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Sulejmanović J, Skopak E, Šehović E, Karadža A, Zahirović A, Smječanin N, Mahmutović O, Ansar S, Sher F. Surface engineered functional biomaterials for hazardous pollutants removal from aqueous environment. CHEMOSPHERE 2023:139205. [PMID: 37315864 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
The issue of water contamination by heavy metal ions as highly persistent pollutants with harmful influence primarily on biological systems, even in trace levels, has become a great environmental concern globally. Therefore, there is a need for the use of highly sensitive techniques or preconcentration methods for the removal of heavy metal ions at trace levels. Thus, this research investigates a novel approach by examining the possibility of using pomegranate (Punica granatum) peel layered material for the simultaneous preconcentration of seven heavy metal ions; Cd(II), Co(II), Cr(III), Cu(II), Mn(II), Ni(II) and Pb(II) from aqueous solution and three river water samples. The quantification of the heavy metals was performed by the means of FAAS technique. The characterization of biomaterial was performed by SEM/EDS, FTIR analysis and pHpzc determination before and after the remediation process. The reusability study, as well as the influence of interfering ions (Ca, K, Mg, Na and Zn) were evaluated. The conditions of preconcentration by the column method included the optimization of solution pH (5); flow rate (1.5 mL/min), a dose of biosorbent (200 mg), type of the eluent (1 mol/L HNO3), sample volume (100 mL) and sorbent fraction (<0.25 mm). The biosorbent capacity ranged from 4.45 to 57.70 μmol/g for the investigated heavy metals. The practical relevance of this study is further extended by novel data regarding adsorbent cost analysis (17.49 $/mol). The Punica granatum sorbent represents a highly effective and economical biosorbent for the preconcentration of heavy metal ions for possible application in industrial sectors.
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- Jasmina Sulejmanović
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina; International Society of Engineering Science and Technology, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina; International Society of Engineering Science and Technology, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina; International Society of Engineering Science and Technology, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina; International Society of Engineering Science and Technology, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- International Society of Engineering Science and Technology, Nottingham, United Kingdom; Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 10219, Riyadh, 11433, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, United Kingdom.
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Naseri A, Abed Z, Rajabi M, Asghari A, Lal B, Baigenzhenov O, Arghavani-Beydokhti S, Hosseini-Bandegharaei A. Use of Chrysosporium/carbon nanotubes for preconcentration of ultra-trace cadmium levels from various samples after extensive studies on its adsorption properties. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 335:139168. [PMID: 37295689 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Carbon nanotubes were used to immobilize Chrysosporium fungus for building an adequate adsorbent to be used as an desirable sorbent for preconcentration and measurement of cadmium ultra-trace levels in various samples. After characterization, the potential of Chrysosporium/carbon nanotubes for the sorption of Cd(II) ions was scrutinized by the aid of central composite design, and comprehensive studies of sorption equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamic aspects were accomplished. Then, the composite was utilized for preconcentration of ultra-trace cadmium levels, by a mini-column packed with Chrysosporium/carbon nanotubes, before its determination with ICP-OES. The outcomes vouchsafed that (i) Chrysosporium/carbon nanotube has a high tendency for selective and rapid sorption of cadmium ion, at pH 6.1, and (ii) kinetic, equilibrium, and thermodynamic studies showed a high affinity of the Chrysosporium/carbon nanotubes for cadmium ion. Also, the outcomes displayed that cadmium can quantitatively be sorbed at a flow speed lesser than 7.0 mL/min and a 1.0 M HCl solution (3.0 mL) was sufficient to desorbe the analyte. Eventually, preconcentration and measurement of Cd(II) in different foods and waters were successfully accomplished with good accuracy, high precision (RSDs ≤5.65%), and low limit of detection (0.015 μg/L).
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- Ali Naseri
- Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Applied Science and Humanities, GLA University, Mathura, 281406, India
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- Department of Metallurgical Sciences, Satbayev University, 22a Satbaev Str., Almaty, 050013, Kazakhstan
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Ingrassia EB, Fiorentini EF, Escudero LB. Hybrid biomaterials to preconcentrate and determine toxic metals and metalloids: a review. Anal Bioanal Chem 2023:10.1007/s00216-023-04683-x. [PMID: 37085739 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-023-04683-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/23/2023]
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Toxic elements represent a serious threat to the environment and cause harmful effects on different environmental components, even at trace levels. These toxic elements are often difficult to detect through the typical instrumentation of an analytical laboratory because they are found at very low concentrations in matrices such as food and water. Therefore, preconcentration plays a fundamental role since it allows the effects of the matrix to be minimized, thus reaching lower detection limits and greater sensitivity of detection techniques. In recent years, solid-phase extraction has been successfully used for the preconcentration of metals as an environmentally friendly technique due to the fact that it eliminates or minimizes the use of reagents and solvents and offers reduced analysis times and low generation of waste in the laboratory. Hybrid biomaterials are low-cost, eco-friendly, and useful as efficient solid phases for the preconcentration of elements. In this review, recent investigations based on the use of hybrid biomaterials for the preconcentration and determination of toxic metals are presented and discussed, given special attention to bionanomaterials. A brief description of hybrid biomaterials often used for analytical purposes, as well as analytical techniques mostly used to characterize the hybrid biomaterials, is explained. Finally, the future prospects that encourage the search for new hybrid biomaterials are commented upon.
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- Estefanía B Ingrassia
- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology (BioTA), Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, National University of Cuyo/Interdisciplinary Institute of Basic Sciences (ICB), CONICET UNCUYO, Padre J. Contreras 1300, 5500, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology (BioTA), Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, National University of Cuyo/Interdisciplinary Institute of Basic Sciences (ICB), CONICET UNCUYO, Padre J. Contreras 1300, 5500, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology (BioTA), Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, National University of Cuyo/Interdisciplinary Institute of Basic Sciences (ICB), CONICET UNCUYO, Padre J. Contreras 1300, 5500, Mendoza, Argentina.
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