Neocuproine-functionalized silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles for extraction of copper(II) from aqueous solution

Afsar, A., Harwood, L. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-7380, Hudson, M. J., Hodson, M. E. and Shaw, E. J. (2014) Neocuproine-functionalized silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles for extraction of copper(II) from aqueous solution. Chemical Communications, 50 (56). pp. 7477-7480. ISSN 1359-7345 doi: 10.1039/c4cc01250j

Abstract/Summary

Neocuproine has been covalently bound to silica-coated maghemite(c-Fe2O3) magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) by a phenyl ether linkage. The resulting MNPs are able to remove Cu(II) from 12 ppm aqueous solution with an extraction efficiency of up to 99% at pH 2.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/37098
Identification Number/DOI	10.1039/c4cc01250j
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Chemical Analysis Facility (CAF) Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Chemical Analysis Facility (CAF) > Electron Microscopy Laboratory (CAF)
Publisher	The Royal Society of Chemistry
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