity affecting both the enviro...
Md. Rashid Al-Mamun, S.M. Abdul Kader, Md. Shahinoor Islam, Musharib Khan
Treatment of textile wastewater using titanium dioxide (TiO2) photocatalysis has been started from the last decade and reached attention to the researchers because of its versatile application. The variety of applications of TiO2 as a photocatalyst has been taken place because of low operating tempe...
Tarekul Islam, Md. Reazuddin Repon, Tarikul Islam, Zahid Sarwar et al.
The rapid growth of population and industrialization have intensified the problem of water pollution globally. To meet the challenge of industrialization, the use of synthetic dyes in the textile industry, dyeing and printing industry, tannery and paint industry, paper and pulp industry, cosmetic an...
Abdullah Al Mamun, Tofan Agung Eka Prasetya, Indiah Ratna Dewi, Monsur Ahmad
While versatile application of plastics has generated huge benefits in our life, the 'plastic end-of-life' comes with downsides of emerging concern is plastic particles within all parts of environments. Plastics are highly resistant to degradation and sustain in the environment for a prolonged perio...
Shams Forruque Ahmed, M. Mofijur, Nazifa Rafa, Anika Tasnim Chowdhury et al.
Green synthesis approaches of nanomaterials (NMs) have received considerable attention in recent years as it addresses the sustainability issues posed by conventional synthesis methods. However, recent works of literature do not present the complete picture of biogenic NMs. This paper addresses the ...
Pedro García‐Caparrós, Luigi De Filippis, Alvina Gul, Mirza Hasanuzzaman et al.
Tajkia Syeed Tofa, Karthik Laxman, Swaraj Paul, Joydeep Dutta
Microplastics have recently become a major environmental issue due to their ubiquitous distribution, uncontrolled environmental occurrences, small sizes and long lifetimes. Actual remediation methods include filtration, incineration and advanced oxidation processes such as ozonation, but those metho...
Md. Simul Bhuyan
Microplastics (MPs) are regarded as a global issue due to their toxicity effects on fish and humans. Fish is a vital origin of human protein, which is necessary for body growth. Contamination of fish by MPs is a major hazard that requires special focus. After exposure to MPs alone or in combination ...
Md. Shakhawat Hossen Bhuiyan, Muhammed Yusuf Miah, Shujit Chandra Paul, Tutun Das Aka et al.
bacterial strains. Although the cytotoxic effect of nanoparticles against Hela, BHK-21 and Vero cell line was found to be toxic at maximum doses but it can be considered for tumor cell damage because it showed excellent activity against the Hela and BHK-21 cell lines.
Chetan Pandit, Arpita Roy, Suresh Ghotekar, Ameer Khusro et al.
In terms of cost-efficiency, biocompatibility, environmental friendliness, and scalability, green nanoparticle (NP) synthesis is a novel field of nanotechnology that outperforms both physical and chemical approaches. Plants, bacteria, fungi, and algae have lately been used to produce metals and meta...
Md Shahjahan, Khanam Taslima, Mohammad Shadiqur Rahman, Md Al-Emran et al.
The pollution by heavy metals poses a serious threat to the aquatic environment and to the organisms if the concentration of heavy metals in the environment exceeds the safe limits. Due to their non-biodegradable and long persistence nature in the environment, heavy metals cause toxicity in fish by ...
A. Vahidnia, Gijsbert B. van der Voet, F.A. de Wolff
Arsenic (As) is one of the oldest poisons known to men. Its applications throughout history are wide and varied: murder, make-up, paint and even as a pesticide. Chronic As toxicity is a global environmental health problem, affecting millions of people in the USA and Germany to Bangladesh and Taiwan....
Fahadul Islam, Sheikh Shohag, Md Jalal Uddin, Md. Rezaul Islam et al.
The field of nanotechnology is concerned with the creation and application of materials having a nanoscale spatial dimensioning. Having a considerable surface area to volume ratio, nanoparticles have particularly unique properties. Several chemical and physical strategies have been used to prepare z...