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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 307, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136008
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Biopolymers; Nanoparticles; Polymer-metal-nanomaterials; Synthesis; Adsorption
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The exploding global population and its impact on the environment have led to detrimental effects, making environmental mitigation the prime challenge of this century. Nanotechnology, specifically using biopolymer composites, offers unlimited potential for handling xenobiotics and environmental clean-up. This review extensively examines the development of biopolymer nanoparticles (Bp-NPs) and biopolymer nanomaterials (Bp-NMs) from various biomolecules, emphasizing their applications in hazardous xenobiotics handling and pollution management.
The ever-exploding global population coupled with its anthropogenic impact has imparted unparalleled detri-mental effects on the environment and mitigating them has emerged as the prime challenge and focus of the current century. The niche of nanotechnology empowered by composites of biopolymers in the handling of xenobiotics and environmental clean-up has an unlimited scope. The appositeness of biopolymer-nanoparticles (Bp-NPs) for environmental contaminant mitigation has received unique consideration due to its exclusive combination of physicochemical characteristics and other attributes. The current review furnishes exhaustive scrutiny of the current accomplishments in the development of Bp-NPs and biopolymer nanomaterials (Bp-NMs) from various polymeric biomolecules. Special attention was provided for polymeric biomolecules such as cel-lulose, lignin, starch, chitin, and chitosan, whereas limited consideration on gelatin, alginate, and gum for the development of Bp-NPs and Bp-NMs; together with coverage of literature. Promising applications of tailored biopolymer hybrids such as Bp-NPs and Bp-NMs on environmentally hazardous xenobiotics handling and pollution management are discussed as to their notable environmental applications.
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