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ArticleScientific reports2025

Synthesis of NiCo

Nadia E A El-Gamel, Shymaa S Medany, Mahmoud A Hefnawy

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 authors.

Nadia E A El-GamelChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt. nadinealy@cu.edu.eg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7148-8360
Shymaa S MedanyChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt. shymaasamir80@cu.edu.eg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7367-671X
Mahmoud A HefnawyChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt. maadel@cu.edu.eg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2772-9323

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present work involved the synthesis of nano-spinel oxide, which was subsequently incorporated into chitosan to enhance the adsorption efficiency of Cu(II) from aqueous samples. The chitosan was compared with the modified chitosan (nickel cobaltite@Chitosan) in terms of adsorption performance toward Cu (II) ions. Structural and morphological characterization was investigated using X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), which confirms the crystalline structure; scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to reveal surface morphology, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), to examine the nanoscale dispersion, and thermal analysis, to asses the material stability. Various experimental parameters, including pH and catalyst mass loading, were tuned. The adsorption data were found to be best described by Langmuir isotherm, indicating monolayer adsorption. The reaction order was found to obey pseudo-first-order kinetics, suggesting that physisorption controls the process. The synthesized catalyst had a retention efficiency of 92% across three consecutive cycles, demonstrating its potential as a reusable and efficient adsorbent for Cu(II) removal from water.

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ChitosanCopper adsorptionNano-AdsorbentSpinel oxide

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PMID40274896
PMCPMC12022117

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