PMID- 36719577 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240101 LR - 20240117 IS - 1614-7499 (Electronic) IS - 0944-1344 (Linking) VI - 30 IP - 60 DP - 2023 Dec TI - Applications and implications of carbon nanotubes for the sequestration of organic and inorganic pollutants from wastewater. PG - 124934-124949 LID - 10.1007/s11356-023-25431-9 [doi] AB - The rapid growth in the population, industrial developments, and climate change over the century have contributed to a significant rise in aquatic pollution leading to a scarcity of clean, reliable, and sustainable water sources and supply. Exposure through ingestion, inhalation, and dermal absorption of organic/inorganic compounds such as heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, dyes, and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) discharged from municipalities, hospitals, textile industries, food, and agricultural sectors has caused adverse health outcomes in aquatic and terrestrial organisms. Owing to the high surface area, photocatalytic activity, antimicrobial, antifouling, optical, electronic, and magnetic properties, the application of nanotechnology offers unique opportunities in advanced wastewater management strategies over traditional approaches. Carbon nanomaterials and associated composites such as single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT), multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), and carbon nanotubes (CNT) buckypaper membranes have demonstrated efficiency in adsorption, photocatalytic activity, and filtration of contaminants and thus show immense potentiality in wastewater management. This review focuses on the application of CNTs in the sequestration of organic and inorganic contaminants from the aquatic environment. It also sheds light on the aquatic pollutant desorption processes, current safety regulations, and toxic responses associated with CNTs. Critical knowledge gaps involving CNT synthesis, surface modification processes, CNT-environment interactions, and risk assessments are further identified and discussed. CI - (c) 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. FAU - Majumder, Satwik AU - Majumder S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1201-4536 AD - Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore, Sainte Anne de Bellevue, H9X 3V9, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Dhara, Bikram AU - Dhara B AD - Department of Microbiology, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata, 30 Park St., Mullick Bazar, Park Street Area, West Bengal, 700016, Kolkata, India. FAU - Mitra, Arup Kumar AU - Mitra AK AD - Department of Microbiology, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata, 30 Park St., Mullick Bazar, Park Street Area, West Bengal, 700016, Kolkata, India. FAU - Dey, Satarupa AU - Dey S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0681-8992 AD - Department of Botany, Shyampur Siddheswari Mahavidyalaya, Ajodhya, Howrah, West Bengal, 711312, India. dey1919@gmail.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20230131 PL - Germany TA - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int JT - Environmental science and pollution research international JID - 9441769 RN - 0 (Wastewater) RN - 0 (Environmental Pollutants) RN - 0 (Nanotubes, Carbon) RN - 0 (Metals, Heavy) RN - 0 (Organic Chemicals) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) SB - IM MH - Wastewater MH - *Environmental Pollutants MH - *Nanotubes, Carbon/toxicity MH - *Metals, Heavy MH - Organic Chemicals MH - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis MH - Adsorption OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adsorption OT - Aquatic pollution OT - Carbon nanotubes OT - Desorption OT - Dye OT - Heavy metals OT - Persistent organic pollutants OT - Pharmaceuticals OT - Photocatalytic activity OT - Risk assessment OT - Sequestration OT - Wastewater management EDAT- 2023/02/01 06:00 MHDA- 2024/01/02 11:44 CRDT- 2023/01/31 11:21 PHST- 2022/09/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/01/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/01/02 11:44 [medline] PHST- 2023/02/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/01/31 11:21 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11356-023-25431-9 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11356-023-25431-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Dec;30(60):124934-124949. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-25431-9. Epub 2023 Jan 31.