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Aligned nanogold assisted one step sensing and removal of heavy metal ions

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Title Aligned nanogold assisted one step sensing and removal of heavy metal ions
 
Creator Chauhan, Neha
Gupta, Shweta
Singh, Nahar
Singh, Sukhvir
Islam, Saikh S.
Sood, Kedar N.
Pasricha, Renu
 
Subject Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
 
Description We depict a novel strategy exploiting the chemistry of metal ion adsorption for detection and sequestration of toxic heavy metal from processed water using gold nanoparticles capped with 4-aminothiophenol. The interaction between 4-aminothiophenol capped gold nanoparticles and heavy metal ions was studied as a function of time and concentration using TEM, HRTEM, SEM, EDS, and I–V characterization. Experiments confirmed that pH is one of the crucial controlling parameters. Adsorption capacity was monitored using AAS, UV–vis spectroscopy and I–V measurement. In the absence of any alloy formation between Au and heavy metal ions, the desorption of the heavy metal ions from 4-aminothiophenol capped gold nanoparticles surface by pH modulation serves as a mean of collection of heavy metal ions. Experiments revealed that the concentration of heavy metal ions in processed water after adsorption is below the maximum permissible limit set by the WHO.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2011-07-09
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://npl.csircentral.net/783/1/12.pdf
Chauhan, Neha and Gupta, Shweta and Singh, Nahar and Singh, Sukhvir and Islam, Saikh S. and Sood, Kedar N. and Pasricha, Renu (2011) Aligned nanogold assisted one step sensing and removal of heavy metal ions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science , 363 (1). pp. 42-50. ISSN 0021-9797
 
Relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2011.07.018
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