Aligarh. P. Bansal is grateful to the Department of Chemistry and Department of Industrial
Chemistry, A.M.U. Aligarh., RSJ gratefully acknowledges the SIC and Department of Chemistry,
IIT Indore. Mohammad Ehtisham Khan is indebted to the deanship research program of Jazan
University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and A. Mohammad is grateful to IIT Indore for Institute Postdoctoral fellowship. There is no conflict of interest for the author.
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IIT Indore. Mohammad Ehtisham Khan is indebted to the deanship research program of Jazan
University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and A. Mohammad is grateful to IIT Indore for Institute Postdoctoral fellowship. There is no conflict of interest for the author.
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for water treatment and remediation: costs, benefits, and applicability. Chem Eng J
286:640–662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cexcXcXXvccvccvj.2015.10.105
Afkhami A, Saber-Tehrani M, Bagheri H (2010) Simultaneous removal of heavy-metal ions in
wastewater samples using nano-alumina modified with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine. J Hazard
Mater 181:836–844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.05.089
Ahmad IZ, Ahmad A, Tabassum H, Kuddus M (2017) Applications of nanoparticles in the
treatment of wastewater. In: Martínez LMT et al (eds) Handbook of ecomaterials. Springer,
Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48281-1_37-1
Akpan UG, Hameed BH (2009) Parameters affecting the photocatalytic degradation of dyes using
TiO 2 based photocatalysts: a review. J Hazard Mater 170:520–529. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
jhazmat.2009.05.039
Alalm MG, Tawfik A, Ookawara S (2015) Comparison of solar TiO 2 photocatalysis and solar
photo-Fenton for treatment of pesticides industry wastewater: operational conditions, kinetics,
and costs. J Water Process Eng 8:55–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2015.09.007
Alshammari AS, Bagabas A, Alarifi N, Altamimi R (2019) Effect of the nature of metal
nanoparticles on the photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B. Top Catal 62:7–11. https://
doi.org/10.1007/s11244-019-01180-3
Anjum M, Miandad R, Waqas M, Gehnay F, Barakat MA (2016) Remediation of wastewater using
various nanomaterials. Arab J Chem 12:4897. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2016.10.004
Annadhasan M, Kasthuri J, Rajendiran N (2015) Green synthesis of gold nanoparticles under
sunlight irradiation and their colorimetric detection of Ni
2+ and Co
2+ ions. RSC Adv 5(15):
11458–11468. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA14034F
Arancibia MN, Baltazar SE, García A (2016) Nanoscale zero valent supported by zeolite and
montmorillonite: template effect of the removal of lead ion from an aqueous solution. J Hazard
Mater 301:371–380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.09.007
Ashbolt NJ (2004) Microbial contamination of drinking water and disease outcomes in developing
regions. Toxicology 198:229–238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tox.2004.01.030
Ba-Abbad MM, Kadhum H, Mohamad AA, Takriff AB, Sopian MS (2013) Visible light activity of
Fe
3+ doped ZnO nanoparticle prepared viasol-gel technique. Chemosphere 91:1604–1611.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.12.055
Bagheri H, Afkhami A, Saber-Tehrani M, Khoshsafar H (2012) Preparation and characterization of
magnetic nanocomposite of Schiff base/silica/magnetite as a preconcentration phase for the
trace determination of heavy metal ions in water, food and biological samples using atomic
absorption spectrometry. Talanta 97:87–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2012.03.066
Bagwasi S, Tian B, Zhang J, Nasir M (2013) Synthesis, characterization and application of bismuth
and boron Co-doped TiO 2 : a visible light active photocatalyst. Chem Eng J 217:108–118.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2012.11.080
Bahrami-Teimoori B, Pourianfar HR, Akhlaghi M, Abbas T, Rezayi M (2019) Biosynthesis and
antibiotic activity of silver nanoparticles using different sources: glass industrial sewageadapted Bacillus sp. and herbaceous Amaranthus sp. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 66:900.
https://doi.org/10.1002/bab.1803
80
M. Tauqeer et al.