{"title":"Towards environmental protection in textile industry: Biomass valorisation of a forest by-product as a multi-functional finishing agent","authors":"Somayeh Baseri","doi":"10.1016/j.jece.2026.124785","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jece.2026.124785","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The textile industry consumes excessive amounts of toxic materials and water, considered as one of the most environmentally polluting industries, surpassed only by the petroleum sector. To alleviate this problem, the use of forest by-products as natural dyes for the textile dyeing process is not only a very promising green chemistry concept but can improve consumer interest to an even greater extent and promote a more sustainable and socially responsible sector with sustained improvements as well. Hence, this work aims to explore the possibility of utilizing <em>Danae Racemosa</em> as a novel dye source due to its bioactive phytoconstituents activity. To improve the poor affinity between cellulosic materials and <em>D. Racemosa</em> dye, a new approach was developed using tannic acid as a bio-mordant. The quadratic regression model developed was found to be statistically significant using ANOVA, with R<sup>2</sup> -value of 0.94 and <em>F</em>-value of 35.56. Optimal conditions were identified as 95% dye concentration, 3.5% alum, 3.7% acetic acid, 16% tannic acid at boiling temperature and 60<!--> <!-->min dyeing time, resulting in a high predicted <em>K</em>/<em>S</em> value of 6.04. The findings showed that while tannic acid bio-mordant was able to enhance dyeing performance, <em>D. Racemosa</em> extract used as a new dye source in cotton dyeing could further display an acceptable resistance to durability (4) and light (4.5), antioxidant activity (79.36%), eye-soothing tone, and hues. Indeed, the chemical interaction and fixation of functional groups, as well as subsequent stable complexes formation between bio-mordants, dye, and cotton macromolecules were evaluated by FESEM and FTIR analyses. Based on the results, the proposed process provides an interest option for reducing environmental pollution triggered by the textile industry and forest by-products.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15759,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering","volume":"14 6","pages":"Article 124785"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148870858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daqian Liu, Min Huang, Zuohai Liu, Taoyuan Xiu, Yun Wang, Zhirong Liu
{"title":"Novel dual-functionalized high-temperature pyrolytic carbon for efficient adsorption of uranium and thorium in strongly acidic solutions","authors":"Daqian Liu, Min Huang, Zuohai Liu, Taoyuan Xiu, Yun Wang, Zhirong Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jece.2026.124543","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2026.124543","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15759,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering","volume":"14 5","pages":"124543-124543"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148861159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hierarchical structure and phosphorus fractionation co-regulate slow-release of biochar fertilizers with predictive modeling","authors":"Qiuyu Chen, Minquan Feng, Fei Tian","doi":"10.1016/j.jece.2026.124478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2026.124478","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15759,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering","volume":"14 5","pages":"124478-124478"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148861158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ascorbic acid enhanced degradation of atrazine in contaminated soil by activation of persulfate: Overcoming mass transfer resistance and promoting radical formation","authors":"Rufei Wang, Shuqing Sun, Menghua Cao, Guohong Qiu, Shuxin Tu, Shuanglian Xiong, Tianying Wan, Mingming Zheng","doi":"10.1016/j.jece.2026.123957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2026.123957","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15759,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering","volume":"14 5","pages":"123957-123957"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148672169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fangyu Hu, Jing An, Baoyu Wang, Tingting Li, Jian Gu, Yue Wang, Y W Sun
{"title":"Indigenous degraders outperform exogenous strains in plant–microbe synergistic remediation of atrazine-contaminated soils","authors":"Fangyu Hu, Jing An, Baoyu Wang, Tingting Li, Jian Gu, Yue Wang, Y W Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.jece.2026.123854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2026.123854","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15759,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering","volume":"14 5","pages":"123854-123854"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148394481","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simultaneous photoinactivation of Microcystis aeruginosa and photocatalytic degradation of microcystin-LR by erythrosine-based photosensitizer","authors":"Nuzahat Habibul, Xiayida Mamatimin, Wei Song, Mihebai Yilimulati","doi":"10.1016/j.jece.2026.123677","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2026.123677","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15759,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering","volume":"14 5","pages":"123677-123677"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148305761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}