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REMEDIATION OF MERCURY CONTAMINATED SOIL, WATER, AND AIR: A REVIEW OF EMERGING MATERIALS AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Wang, L., D. Hou, Y. Cao, Y. Ok, F.M.G. Tack, J. Rinklebe, and D. O'Connor
Environmental International [Published online 11 November 2019 prior to print]

Recent developments in technological approaches for the remediation of Hg-contaminated soil, water, and air with a focus on emerging materials and innovative technologies are covered in this publication. Emerging materials include various nanomaterials graphene, biochar, metal organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, layered double hydroxides as well as other materials such as clay minerals and manganese oxides. The performance of innovative technologies, such as adsorption/desorption, oxidation/reduction and stabilization/containment, with the aid of these materials is then evaluated. In addition, the publication reviews technologies involving organisms, such as phytoremediation, algae-based mercury removal, microbial reduction, and constructed wetlands as well as the role of organisms in these techniques.



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