A facile route to synthesize magnetic particles within hollow mesoporous spheres and their performance as separable Hg2+ adsorbents

  • Limin Guo
  • , Jiangtian Li
  • , Lingxia Zhang
  • , Jingbo Li
  • , Yongsheng Li
  • , Chichao Yu
  • , Jianlin Shi*
  • , Meiling Ruan
  • , Jingwei Feng
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We present here a simple and effective strategy, called the vacuum nano-casting route (VNR), for fabricating hollow mesoporous spheres with magnetic cores. The loading amount of magnetic cores and saturation magnetization value can be easily tuned by changing the concentration of iron nitrate solution used in the synthesis procedure. After modification with 1,4-bis(triethoxysilyl)propane tetrasulfide (BTESPTS), the composite could be used as a highly selective absorbent of Hg2+, and was conveniently separated by an external magnetic field. The composites are characterized by X-ray diffraction, N2 sorption isotherms, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy, vibrating-sample magnetometry, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2733-2738
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry
Volume18
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Jun 2008
Externally publishedYes

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