Diverse Surface Chemistry of Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles to Optimize Copper(II) Removal from Aqueous Media
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Chemical Reagents
2.2. Preparation of Primary Cobalt Ferrite MNPs@ODA
2.3. Surface Modifications of MNPs@ODA
2.3.1. PEI Modification onto MNPs@ODA
2.3.2. Direct Coupling of DTPA onto MNPs@ODA
2.3.3. Direct Coupling of DTPA onto MNPs@ODA@PEI
2.4. Ninhydrin Colorimetric Assay
2.5. Batch Adsorption Experiments and Copper(II) Detection
2.6. Copper Complex (Cux(DTPA)y)
2.6.1. Preparation of the Complex (Cux(DTPA)y)
2.6.2. Immobilization of (Cux(DTPA)y) onto MNPs@ODA@PEI
2.6.3. UV–Vis Studies of MNPs@ODA@PEI@(Cux(DTPA)y)
2.7. Characterization Techniques
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Structural and Surface Characterization
3.2. Magnetic Studies
3.3. Absorption Spectroscopy Studies
3.4. Adsorption Kinetics
3.5. Immobilization of the (Cux(DTPA)y) onto MNPs’ Surface
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Pseudo-First-Order | Pseudo-Second-Order | ||||||
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Sample | qe(cal) (mg/g) | k1 (1/min) | R2 | qe(cal) (mg/g) | k2 (mg/gmin) | R2 | qe(exp) (mg/g) |
MNPs@ODA@PEI | 85.1 | 0.245 | 0.774 | 171.8 | 0.011 | 0.984 | 164.2 |
MNPs@ODA@DTPA | 16.6 | 0.144 | 0.948 | 29.1 | 0.007 | 0.997 | 29.4 |
MNPs@ODA@PEI@DTPA | 14.9 | 0.115 | 0.772 | 40.9 | 0.003 | 0.984 | 40.4 |
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Vamvakidis, K.; Kostitsi, T.-M.; Makridis, A.; Dendrinou-Samara, C. Diverse Surface Chemistry of Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles to Optimize Copper(II) Removal from Aqueous Media. Materials 2020, 13, 1537. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13071537
Vamvakidis K, Kostitsi T-M, Makridis A, Dendrinou-Samara C. Diverse Surface Chemistry of Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles to Optimize Copper(II) Removal from Aqueous Media. Materials. 2020; 13(7):1537. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13071537
Chicago/Turabian StyleVamvakidis, Kosmas, Theodora-Marianna Kostitsi, Antonis Makridis, and Catherine Dendrinou-Samara. 2020. "Diverse Surface Chemistry of Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles to Optimize Copper(II) Removal from Aqueous Media" Materials 13, no. 7: 1537. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13071537