Metal ion removal using waste byssus from aquaculture

Abstract Byssus is a thread-like seafood waste that has a natural high efficiency in anchoring many metal ions thanks to its richness of diverse functional groups. It also has structural stability in extreme chemical, physical and mechanical conditions. The combination of these properties, absent in...

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Main Authors: Devis Montroni, Giorgia Giusti, Andrea Simoni, Genny Cau, Claudio Ciavatta, Claudio Marzadori, Giuseppe Falini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79253-7