@article{13005ab0f12c4e38a0fec578d607a4b3,
title = "Selective removal of methyl orange and Cr anionic contaminants from mixed wastewater by in-situ formation of Zn-Al layered double hydroxides",
abstract = "A one-pot method to remove methyl orange (MO, organic contaminant) and CrO4 2− (Cr, inorganic contaminant) from waste water was developed by forming Zn-Al layered double hydroxides (ZnAl-LDH). By this process, the efficiency of MO or Cr removal was nearly 100% and reached the theoretical maximum of ZnAl-LDH removal capacity. In addition, the mixed contaminants of MO and Cr in wastewater can be separated from each other by controlling the addition of Zn/Al solution using this one-pot method. The molecular arrangement of the immobilized contaminants in the interlayer of LDH and the selective removal mechanism were analyzed by calculated binding energies obtained from molecular simulation.",
author = "Zilin Meng and Mi Wu and Yaoyao Yu and Fantao Meng and Aiju Liu and Sridhar Komarneni and Qian Zhang",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the China Scholarship Council, the National Natural Science Fund (41671322) and Shandong Province Natural Science Fund (ZR2015DM010). One of us (SK) was supported by the College of Agricultural Sciences under Station Research Project No. PEN04566. Funding Information: This work was supported by the China Scholarship Council , the National Natural Science Fund ( 41671322 ) and Shandong Province Natural Science Fund ( ZR2015DM010 ). One of us (SK) was supported by the College of Agricultural Sciences under Station Research Project No. PEN04566. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018",
year = "2018",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.clay.2018.04.008",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "161",
pages = "1--5",
journal = "Applied Clay Science",
issn = "0169-1317",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
}