Neocuproine-functionalized silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles for extraction of copper(II) from aqueous solution

作者：Afsar Ashfaq; Harwood Laurence M^*; Hudson Michael J; Hodson Mark E; Shaw Elizabeth J

来源：Chemical Communications, 2014, 50(56): 7477-7480.

DOI：10.1039/c4cc01250j

Neocuproine has been covalently bound to silica-coated maghemite (gamma-Fe2O3) magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) by a phenyl ether linkage. The resulting MNPs are able to remove Cu(II) from 12 ppm aqueous solution with an extraction efficiency of up to 99% at pH 2.

• 出版日期2014