Journal
CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 89, Issue 11, Pages 1414-1418Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.06.007
Keywords
Nano-MgO; Chitosan-alginate; Controlled release; Microspheres; Bactericidal property
Categories
Funding
- Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Ministry of Agriculture
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Nano-Mg is a good bactericide but with strong alkalinity in water due to its rapid hydrolysis. To control its hydrolysis rate and keep its bactericidal properties, we synthesized nano-MgO microspheres using chitosan-alginate system in this study. The synthesized nano-MgO release-controlled microspheres (nMgO-RCM) were with 0.98-1.20 mm of particle sizes. Also, their embedding ratio and loading percentage was 63.52% and 12.27%, respectively. Based on the characterization results, nano-MgO was only observed on surface of the nMgO-RCM. Its release rate from the nMgO-RCM could be controlled by the chitosan-alginate system, and the observed rate constant (k(obs)) increased from 0.0289 h(-1) to 0.0358 h(-1) with the increment of the dosage from 10 mg L-1 to 80 mg L-1. Furthermore, the nMgO-RCM could maintain pH value lower than 8.5 and colony counts less than 20 CFU mL(-1) for at least 120 h. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available