scholarly journals In-Situ Deposition of Metal Oxides Nanoparticles in Cellulose Derivative and Its Utilization for Wastewater Disinfection

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1834
Author(s):  
Mohamed Gouda ◽  
Wedad Al-Bokheet ◽  
Mohamed Al-Omair

The target of this work is to investigate and assess the utilization of the synthesized in-situ deposition of metal oxide nanoparticles such as nano-nickel oxide (nNiO), nanocopper oxides (nCuO) and nanoiron oxides (nFe3O4) in aminated cellulose (Acell), as a protected and compelling antibacterial channel of contamination from domestic wastewater. The prepared Acell and nNiO/Acell, nCuO/Acell and nFe3O4/Acell nanocomposites were characterized by field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), selected area diffraction pattern (SAED) and X-ray diffraction techniques (XRD). TEM declared the synthesis of nNiO, nCuO and nFe3O4 with regular size of 10, 23 and 43 nm, correspondingly. The antibacterial impact of both nNiO/Acell, nCuO/Acell and nFe3O4/Acell nanocomposites was inspected against Gram-positive microorganisms (Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative microbes (Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi) utilizing agar disk diffusion routes. Furthermore, the ability of the synthesized nanocomposites as sterilizers for optional domestic wastewater was studied. The data for the disk diffusion obtained revealed that nFe3O4/Acell had a greater antibacterial impact than nCuO/Acell and nNiO/Acell. In addition, the purification of domestic wastewater utilizing 1.0 mg of nFe3O4, nCuO and nNiO in 1 gm of Acell was accomplished by killing 99.6%, 94.5% and 92.0% of total and fecal coliforms inside 10 mins, respectively.

Clay Minerals ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Khormali ◽  
A. Abtahi ◽  
H. R. Owliaie

AbstractClay minerals of calcareous sedimentary rocks of southern Iran, part of the old Tethys area, were investigated in order to determine their origin and distribution, and to reconstruct the palaeoclimate of the area. Chemical analysis, X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and thin-section studies were performed on the 16 major sedimentary rocks of the Fars and Kuhgiluyeh Boyerahmad Provinces.Kaolinite, smectite, chlorite, illite, palygorskite and illite-smectite interstratified minerals were detected in the rocks studied. The results revealed that detrital input is possibly the main source of kaolinite, smectite, chlorite and illite, whilein situneoformation during the Tertiary shallow saline and alkaline environment could be the dominant cause of palygorskite occurrences in the sedimentary rocks.The presence of a large amount of kaolinite in the Lower Cretaceous sediments and the absence or rare occurrence of chlorite, smectite, palygorskite and illite are in accordance with the warm and humid climate of that period. Smaller amounts of kaolinite and the occurrence of smectite in Upper Cretaceous sediments indicate the gradual shift from warm and humid to more seasonal climate. The occurrence of palygorskite and smectite and the disappearance of kaolinite in the late Palaeocene sediments indicate the increase in aridity which has probably continued to the present time.


2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (31) ◽  
pp. 20867-20880 ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Bock ◽  
Christopher J. Pelliccione ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Janis Timoshenko ◽  
K. W. Knehr ◽  
...  

Crystal and atomic structural changes of Fe3O4upon electrochemical (de)lithiation were determined.


2014 ◽  
Vol 67 (10) ◽  
pp. 1387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shi-Qiang Bai ◽  
Lu Jiang ◽  
Sheng-Li Huang ◽  
Ming Lin ◽  
Shuang-Yuan Zhang ◽  
...  

Composite Pd/Fe3O4 (1) was designed and synthesised by immobilization of tridentate pincer ligands with triethoxysilane groups on Fe3O4 nanoparticles, PdII complexation, and in-situ reduction process. The composite was characterised by transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, vibrating sample magnetometer, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller analysis. The composite featured Pd nanoparticles of ~2–4 nm, exhibited good thermal stability and hydrophilic property as well as excellent catalytic activity towards the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol in water.


2013 ◽  
Vol 457-458 ◽  
pp. 244-247
Author(s):  
Min Li ◽  
Li Guang Xiao ◽  
Hong Kai Zhao

Polyethylene/montmorillonite (PE/MMT) nanocomposites were prepared by in situ polymerization. The morphology of MMT/MgCl2/TiCl4 catalyst and PE/MMT nanocomposites was investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It can be seen that MMT/MgCl2/TiCl4 catalyst remained the original MMT sheet structures and many holes were found in MMT and the morphology of PE/MMT nanocomposites is part of the sheet in the form of existence, as most of the petal structure. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were carried out to characterize all the samples. XRD results reveal that the original basal reflection peak of PEI1 and PEI2 disappears completely and that of PEI3 become very weak. MMT/MgCl2/TiCl4 catalyst was finely dispersed in the PE matrix. Instead of being individually dispersed, most layers were found in thin stacks comprising several swollen layers.


2010 ◽  
Vol 148-149 ◽  
pp. 1547-1550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Lan Wang ◽  
Qing Li Hao ◽  
Xi Feng Xia ◽  
Zhi Jia Wang ◽  
Jiao Tian ◽  
...  

A graphene oxide/polyaniline composite was synthesized by an in situ polymerization process. This product was simply prepared in an ethylene glycol medium, using ammonium persulfate as oxidant in ice bath. The composite was characterized by field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and electrochemical test. The composite material showed a good electrochemical performance.


2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 3047-3057 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Vlad ◽  
A. Stierle ◽  
N. Kasper ◽  
H. Dosch ◽  
M. Rühle

The oxidation in air of NiAl(110) was investigated in the temperature range from 870 °C–1200 °C by in situ x-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Oxidation at 870 °C and 1 bar oxygen leads to the formation of an epitaxial layer of γ-alumina showing an R30° orientation relationship with respect to the underlying substrate. At oxidation temperatures between 950 °C and 1025 °C, we observed a coexistence of epitaxial γ- and polycrystalline δ-Al2O3. The α-Al2O3 starts to form at 1025 °C and the complete transformation of metastable phases to the stable α-alumina phase takes place at 1100 °C. The fcc-hcp martensitic-like transformation of the initial γ-Al2O3 to epitaxial α-Al2O3 was observed. X-ray diffraction and cross-section transmission electron microscopy proved the existence of a continuous epitaxial α-Al2O3 layer between the substrate and the polycrystalline oxide scale, having a thickness of about 150 nm. The relative orientation relationship between the epitaxial alumina and the underlying substrate was found to be NiAl(110) || α-Al2O3 (0001) and [110] NiAl || [1120].


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