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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 257, Issue 20, Pages 8610-8616Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.05.031
Keywords
Hexadecyl functionalized magnetic silica nanoparticles; Hydrophobic attraction; Electrostatic attraction; Dyes removal
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20875040]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [lzujbky-2009-30]
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In this paper, a new adsorbent, hexadecyl functionalized magnetic silica nanoparticles (C-16/SiO2-Fe3O4 NPs), was prepared by a facile method. The final product was characterized by X-ray diffractometer, transmission electron microscope, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer and vibration sample magnetometer. The preparation and adsorption conditions of the adsorbent were optimized. The adsorbent prepared maintaining volume ratio of tetraethylorthosilicate to hexadecyltrimethoxysilane at 1:0.5 and their total volume at 1100 mu L exhibited high adsorption capacity. The optimum pH value for the adsorption experiments was 11.00. The adsorption behavior of Rhodamine 6G onto C-16/SiO2-Fe3O4 NPs obeyed pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Langmuir isotherm. Thermodynamic data indicated that the adsorption process was spontaneous and exothermic. The adsorption capacity of the adsorbent could reach to 35.6 mg g(-1), owing to the hydrophobic attraction and the enhanced electrostatic attraction. The saturation magnetization of the magnetic adsorbent was 35 emu g(-1), which ensured the magnetic separation after adsorption. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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