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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Removal of Tetracycline Pollutants by Adsorption and Magnetic Separation Using Reduced Graphene Oxide Decorated with α-Fe₂O₃ Nanoparticles.

Adriana Magdalena Huízar-Félix, Celia Aguilar-Flores, Azael Martínez-de-la Cruz, José Manuel Barandiarán, Selene Sepúlveda-Guzmán, Rodolfo Cruz-Silva

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Adriana Magdalena Huízar-FélixFacultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, FIME, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, UANL, Ave. Pedro de Alba s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, C.P. 66455 San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Mexico. adriana.mhuizarf@gmail.com.
Celia Aguilar-FloresFacultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, FIME, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, UANL, Ave. Pedro de Alba s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, C.P. 66455 San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Mexico. chemistry.aguilar@gmail.com.
Azael Martínez-de-la CruzFacultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, FIME, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, UANL, Ave. Pedro de Alba s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, C.P. 66455 San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Mexico. azael70@gmail.com.
José Manuel BarandiaránDepartamento de Electricidad y Electrónica, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), 48940 Leioa, Spain. manub@we.lc.ehu.es.
Selene Sepúlveda-GuzmánFacultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, FIME, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, UANL, Ave. Pedro de Alba s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, C.P. 66455 San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Mexico. selene.sepulvedagz@uanl.edu.mx.ORCID 0000-0001-6578-9258
Rodolfo Cruz-SilvaGlobal Aqua Innovation Center and Institute of Carbon Science and Technology, Shinshu University 4-17-1 Wakasato, Nagano 380-8553, Japan. rcruzsilva.rcen@gmail.com.

Funding

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología 239354
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanocomposites of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) with ferromagnetic α-Fe₂O₃ nanoparticles have been prepared in-situ by thermal treatment. The structure and morphology of the hybrid material were studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman, X-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. The results show a hybrid material highly modified with α-Fe₂O₃ nanoparticles distributed on the graphene surface. The adsorption kinetics show the presence of α-Fe₂O₃ nanoparticles on the RGO surface, and the amount of remaining functional groups dominated by ionization and dispersion. The adsorption kinetics of this adsorbent was characterized and found to fit the pseudo-second-order model. The α-Fe₂O₃ nanoparticles on RGO modify the electrostatic interaction of RGO layers and tetracycline, and adsorption properties decreased in the hybrid material. Adsorption isotherms fit with the Langmuir model very well, and the maximum capacity adsorption was 44.23 mg/g for RGO and 18.47 mg/g for the hybrid material. Magnetic characterization of the hybrid material shows ferromagnetic behavior due to the nanosize of α-Fe₂O₃ with a saturation magnetization, Ms = 7.15 Am²/kg, a remanence Mr = 2.29 Am²/kg, and a coercive field, Hc = 0.02 T.

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antibiotic contaminantselectrostatic interactionsmagnetic removal

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PMID30813561
PMCPMC6473670

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