Role of Starch Based Materials as a Bio-sorbents for the Removal of Dyes and Heavy Metals from Wastewater

• Published in: Journal of polymers and the environment Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 1730 - 1748
• Main Authors: Haq, Fazal, Mehmood, Sahid, Haroon, Muhammad, Kiran, Mehwish, Waseem, Kashif, Aziz, Tariq, Farid, Arshad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.05.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adsorbates; Adsorbents; Adsorption; biosorbents; carboxylation; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Color removal; crosslinking; Dyes; environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Functional groups; Heavy metals; Hydrogels; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering; Materials Science; Nanoparticles; phosphates; Polymer Sciences; Review; Sorbents; Starch; Starches; surface area; Wastewater; Biological macromolecule; Biodegradable; Dyes; Adsorption; Heavy metals; Modified starches

Native starch has low adsorption ability due to lack of specific functional groups. To increase the adsorption efficiency of native starch, it needs to be chemically modified. The modification produces specific functional groups on the backbone of starch and increases its adsorption efficacy towards...