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Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences | ISSN: 2249-622X | Volume 8
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Chemistry and Organic Chemistry
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
International Conference on
8th World Congress on
October 22-23, 2018 | Frankfurt, Germany
Adsorbent materials of next generation
George Z Kyzas
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Greece
Sorption is a physical and chemical process by which one
substance becomes attached to another. A specific case
of sorption is the adsorption; Adsorption is the adhesion of
atoms, ions or molecules from a gas, liquid or dissolved solid
to a surface. This process creates a film of the adsorbate on the
surface of the adsorbent. Adsorption is considered to be a very
promising separation technique especially for the removal of
pollutants in liquid-phase (dyes, heavy metals, phenols, etc).
However, the economic crisis of the 2000s led researchers to
turn their interest in adsorbent materials with some special
characteristics: (i) super-adsorbent materials of high capacity;
(ii) selective adsorbent materials (Molecular Imprinted
Polymers – MIPs). The first class is contains many materials
as activated carbons, agricultural wastes, modified polymers,
graphenes, etc. The second class contains MIPs which are used
for specific binding of highly-added value pollutants as precious
metals (silver, gold) or drugs for recovery, etc. In this lecture,
a recent summary of this type of works will be presented
analyzing in details the next-generation adsorbent materials,
discussing many different (maybe in some occasions doubtful)
topics such as: (i) adsorption capacity; (ii) kinetic modeling and
(iii) desorption/reuse potential.
Speaker Biography
George Z Kyzas was born in Greece in 1980. He obtained his BSc, MSc and PhD
degrees at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). His current interests
include the synthesis of various adsorbent materials for wastewaters treatment
(dyes, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, phenols, etc). He has published significant
Scientific Papers (over 90 publications; H-index: 35; Imp. Factor, average: 4.1),
Books (as Author and/or Editor), Chapters in Books, Teaching notes and Reports.
He was also Guest Editor in Special issues of Journals and presented many works
in International Conferences. He has been awarded with honors, grants and
fellowships for his research career/profile by (i) Research Committee of Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki (2009, 2013), (ii) National State Scholarships Foundation
of Greece (2013), (iii) Stavros Niarchos Foundation (2016). Now, he is Associate
Professor at the Department of Petroleum, Natural Gas Technology and Mechanical
Engineering (Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Kavala, Greece).
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George Z Kyzas, Chemistry and Biomedicine 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4066/2249-622X-C4-011