Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis

Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin · Faculty of Chemistry

Smart textiles consisting of cotton, Cu-BTC MOF and oxidized graphitic carbon nitride, g-C3N4-ox, nanospheres were synthesized and tested as nerve agent detoxification media and its colorimetric detectors. Combining Cu-BTC and g-C3N4-ox resulted in a nanocomposite (MOFgCNox) of heterogeneous porosity and chemistry. Upon the deposition of MOFgCNox o...

This book presents the detailed history of the “Militarization of chemistry" (chemical warfare agents deployment and gas masks development) during the First World War. The authors designed novel multifunctional nanocomposites which can find a potential application as new generation protection media (gas masks, uniforms etc). These multifunctional n...

The exploration of the synergistic effect in catalysis upon the simultaneous utilization of two sources of power, ultrasound and light, is barely explored and remains a challenging issue. A crucial reason behind this is the difficulty in design and constructing a well-defined sonophotoreactor capable to take advantage of the combination of sonochem...

The herein presented low‐power high‐frequency (500 kHz) ultrasound‐assisted precipitation synthesis (LPHF‐US) leads to a unique multiphase nano‐structured titanium dioxide, grafted with oxygen‐containing organic functionalities. The material exhibits a high porosity (surface area 326 m2 g−1 and total pores volume 0.484 cm3 g−1) and heterogeneous su...

Over the last decades, there has been significant progress toward the development of advanced electrochemical processes in the fields of energy production and storage, surface modification of materials and environmental remediation. Within the context of biomass valorization and biorefineries, the electrochemical oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfura...

This study investigates microplastics (MPs) as secondary pollutants for the dispersion of radionuclides in the environment. Specifically, the adsorption behavior of various MPs, such as PN6, PE, PET, PVC, PU, and PLA, for a range of (radio)toxic metals (Ra, Am, Eu, Th, Np, U), spanning oxidation states from +2 to +6, has been investigeted. Experime...

The ongoing technological advancements and industrial growth over the past few decades have resulted in significant environmental challenges, with one of the most notable being water pollution caused by the improper disposal of organic and inorganic pollutants [...]

Microplastics and radionuclides create considerable obstacles for the sustainable management of aquatic systems. The interactions between uranium-232 and americium-241 with two microplastics, specifically poly-urethane (PU) and polylactic acid (PLA), have been explored in aqueous matrixes mimicking seawater and wastewater. The tests were performed...

With a vast landscape of material, careful distillation of the most important discoveries helps researchers find the key information. Publications in nanoscience cross conventional boundaries from chemistry to specialised areas of physics and nanomedicine. This volume provides a critical and comprehensive assessment of the most recent research and...

The main goal of the work was to study the Moringa oleifera leaves and seeds as sorbents against Pb(II), Cd(II), Co(II), and Ni(II) from aqueous solutions, to explore the effect of various parameters (such as contact time, biosorbent dosage, and initial concentration of metals) and to determine the adsorption mechanisms [...]

Microplastics and radionuclides pose significant challenges to the sustainable management of water systems. The interaction of uranium-232 and americium-241 with polyurethane (PU) and polylactic acid (PLA) microplastics has been investigated in aqueous laboratory and environmental solutions (e.g., seawater and wastewater) as a function of temperatu...

Microplastics and radionuclides pose significant challenges to the sustainable management of water systems. The interaction of uranium-232 and americium-241 with polyurethane (PU) and polylactic acid (PLA) microplastics has been investigated in aqueous laboratory and environ-mental solutions (e.g., seawater and wastewater) as a function of temperat...

Lignin to value-added aromatic compounds is still an open challenge, since the selective cleavage of the linkages interconnecting the aromatic molecules, especially the β-O-4 ones, is not efficiently achieved yet. Herein, novel titania-based nanostructured materials were synthesized using low-power-low-frequency ultrasound that demonstrated high ef...

The open-access journal Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment is pleased to announce a new Special Issue entitled "Advances in Adsorption and Surface Phenomena towards Sustainable Development and Environmental Remediation". Dr. Dimitrios Giannakoudakis, Dr. Adrian Bonilla-Petriciolet, and Dr.Nancy Davila-Guzman are serving as Guest Editors for...

Effective wound treatment has become one of the most important challenges for healthcare as it continues to be one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Therefore, wound care technologies significantly evolved in order to provide a holistic approach based on various designs of functional wound dressings. Among them, hydrogels have been widely u...

This study focuses on the interaction of radionuclides (such as uranium-232 and americium-241) with different microplastics (polyamide (PN6), polyethylene (PE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC)). The results showed that microplastics (MPs) and SSF masks can act as carriers of radionuclides, thus helping the toxic pollutants to migrate and concentrate in...

A biomimetic silicification reaction implemented with varying ratios of hyperbranched poly(ethylene imine) and orthosilicic acid produces two materials with different properties (porosity, isoelectric point, adsorption): xerogels and precipitated silica nanoparticles. Both presented high removal efficiency for toxic factors such as radioactive Amer...

Four leather substrates from different animals were treated by dispersions containing hydrophilic composite silica-hyperbranched poly(ethylene imine) xerogels. Antimicrobial activity was introduced by incorporating silver nanoparticles and/or benzalkonium chloride. The gel precursor solutions were also infused before gelation to titanium oxide powd...

Four leather substrates from different animals were treated by dispersions containing hydrophilic composite silica-hyperbranched poly(ethylene imine) xerogels. Antimicrobial activity was introduced by incorporating silver nanoparticles and /or benzalkonium chloride. The gel precursor solutions were also infused before gelation to titanium oxide pow...

Mesoporous silicas synthesized by the co-condensation of two and three different silica monomers were synthesized by varying the time intervals between the addition of individual monomers, while the total time interval was kept constant. This resulted in different structural properties of the final silicas, particularly in their porosity and local...

Two different silica conformations (xerogels and nanoparticles), both formed by the mediation of dendritic poly (ethylene imine), were tested at low pHs for problematic uranyl cation sorption. The effect of crucial factors, i.e., temperature, electrostatic forces, adsorbent composition, accessibility of the pollutant to the dendritic cavities, and...

This review article focuses on the interaction of radionuclides (americium-241, uranium-232, radium-226, neptunium-237, cesium-137, iodine-125, strontium-90, thorium-234, and potassium-40) with different microplastics (polyamide (PN6), polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC)) and single-use surgical face (SSF) masks. It has been shown that micr...

Nanoporous activated carbons have been widely used as adsorbent materials, due to their advanced pore structure, high surface area, cheap nature, regeneration ability, low environmental impact and plentiful surface functional groups that can be tailored toward desired applications [1]. Among the various applications of activated porous carbons, the...

Two different silica conformations (Xerogels and Nanoparticles) both formed by the mediation of dendritic poly (ethylene imine) were tested at low pHs on the problematic uranyl cation sorption. The effect of crucial factors i.e., temperature, electrostatic forces, adsorbent composition, accessibility of the pollutant to the dendritic cavities and M...

The research for "green" and economically feasible approaches such as (photo)catalysis especially for biomass valorization such as selective oxidation of biomass derived compounds like aromatic alcohols to corresponding aldehyde by avoiding the harsh reaction conditions and the addition of reagents concentrate the focus of attention the last years....

Textile effluents pose a massive threat to the aquatic environment, so, sustainable approaches for environmentally friendly multifunctional remediation methods degradation are still a challenge. In this study, composites consisting of bismuth oxyhalide nanoparticles, specifically bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl) nanoplatelets, and lignin-based biochar w...

The capability of radially polymerized bio-dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers for medical applications is well established. Perhaps the most important implementations are those that involve interactions with the regenerative mechanisms of cells. In general, they are non-toxic or exhibit very low toxicity. Thus, they allow unhindered and, in many...

Despite formaldehyde's high toxicity, it has widespread demand worldwide due to its applications in the synthesis of a plethora of important chemicals like urea-formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, polyacetal, and biological reagents amongst others. Currently, silver and iron molybdenum oxide catalysts are mostly utilized industrially due to their excel...

Natural hydrogels are widely used as biomedical materials in many areas, including drug delivery, tissue scaffolds, and particularly wound dressings, where they can act as an antimicrobial factor lowering the risk of microbial infections, which are serious health problems, especially with respect to wound healing. In this review article, a number o...

Aerogels are a class of lightweight, nanoporous, and nanostructured materials with diverse chemical compositions and a huge potential for applications in a broad spectrum of fields. This has led the IUPAC to include them in the top ten emerging technologies in chemistry for 2022. This review provides an overview of aerogel-based adsorbents that hav...

The bioremediation of heavy metal ions and pesticides is both cost-effective and environmentally friendly. Microbial remediation is considered superior to conventional abiotic remediation processes, due to its cost-effectiveness, decrement of biological and chemical sludge, selectivity toward specific metal ions, and high removal efficiency in dilu...

Accumulation of disposable plastic products with an estimated life-time of at least 400 years overcomes the world's capability to deal with them. Only a relatively small portion of plastics is being recycled mostly due to their chemical composition and high remanufacturing cost. Consequently, plastic waste accumulation in the environment became one...

Aerogel-based adsorbents present extraordinary sorption capacity for hexavalent uranium that can be as high as 8.8 mol kg–1 (2088 g kg–1). The adsorption data follow generally the Langmuir isotherm model and the kinetic data are better described by the pseudo-second-order kinetic model, which is associated with chemisorption. Evaluation of the ther...

The capability of radially polymerized bio-dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers for medical applications is well established. Among them, perhaps the most important are those that involve interactions with the regenerative mechanisms of cells. Dendritic polymers due to their distinctive architecture may play a multitude of roles such as protein bi...

Flower-like spherical 1-D-BiOI nanoparticles were solvothermally synthesized and evaluated for the photocatalytic degradation of the azo dyes Methyl Orange (MO), Methylene Blue (MB), and Eriochrome Black-T (EBT) using ultra-low-power LED light. The soft white-light bulb positively affected the photo-assisted remediation efficiency. The tests showed...

The scope of this work is the experimental and modeling study of adsorptive deep desulfurization of model fuels utilizing activated carbons. Emphasis is given on how oxidative chemical treatment affects the textural and surface chemistry properties and hence the desulfurization kinetics and performance, while the effect of the copresence of aromati...

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are highly porous inorganic–organic hybrid materials with exceptional uptake capacity for various targets such as deleterious acidic gases (e.g., hydrogen sulfide (H2S), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2)). Despite the significance of such purification processes, relatively little is known about the str...

Selective upgrade of lignocellulosic biomass-derived aromatic compounds by photocatalytic oxidation is assumed as a prosperous, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective process. We present for the first time the application of various advantageous titanium oxide nano-photocatalysts for the additives-free selective partial oxidation of benzyl al...

In this study, raw Leucaena leucephala (Raw-LL) and its chemically treated NaOH counterparts (LL-NaOH) were used as low-cost biosorbents to remove Cobalt (II) from the aqueous solution. The biosorbents were characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS...

Novel Materials for Environmental Remediation Applications: Adsorption and Beyond presents detailed, comprehensive coverage of novel and advanced materials that can be applied to address the growing global concern of the pollution of natural resources in water, the air, and in soil. The book provides up-to-date knowledge of state-of-the-art materia...

Since the groundbreaking discovery of graphene by Geim and Novoselov in 2004, there has been continuous research focused on the utilization of graphene (GR) and graphene-related materials (GRms) in technologically high-impact applications, spanning from electronics, sensing, and spintronics, to catalysis, energy storage, and environmental remediati...

Within the frame of this article, briefly but comprehensively, we present the existing knowledge, perspectives, and challenges for the utilization of Layered Double Hydroxides (LDHs) as adsorbents against a plethora of pollutants in aquatic matrixes. The use of LDHs as adsorbents was established by considering their significant physicochemical feat...

Biocatalysis utilizes enzymes and microbial cells as catalysts for a wide range of applications in biotechnology. Immobilization of biocatalysts on various materials has several advantages, including the capacity for reuse, quick reaction termination, easy biocatalyst recovery and operational stability. The present article focuses on the use of mat...

The development of proficient, environmental-friendly, and innovative processes for catalytic synthesis of biomass derived chemicals is of paramount importance. Titanium dioxide based materials represent a promising class of semiconductor materials. They were extensively studied as photocatalysts for the synthetic/upgrading processes. 1-D structure...

Under the framework of Circular Economy, agricultural residues that once were considered an unwanted byproduct, are currently gaining popularity as novel bio-based products for environmental applications. This chapter evaluates the potential of Helianthus annuus (sunflower) biomass residues for (waste)water dye removal considering the factors regul...

The continuous increase of the demand in merchandise and fuels augments the need of modern approaches for the mass-production of renewable chemicals derived from abundant feedstocks, like biomass, as well as for the water and soil remediation pollution resulting from the anthropogenic discharge of organic compounds. Towards these directions and wit...

The sol-gel method is widely used in the development of efficient and advanced materials; among them, silica-based xerogels are important but forgotten class of sol-gel–derived materials. The versatility of the sol-gel process enables tailoring of the physical and chemical properties of silica-based materials including porosity, hydrophobicity, sur...

Advanced Materials for Sustainable Environmental Remediation: Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments presents detailed, comprehensive coverage of novel and advanced materials that can be applied to address the growing global concern of the pollution of natural resources in waters, the air and soil. It provides fundamental knowledge on available mater...

A composite material prepared from municipal solid waste-derived biochar and montmorillonite (MSW-BC-MMT) was studied as a remediation medium for the removal of oxytetracycline (OTC) from aqueous systems. The morphological characterization using SEM images revealed that the composite had a heterogeneous flaky, plate-like surface appearance. Based o...

The potential utility of a transition metal oxide/metal–organic framework (MOF) nanocomposite has been explored using manganese dioxide (MnO2)/Universitetet i Oslo (UiO)‐66‐amine (NH2 (prototypical zirconium (Zr) MOF)) to develop an efficient adsorption–catalysis system for the removal of formaldehyde (FA) from the air. The room‐temperature FA (100...

The main novel objective of this work is the evaluation of the adsorptive “deep” desulfurization efficiency under ambient conditions and studying in detail the effects arisen from the presence of competitors as in real fuels. Towards this direction, several activated carbons (commercially available and chemically modified/oxidized counterparts) wer...

The present study investigated the performance of Pitahaya (Hylocereus spp.) peel (PP) as a low-cost biosorbent in the removal of Co(II), Cd(II), Pb(II), and Ni(II) from single and multi-component solutions. The characterization of the samples was carried out by pHpzc, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and scanning electron microscopy...

The efficiency for deep desulfurization (dibenzothiophene, DBT) of the benchmark commercial activated porous carbon, BAX, and its chemically modified counterparts was evaluated both by dynamic (fixed-bed column) and batch experiments. Oxidation of BAX led to alteration of all the key physicochemical features, namely textural and surface chemistry h...

Radially polymerized dendritic compounds are nowadays an established polymer category next to their linear, branched, and cross-linked counterparts. Their uncommon tree-like architecture is characterized by adjustable internal cavities and external groups. They are therefore exceptional absorbents and this attainment of high concentrations in their...

The designing and synthesis of novel photocatalysts are the most important parts, with TiO2-based materials to be consider as prosperous candidates for the selective photo-oxidation of aromatic alcohol. Herein, we established an ultrasound-assisted (500 kHz) precipitation synthetic protocol which led to titanate nanorods of 30 nm maximum length, de...

The journal seeks to publish original research articles, reviews, rapid communications, commentary, and perspective papers. It is dedicated to serving as an innovative, efficient and professional platform for researchers in the field of carbon functions around the world to deliver findings from this rapidly expanding field of science. Submission w...

The nutritive value of the Leucaena leucocephala (L. leucocephala) plant and its interesting physicochemical characteristics make them useful for a plethora of applications, including food and medicine. According to previous studies, the analysis of the different parts of this plant shows that they are rich sources of proteins, tannin, carotene, le...

Demand for energy has increased globally due to population growth and socioeconomic development stemming from rapid industrialization and urbanization. This scenario worsens the dependence on energy resources and highlights the question regarding their availability, showing the fragility of non-renewable fossil fuels. In order to supply the growing...

Radially polymerized dendritic compounds are nowadays an established polymer category next to their linear, branched and cross-linked counterparts. Their uncommon tree-like architecture is characterized by adjustable internal cavities and external groups. They are therefore exceptional absorbents and this attainment of high concentrations into thei...

The untreated effluents discharged by different industries, such as metallurgy, fertilizers, pesticide, leather, mining, electroplating, surface finishing, aerospace, and electroplating, have increased the risk of the contamination of bodies of water by heavy metals. Herein, hybrid biosorbent–nanofiltration processes for Pb(II) removal from wastewa...