Current Trends in the Application of Nanomaterials for the Removal of Pollutants from Industrial Wastewater Treatment—A Review

In the recent decades, development of new and innovative technology resulted in a very high amount of effluents. Industrial wastewaters originating from various industries contribute as a major source of water pollution. The pollutants in the wastewater include organic and inorganic pollutants, heavy metals, and non-disintegrating materials. This pollutant poses a severe threat to the environment. Therefore, novel and innovative methods and technologies need to adapt for their removal. Recent years saw nanomaterials as a potential candidate for pollutants removal. Nowadays, a range of cost-effective nanomaterials are available with unique properties. In this context, nano-absorbents are excellent materials. Heavy metal contamination is widespread in underground and surface waters. Recently, various studies focused on the removal of heavy metals. The presented review article here focused on removal of contaminants originated from industrial wastewater utilizing nanomaterials.     

高效液相色谱-串联质谱法同时测定废水中18种酚类污染物

建立了上清液直接进样-高效液相色谱-串联质谱同时测定废水中18种酚类污染物的分析方法。取5.0 mL水样置于具塞离心管中,加氨水调节pH≥12,摇匀,加入1.0 mL二氯甲烷-正己烷(2: 1, v/v)混合溶液并振摇5 min, 4000 r/min离心5 min,用玻璃针筒抽取上清液并经0.22 μ m聚四氟乙烯滤膜过滤,用甲酸调节水样pH至中性;然后采用Thermo Hypersil ODS柱(100 mm×2.1 mm, 5.0 μ m)分离,以甲醇-0.01 mol/L甲酸铵-甲酸水溶液(pH 4.0)为流动相进行梯度洗脱,流速0.2 mL/min,柱温30℃,进样10 μ L,电喷雾负离子电离(ESI^-)模式、多反应监测(MRM)模式进行检测,外标法定量。18种酚类化合物的峰面积与其质量浓度在一定浓度范围内均呈良好的线性关系(r²≥0.9991),方法检出限为0.10~0.88 μ g/L。测定低、中、高加标浓度的样品,18种酚类化合物的相对标准偏差为2.5%~9.9%(n=6);火工药剂废水与石油化工废水样品中的平均加标回收率为68.7%~118%(n=3)。此方法操作简单,灵敏度高,干扰小,分析速度快,可适用于环境废水中18种酚类污染物的同时分析。     

高效液相色谱-串联质谱法同时测定水中13种有机污染物

以地表水环境质量标准严格控制的特定项目为依据,建立了直接进样-高效液相色谱-串联质谱同时测定水中13种化学性质差异较大的有机污染物的分析方法,这13种有机污染物为乐果、敌敌畏、敌百虫、对硫磷、甲基对硫磷、马拉硫磷、内吸磷、丙烯酰胺、苯胺、联苯胺、甲萘威、微囊藻毒素-LR、阿特拉津。水样经0.22 μm尼龙66滤膜过滤后,采用Kromasil 100-5 C18柱(150 mm×2.1 mm, 5 μm)分离,以甲醇-0.01%甲酸水溶液为流动相进行梯度洗脱,流速0.5 mL/min,柱温40 ℃,电喷雾正离子模式(ESI⁺)电离,多反应监测模式(MRM)进行检测,外标法定量。13种化合物的浓度与其峰面积在一定浓度范围内均呈现良好的线性关系(r≥0.9995),方法检出限为0.02~0.1 μg/L。测定低、中、高浓度的加标样品,13种化合物的相对标准偏差为0.5%~5.0%(n=6),实际样品加标平均回收率为81.2%~112%。此方法灵敏度高、干扰小、分析速度快,可适用于地表水、地下水中这13种有机污染物的同时分析。     

Recent advances on electroactive CNT-based membranes for environmental applications: The perfect match of electrochemistry and membrane separation

Global climate change, growing population, and environmental pollution underscore the need for a greater focus on providing advanced water treatment technologies. Although electrochemical based-processes are becoming promising solutions, they still face challenges owing to mass transport and upscaling which hinder the exploitation of this technology. Electrode design and reactor configuration are key factors for achieving operational improvements. The electroactive membrane has proven to be a breakthrough technology integrating electrochemistry and membrane separation with an enhanced mass transport by convection. In this review article, we discuss recent progress in environmental applications of electroactive membranes with particular focus on those composed of carbon nanotubes (CNT) due to their intriguing physicochemical properties. Their applications in degradation of refractory contaminants, detoxification and sequestration of toxic heavy metal ions, and membrane fouling alleviations are systematically reviewed. We then discuss the existing limitations and opportunities for future research. The development of advanced electroactive systems depends on interdisciplinary collaborations in the areas of materials, electrochemistry, membrane development, and environmental sciences.     

手性环境污染物的毛细管电泳分离技术进展

围绕毛细管电泳(CE)技术近10年来在分离手性环境污染物方面的应用进行了介绍。对CE手性分离技术的特点做了简要概括,归纳了目前用于CE手性分离的手性选择剂。对CE技术在分离除草剂、杀虫剂、杀真菌剂以及多氯联苯(PCBs)等手性环境污染物方面的应用进行了综述,并对CE在手性环境污染物分离中的应用提出新的研究方向。     

2D MOFs-based Materials for the Application of Water Pollutants Removing: Fundamentals and Prospects

Water quality can have serious impacts on human health. One crucial issue of water pollution seriously affects our safety due to the continually emerging of discovered anthropogenic pollutants. The water treatment technologies are persistent improvement to adapt such new contaminants, which accelerates the evolution of materials science to explore solving the problems. Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs) as the significant porous and multi-dimensional networks has been concerned for toxic pollutant elimination, especially probed the applications of outstanding layered 2D skeletons MOFs-based materials. The emphases of this review highlight the 2D MOFs-based materials used in water remediation and treatment strategies including adsorption and catalysis methods. Further, the prospects and challenges of 2D MOFs-based materials for water treatments applications would be surveyed meticulously for the future research and development.     

多孔有机聚合物吸附分离水体系中有机污染物研究和应用进展

有机物对水体的污染严重威胁生态环境安全和人类健康。 如何有效控制和消除水体系中的有机污染物是当前全球性热点问题之一,基于多孔材料的高效吸附是处理水体有机污染的有效方法。 多孔有机聚合物(Porous Organic Polymers,POPs)具有比表面积高、物理化学稳定性好、易修饰等特点,作为新型吸附剂在处理水体系有机污染方面具有广阔的应用前景。 本文综述了近10年来新型多孔有机聚合物对水体系中有机溶剂、农药与杀虫剂、有机染料等污染物的吸附分离研究进展。     

Current Applications of Magnetic Nanomaterials for Extraction of Mycotoxins,Pesticides, and Pharmaceuticals in Food Commodities

Environmental pollutants, such as mycotoxins, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals, are a group of contaminates that occur naturally, while others are produced from anthropogenic sources. With increased research on the adverse ecological and human health effects of these pollutants, there is an increasing need to regularly monitor their levels in food and the environment in order to ensure food safety and public health. The application of magnetic nanomaterials in the analyses of these pollutants could be promising and offers numerous advantages relative to conventional techniques. Due to their ability for the selective adsorption, and ease of separation as a result of magnetic susceptibility, surface modification, stability, cost-effectiveness, availability, and biodegradability, these unique magnetic nanomaterials exhibit great achievement in the improvement of the extraction of different analytes in food. On the other hand, conventional methods involve longer extraction procedures and utilize large quantities of environmentally unfriendly organic solvents. This review centers its attention on current applications of magnetic nanomaterials and their modifications in the extraction of pollutants in food commodities.     

全二维气相色谱分析持久性有机污染物的应用进展

持久性有机污染物（POPs）组分复杂,在自然界中超痕量存在,其分离分析十分困难。全二维气相色谱（GC×GC）作为一种新型色谱技术,与传统的一维气相色谱相比,具有峰容量大、分辨率和灵敏度高等优势,越来越广泛地应用于环境有机污染物的分析。该文综述了近十年来全二维气相色谱在持久性有机污染物分析中的应用进展,主要包括全二维气相色谱在解决一些复杂POPs定性定量分析难题方面的应用,如二恶英、毒杀芬和短链氯化石蜡等;概述了全二维气相色谱对多种POPs同时定性定量分析的应用进展;讨论了全二维气相色谱在非目标有机污染物筛查分析中的应用,并对发展趋势及相关应用前景进行了总结展望。     

Pt－SPE电极中MnO_2粒子的电催化行为及反应溶剂对肉桂醇电解氧化的影响

讨论了ＭｎＯ２在Ｐｔ／ＳＰＥ电极中的电催化行为，指出与电化学反应相比，化学反应是慢步骤。因此提高后续化学反应的速度对提高反应的电流效率至关重要。并讨论了溶剂对肉桂醇电解氧化的影响，指出在水中溶解度大的溶剂有利于肉桂醇的氧化，当以ＴＨＦ作为溶剂进行电解时，电极电位低，生成肉桂醛的电流效率较高。     

Bioinspired membranes for multi-phase liquid and molecule separation

Water pollution is a serious problem around the world. It causes the lack of clean drinking water and brings risks to human health.Membrane technology has become a competitive candidate to treat the contaminated wastewater due to its high separation efficiency and low energy consumption. In this review, we introduce the recent development of several kinds of bioinspired separation membranes, involving the membrane design and applications. We emphasize the multi-phase liquid separation membranes inspired from nature with special wettability applied for oil/water separation, organic liquids mixture separation, and emulsion separation. After separating multi-phase liquids using these membranes, small molecule pollutants still exist in singlephase liquid. Therefore, we also expand the scope to small molecule-scale separation membranes, such as the nacre-like graphene oxide separation membrane and other nanofiltration membranes. Summary and outlook concerning the future development of separation membranes are also introduced briefly.     

非均相Fenton催化剂的组成结构设计与性能优化

非均相Fenton催化技术解决了均相Fenton反应存在的问题,具有pH适用范围广以及催化剂易于回收利用等优点,因而成为水处理领域的研究热点。本文首先介绍了非均相Fenton反应用于降解有机污染物的发展、反应机理以及机理的研究方法。总结了非均相Fenton催化剂的种类,主要包括铁氧化物、其它金属氧化物、金属有机框架材料。重点讨论了提高非均相Fenton催化剂活性及稳定性的方法,包括通过调控催化剂的形貌、尺寸、孔结构使催化剂具有更高的比表面积,将活性组分负载在具有高比表面积的载体上,通过与其它金属复合以及引入光、超声、微波等外场。最后,对非均相Fenton催化技术的发展进行了展望。     

Preparation and performances of small bore columns packed with reversed-phase materials and their use for the evaluation of air pollutants

Summary The preparation of small bore columns (1 mm i.d.) packed with reversed-phase materials is described. High efficiency (H_min=2 dp), coupled with a small C term (0.005 sec) have been obtained so that high speed can be combined with sufficient resolution for the separation of complex organic mixtures. These columns have been used for the separation of air pollutants dispersed in different matrices (air, particulate matter and rain water). Practical applications include the determination of aldehydes in air and emission samples, PAHs, nitrated and oxygenated PAHs in dust sampled from the stack of an industrial emission or collected in a urban area and the analysis of organic components dissolved in rain water collected at a rural site. Specific detection of these pollutants has been achieved by connecting small bore columns to UV absorbance, voltammetric and fluorimetric detectors. Mass spectra of some specific components have been recorded using the off-line technique.This work has been performed as a part of a Research Doctorate thesis to be discussed at the University of Rome.Dedicated to Prof. Dr. A. Liberti on the occasion of his 70th birthday.     

Organic pollutants adsorbed on microplastics: Analytical methodologies and occurrence in oceans

The massive use of plastics in several products has generated microplastic debris worldwide. Besides their negative effect on marine organisms by ingestion, microplastics are a contamination vector due to their capacity to transport organic pollutants around our planet. To evaluate the magnitude of this issue, it is necessary to know what kinds of contaminants are adsorbed on microplastics, as well as their concentrations. In order to assess the adsorption and desorption of pollutants from microplastics, effective and reliable extraction procedures are required. In this overview, literature reports, in which extraction, separation and determination methods have been applied to analyse the organic pollutants adsorbed on microplastics, are revised and discussed. Furthermore, the worldwide occurrence of organic compounds found on microplastics in oceans is reviewed and the results obtained from different geographical areas and their global distribution trends are compared. Priority organic pollutants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, hexachlorocyclohexanes, polychlorinated benzenes, perfluoroalkyl substances or bisphenol analogues, have been widely found on microplastic samples. Future research that focuses on different kinds of emerging pollutants is required.     

Advances in sample preparation in chromatography for organic environmental pollutants analyses

Many pollutants are present at trace level in our environment, which are beyond the scope of the detection by advance instruments too. Therefore, there is urgent need to develop advance sample preparation methods to determine the concentrations of the pollutants even at trace levels. Keeping this into consideration, many extraction techniques have been developed and applied for the analysis of organic pollutants in environmental samples. This review presents the sate-of-the-art of sample preparation methods in environmental samples. The extraction techniques discussed are headspace, liquid based extraction, supported liquid, homogeneous liquid–liquid, homogeneous liquid–liquid, single drop micro-extraction, membrane assisted solvent, solid-phase, molecularly imprinted solid-phase, monolithic spin column, matrix solid-phase, dispersive solid-phase, disposable pipette, magnetic solid-phase, solid-phase micro-extraction, micro-extraction by packed sorbent and stir bar sorptive. The article will be highly useful for environmental chromatographers.     

Biological technologies for the treatment of atmospheric pollutants

Most industrial activities emit atmospheric pollutants nowadays. Many of these activities are performed in stationary hotspots such as chemical industry facilities, wastewater and solid waste treatment plants. Other important stationary sources of gas pollutants include facilities for mining, intensive livestock farming and rendering. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), odours and greenhouse gases are released from the above-mentioned sources, leading to issues related to global warming, health disorders and complaints to public administrations due to odour annoyance. When the release of atmospheric pollutants cannot be prevented, the sort of pollutants, their concentration and the flow rate of the waste gas emission must be characterised in order to select the most cost-effective treatment technology. Over the last decades, the use of biological technologies for the treatment of atmospheric pollutants has gradually increased due to their proven robustness, high cost-effectiveness and low environmental impact. The fundamentals of the most commonly implemented biological technologies in industrial applications (biofiltration, biotrickling filtration, bioscrubbing and activated sludge diffusion) are described in this work. The latest findings in the field of biological technologies for air pollution control are also presented and discussed.     

环境中手性污染物对映体分析方法的研究进展

手性污染物对映体尽管具有相似的物理化学性质,但在环境中的吸附、转移、降解等过程往往存在一定差异。生态安全问题与人类健康密切相关,因此,对手性环境污染物进行对映体水平上的分离分析是十分重要的研究课题。目前,国内外对环境中的手性污染物已开展了相关研究,然而全面评述相关分析测定方法的新进展鲜有报道。本文主要对环境中手性污染物的种类以及近5年环境中手性污染物的分析检测技术如液相色谱-质谱联用法、气相色谱-质谱联用法、毛细管电泳法、超临界流体色谱-质谱联用法等进行了归纳、综述和展望,为后续手性污染物的分析检测提供依据和参考。     

固相微萃取在水样污染物检测中的应用

固相微萃取是一种具有高灵敏度、回收率和重复性等优点的前处理技术,广泛应用于水中痕量污染物的处理,本文从固相微萃取装置、基本原理及其在水样污染物检测的中应用展开介绍,并以固相微萃取作为主题检索词,利用ISI Web of Knowledge中Web of Science引文数据库,对1998年到2012年间的相关文献进行计量分析。结果表明,固相微萃取主要应用于水样前处理,杀虫剂是主要的富集对象,气相、液相色谱以及质谱是常使用的检测器。     

渗透汽化优先透醇分离膜

20世纪70年代的能源危机促使了人们对可再生能源-发酵法制备乙醇与节能分离工艺的探求。渗透汽化膜分离技术作为一种新兴的膜分离技术,具有分离效率高、低能耗、易于和发酵装置耦合、易于与其它分离方法联用等显著优点,特别适用于乙醇/水等恒沸混合物体系的分离。本文简要介绍了渗透汽化优先透醇膜的研究背景,总结并分析了用于指导膜材料选择的理论,详细介绍了用于制备优先透醇膜的含硅聚合物、含氟聚合物、有机/无机复合膜材料以及其他聚合物等膜材料的的结构特点、改性方法及膜材料分子结构与渗透汽化性能间的关系,并对不同膜材料对乙醇/水的渗透汽化分离性能进行了总结比较,在此基础上总结了目前渗透汽化乙醇/水分离膜存在的问题,并对其未来的研究方向和发展前景进行了展望。