Effect of electrolyte valency, alginate concentration and pH on engineered TiO2 nanoparticle stability in aqueous solution
| Autor: | Frédéric Loosli, Philippe Le Coustumer, Serge Stoll |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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chemistry.chemical_classification
Aquatic systems Environmental Engineering Aqueous solution Alginate Nanotechnology Electrolyte Pollution Divalent Disagglomeration Adsorption Chemical engineering chemistry Agglomerate Metal oxide stability ddc:550 Environmental Chemistry DLVO theory DLVO Point of zero charge Counterion Waste Management and Disposal TiO2 nanoparticles |
| Zdroj: | Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 535 (2015) pp. 28-34 |
| ISSN: | 0048-9697 |
| Popis: | Agglomeration and disagglomeration processes are expected to play a key role on the fate of engineered nanoparticles in natural aquatic systems. These processes are investigated here in detail by studying first the stability of TiO2 nanoparticles in the presence of monovalent and divalent electrolytes at different pHs (below and above the point of zero charge of TiO2) and discussing the importance of specific divalent cation adsorption with the help of the DLVO theory as well as the importance of the nature of the counterions. Then the impact of one polysaccharide (alginate) on the stability of agglomerates formed under pH and water hardness representative of Lake Geneva environmental conditions is investigated. In these conditions the large TiO2 agglomerates (diameter>1μm) are positively charged due to Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) specific adsorption and alginate, which is negatively charged, adsorbs onto the agglomerate surface. Our results indicate that the presence of alginate at typical natural organic matter concentration (1-10 mg L(-1)) strongly modifies the TiO2 agglomerate (50 mg L(-1)) stability by inducing their partial and rapid disagglomeration. The importance of disagglomeration is found dependent on the alginate concentration with maximum of disagglomeration obtained for alginate concentration ≥8 mg L(-1) and leading to 400 nm fragments. From an environmental point of view partial restabilization of TiO2 agglomerates in the presence of alginate constitutes an important outcome. Disagglomeration will enhance their transport and residence time in aquatic systems which is an important step in the current knowledge on risk assessment associated to engineered nanoparticles. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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