Environmentally safe and renewable solar vapor generation device based on Prussian blue nanoparticles immobilized on cellulose nanofibers

Desalination ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 524 ◽  
pp. 115477
Author(s):  
Hongsub Lim ◽  
Minung Kim ◽  
Jeyi Yoo ◽  
Dabin Lee ◽  
Mirae Lee ◽  
...  
Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1145
Author(s):  
Prem. C. Pandey ◽  
Shubhangi Shukla ◽  
Roger J. Narayan

Prussian blue nanoparticles (PBN) exhibit selective fluorescence quenching behavior with heavy metal ions; in addition, they possess characteristic oxidant properties both for liquid–liquid and liquid–solid interface catalysis. Here, we propose to study the detection and efficient removal of toxic arsenic(III) species by materializing these dual functions of PBN. A sophisticated PBN-sensitized fluorometric switching system for dosage-dependent detection of As3+ along with PBN-integrated SiO2 platforms as a column adsorbent for biphasic oxidation and elimination of As3+ have been developed. Colloidal PBN were obtained by a facile two-step process involving chemical reduction in the presence of 2-(3,4-epoxycyclohexyl)ethyl trimethoxysilane (EETMSi) and cyclohexanone as reducing agents, while heterogeneous systems were formulated via EETMSi, which triggered in situ growth of PBN inside the three-dimensional framework of silica gel and silica nanoparticles (SiO2). PBN-induced quenching of the emission signal was recorded with an As3+ concentration (0.05–1.6 ppm)-dependent fluorometric titration system, owing to the potential excitation window of PBN (at 480–500 nm), which ultimately restricts the radiative energy transfer. The detection limit for this arrangement is estimated around 0.025 ppm. Furthermore, the mesoporous and macroporous PBN-integrated SiO2 arrangements might act as stationary phase in chromatographic studies to significantly remove As3+. Besides physisorption, significant electron exchange between Fe3+/Fe2+ lattice points and As3+ ions enable complete conversion to less toxic As5+ ions with the repeated influx of mobile phase. PBN-integrated SiO2 matrices were successfully restored after segregating the target ions. This study indicates that PBN and PBN-integrated SiO2 platforms may enable straightforward and low-cost removal of arsenic from contaminated water.


Author(s):  
Huiyuan Bai ◽  
Quanhao Sun ◽  
Fei Kong ◽  
Hai-Jiao Dong ◽  
Ming Ma ◽  
...  

Multifunctional drug delivery systems combining two or more therapies have broad prospects for high efficacy tumor treatment. Herein, we designed a novel hollow mesoporous Prussian blue nanoparticles (HMPBs)-based platform for...


2021 ◽  
pp. 131907
Author(s):  
Cai-Xia Liao ◽  
Bao-Zhu Jia ◽  
Hong Wang ◽  
Yuan-Ming Sun ◽  
Xiao-Yan Xu ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 823-833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giacomo Dacarro ◽  
Pietro Grisoli ◽  
Mykola Borzenkov ◽  
Chiara Milanese ◽  
Emiliano Fratini ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Vojtech ◽  
Juliana Cano-Mejia ◽  
Matthieu F. Dumont ◽  
Raymond W. Sze ◽  
Rohan Fernandes

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