Enhancement of the physical adsorption of some insoluble lead compounds from drinking water onto polylactic acid and graphene oxide using molybdenum disulfide nanoparticles: Theoretical investigation

Autor: Noureddine Mahdhi, Norah Salem Alsaiari, Abdelfattah Amari, Haitham Osman, Saber Hammami
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Physics, Vol 11 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2296-424X
DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2023.1159306
Popis: This study reports the enhancement of the physical adsorption of some insoluble lead compounds, from drinking water, onto polylactic acid (PLA) polymer and graphene oxide (GO) by filling with molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanoparticles (NPs). Based on the Lifshitz theory, we demonstrate the attractive nature of the van der Waals (vdW) interactions that are responsible for the physical adsorption between the cerussite (PbCO3), the pyromorphite (Pb5(PO4)3Cl), and the lead dioxide (PbO2) insoluble adsorbates and the GO/MoS2 and PLA/MoS2 adsorbent nanocomposites in water medium. Subsequently, we show an increase in the physical adsorption, at close and large separation distances ( Pb5(PO4)3Cl > PbCO3. Interestingly, we demonstrate that the physical adsorption strongly depended on the GO/MoS2 and PLA/MoS2 adsorbent type and weakly dependent to the lead compound adsorbates. For all “PbO2, Pb5(PO4)3Cl, and PbCO3” adsorbates, we demonstrate that the vdW adsorption potential and force were higher ∼6, ∼3.1, ∼2.2, and ∼1.9 times for GO than for PLA adsorbent for, respectively, filling ratios 0%, 10%, 20%, and 30% of MoS2 NPs.
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