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ClearSynthesis, characterization, and activation of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) for the removal of emerging organic contaminants through the adsorption-oriented process: A review
This review examines metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of advanced materials, for removing emerging contaminants from water, including microplastics, dyes, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals. MOFs have extremely high surface areas and can be chemically tuned to target specific pollutants, making them promising for next-generation water treatment. The technology could help reduce human exposure to microplastics and other harmful substances in drinking water.
Emerging Macromolecular Approaches to Pore Engineering and Interfacial Control Using Interpenetrating Polymer Networks: Recent Developments
This review covers recent advances in interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) as materials for removing heavy metals, dyes, and plastic pollutants from wastewater, highlighting their tunable pore structures and improved adsorption performance over conventional sorbents.
The Application of Metal–Organic Frameworks in Water Treatment and Their Large-Scale Preparation: A Review
This review examines metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), highly porous materials being developed for water treatment that can remove pollutants including microplastics through filtration and catalytic breakdown. MOFs have exceptional surface area and can be tailored to target specific contaminants, making them promising for advanced water purification. The challenge remains scaling up MOF production for real-world water treatment use, which could help reduce human exposure to microplastics in drinking water.
Preparation and Modification of New Functional Materials for Organic Pollutant Elimination
This review examines the design and modification of advanced functional materials for eliminating organic pollutants from water, covering biomass-derived polymers, metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, and other biocompatible materials developed to address emerging contaminants including PFAS, pharmaceuticals, and microplastics.
Efficiency ofMOFs in Water Treatment Against the Emerging Water Contaminants Such as Endocrine Disruptors, Pharmaceuticals, Microplastics, Pesticides, and Other Contaminants
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can remove a broad range of emerging water contaminants — including microplastics, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and endocrine disruptors — from water. MOFs outperform conventional treatment methods because of their large surface area, tunable pore structure, and ability to work through both adsorption and photocatalysis. The paper highlights MOFs as a promising next-generation water treatment technology that could meaningfully reduce human and environmental exposure to microplastics and co-occurring pollutants.
Emerging Porous Materials for Adsorptive Removal of Microplastics and Nanoplastics from Aquatic Environments: A Review
This review summarizes recent advances in using porous materials, including sponges, aerogels, hydrogels, metal-organic frameworks, and carbon-based adsorbents, to remove microplastics and nanoplastics from water. Researchers found that adsorption using these materials is a promising, cost-effective approach that outperforms conventional water treatment methods for plastic particle removal. The study identifies key challenges and future research directions for developing practical adsorbents for real-world plastic pollution mitigation.
The Role of Biocomposites and Nanocomposites in Eliminating Organic Contaminants from Effluents
Not relevant to microplastics — this review evaluates biocomposite and nanocomposite sorbents for removing heavy metals, dyes, and hydrocarbons from industrial wastewater, comparing adsorption mechanisms and recyclability.
Recent Developments in Metal‐Organic Frameworks for Water Purification: A Mini Review
This mini-review examines recent advances in using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for water purification, covering applications targeting heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, microplastics, dyes, and radionuclides. The authors highlight the versatile adsorption and degradation properties of MOFs and identify current limitations including stability and scalability that need to be addressed for practical water treatment deployment.
Microplastics removal from aqueous environment by metal organic frameworks
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of advanced porous materials, can remove 70-99.9% of microplastics from water in laboratory settings. MOFs can be customized with specific pore sizes and chemical properties to target different types of microplastics. While challenges remain with cost and scaling up, this technology shows promise for developing more effective water treatment systems to reduce human exposure to microplastics in drinking water.
Recent Advances in Metal–Organic Framework (MOF)-Based Composites for Organic Effluent Remediation
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks, a class of highly porous engineered materials, are being developed to clean up organic pollutants from industrial wastewater. Researchers found these materials show strong potential for treating contamination from chemical, pharmaceutical, textile, and agricultural sources due to their high surface area and customizable surface chemistry.
Metal Organic Framework Based Membranes for Efficient Wastewater Purification: Syntheses and Applications: A Review
This review synthesizes research on metal-organic framework (MOF) based membranes for wastewater treatment, examining the synthesis methods, tunable pore geometries, and applications of MOF membranes in removing contaminants including heavy metals, dyes, and pharmaceuticals from water.
An Overview and Evaluation of Highly Porous Adsorbent Materials for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Phenols Removal from Wastewater
This review evaluated highly porous adsorbent materials — including activated carbons, metal-organic frameworks, and zeolites — for removing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and phenolic compounds from wastewater. These priority pollutants co-occur with microplastics in contaminated water bodies, and porous adsorbents show high removal efficiency across multiple compound classes.
Metal–organic framework applications for microplastic remediation: exploring pathways and future potential
This review examines how metal-organic frameworks (specialized porous materials) can be used to capture and remove microplastics from water. Microplastics are emerging contaminants that threaten aquatic ecosystems and human health. The paper explores different remediation pathways and the future potential of these advanced materials for cleaning up microplastic pollution.
Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Adsorption and Degradation of Microplastics
This review examines metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of porous materials, as a promising technology for capturing and breaking down microplastics in water. MOFs offer advantages over traditional filtration because they can be designed to target specific plastic types and sizes. While still mostly tested in laboratories, MOF-based approaches could help close the gap in water treatment where conventional methods fail to remove the smallest and most harmful microplastic particles.
Metal-organic framework membrane for waterborne micro/nanoplastics treatment
Researchers reviewed the potential of metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes — materials with highly tunable pore structures — to filter micro- and nanoplastics from water more effectively than conventional filtration. MOF membranes showed promise due to their adjustable surface chemistry and resistance to biological fouling, though challenges like particle clumping and structural stability still need to be resolved.
Optimized Polymeric Membranes for Water Treatment: Fabrication, Morphology, and Performance
This review examines advances in polymer membrane design for water purification, focusing on how chemical functionalization and fabrication methods determine membrane performance. Researchers highlight promising developments incorporating metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, and graphene into polymer membranes for selectively removing toxic metals and chemicals. The study emphasizes that choosing the right polymer chemistry and morphology is critical for developing efficient water treatment systems.
Fabrication of O‑enriched macroporous polymer for the efficient adsorption organic acid from aqueous solution
Researchers created a porous polymer material rich in oxygen-containing groups that efficiently adsorbs organic acids from water, with adsorption capacities exceeding 400 mg/g for some compounds. The material can be regenerated for repeated use, making it a candidate for water purification applications.
A Critical Review on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Their Composites as Advanced Materials for Adsorption and Photocatalytic Degradation of Emerging Organic Pollutants from Wastewater
This review evaluates the use of metal-organic frameworks and their composites for removing emerging organic pollutants from wastewater through adsorption and photocatalytic degradation. Researchers found that these advanced materials show high efficiency in capturing and breaking down endocrine-disrupting chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other persistent contaminants. The study highlights the promise of metal-organic frameworks as a next-generation remediation technology for addressing water pollution.
Research progress of persistent organic pollutants in water: classification, sources, potential risks, and treatment approaches
This review summarizes existing research on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in water, covering their sources, classification, and health risks. The paper notes that microplastics act as carriers for these long-lasting toxic chemicals, transporting them through water systems and potentially increasing human exposure. Understanding how microplastics interact with POPs is important because it means plastic pollution may amplify the health risks of other chemical contaminants.
Structure–function correlation of branched and linear polyaramides for the removal of pollutants from water
A series of branched and linear polyaramides were synthesized and evaluated for removing dissolved pollutants from water, with both nanoplastic particles and dyes effectively removed through adsorption, demonstrating that polyaramide architecture significantly influences pollutant removal performance.
Innovations in the Development of Promising Adsorbents for the Remediation of Microplastics and Nanoplastics – A Critical Review
This review evaluates innovative materials being developed to remove microplastics and nanoplastics from polluted water, including carbon-based, metal, polymer, and mineral adsorbents. Researchers compared the effectiveness, advantages, and limitations of each type, finding that adsorption-based approaches show strong promise. The study highlights remaining challenges such as scaling these technologies for real-world water treatment applications.
MIL Series in MOFs for the Removal of Emerging Contaminants: Application and Mechanisms
This review examined MIL-series metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as adsorbents for removing emerging contaminants including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and heavy metals from water. MIL-MOFs showed high surface area and tunable chemistry that enable effective contaminant capture, and the review assessed their stability and scalability for practical water treatment applications.
A review on metal organic frameworks (MOFs) modified membrane for remediation of water pollution
This review covers how metal-organic framework (MOF) materials can be incorporated into membranes to improve filtration of pollutants from contaminated water. The technology shows promise for removing microplastics and chemical contaminants, though most applications remain at laboratory scale.
The strategy of three-dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks to exclude dye contaminants in aqueous solutions
Scientists developed a three-dimensional covalent organic framework material designed to remove dye pollutants from wastewater. Using molecular simulations and laboratory experiments, researchers found that the framework was highly effective at adsorbing organic dyes from water. While focused on dye removal, the study contributes to developing advanced materials that could also help filter microplastics and other emerging contaminants from water.