Recent Developments in Wastewater Treatment Using Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites

Numerous reports on wastewater treatment techniques using polymer/clay nanocomposites (PCNs) are available in the literature. However, many of these endeavors are confined in enumerates the various efforts in the field. Thus, this work offers informative, direct, and straightforward insight into the topic by highlighting the research advances made in wastewater treatment using PCNs, the fundamental knowledge, and delivering some of the critical issues in this regard. A brief introduction is also provided, as well as an overview of those materials is presented. The different technologies using PCNs in water treatment, such as membranes, the main factors affecting them, and the future prospectives are discussed. A particular focus is placed on using PCNs as membranes and adsorbents. Scaling up the processes and regenerating PCNs are also covered.