Azo dyes are synthetic organic used in the textile, leather, and paper industries. They pose environmental problems due to their toxic persistent nature. The toxicity is presence of azo groups dye molecule that can break down into aromatic amines, which highly aquatic organisms humans. Various treatment methods have been developed remove from wastewater. Conventional wastewater treatments some ...

This study concerns the decolorization and detoxification of the azo dye Acid Orange 51 (AO51) by crude laccase from Trametes trogii produced in solid culture using sawdust as support media. A three-level Box-Behnken factorial design with four factors (enzyme concentration, 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HBT) concentration, dye concentration and reaction time) combined with response surface methodolog...

Two biological approaches for decolorization of azo sulfonated dyes have been compared: reductive decolorization with the ascomycete yeast Issatchenkia occidentalis and enzymatic oxidative decolorization with Trametes villosa laccase alone or in the presence of the mediator 1-hydroxybenzotriazole. The redox potential difference between the biological cofactor involved in the reductive activity ...

Industrial use of azo dyes has been linked to severe environmental damage in the textile and apparel sectors. The breakdown products many are poisonous mutagenic, posing a threat human health environment. Hence, dye wastewater bioremediation is gaining interest. objective this study was focused on biodegradation an dye, Reactive Orange 16 (RO16), anaerobic continuous tank reactor operated with ...

Multilayer dye aggregation at the dye/TiO2 interface of dye-sensitized solar cells is probed via first principles calculations, using p-methyl red azo dye as an example. Our calculations suggest that the multilayer dye aggregates at the TiO2 surface can be stabilized by π…π stacking and hydrogen bond interactions. Compared with previous two-dimensional monolayer dye/TiO2 model, the multilayer d...

This study makes a comparison between Fenton, Fenton-like, photo-Fenton and photo-Fenton-like treatment methods to investigate the removal of two acid dyes. The two selected acid dyes are C.I. Acid Orange 8 (AO8) and C.I. Acid Red 17 (AR17). These were chosen as model organic contaminants. The effect of operating parameters, such as amount of Fenton’s reagent (H2O2 and Fe) and Fenton’s-like rea...

We have performed the present piece of work to evaluate the effect of synthetic food coloring azo dye (sunset yellow) on actively dividing root tip cells of Brassica campestris L. Three doses of azo dye were administered for the treatment of actively dividing root tip cells, namely, 1%, 3%, and 5%, for 6-hour duration along with control. Mitotic analysis clearly revealed the azo dye induced end...

This research investigated the efficacy of chlorine dioxide (ClO2), ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, UV in combination with chlorine dioxide (UV/ClO2), and UV in combination with hydrogen peroxide (UV/H2O2) for decolorizing three reactive azo dyes (sultan red, indigo blue and cypress green) and treated textile-manufacturing wastewater. The objective was to determine the best treatment for reducing...

Mn doped ZnO nanocomposite thin film coated on glass by a simple spin-coating method was used to degrade an azo textile dye from aqueous environment. Mn doped ZnO nanocomposite thin film was characterized by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The photo-reduction activity of photocatalyst was evaluated using an azo textile dye as organic contaminant irradiat...