Author(s)

Zongsheng Qian

Corresponding Author

Zongsheng Qian

Abstract

Among the different environmental problems facing the modern world, water pollution is becoming one of the severe factors that may lead to harming human health and disrupting ecological balance. Most conventional technologies in water treatments, including filtration by activated carbon, chemical precipitation, and membrane separation, are effective in such a way as to be fraught with high costs, low efficiency, or secondary pollution problems. This review summarized and discussed the applications of natural silk in water pollution issues and their advantages. Through references in the literature review method, natural silk with excellent physical properties and biocompatibility could be chosen for research as a new filtration material. The theoretical implications of the results are discussed.

Keywords

Natural silk, water pollution, new filter material