Biopolymer-induced morphology control of brushite for enhanced defluorination of drinking water

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• 作者：Yanhong Chen^a ; Chensi Shen^a ; ^b ; ^{shencs@dhu.edu.cn} ; Sadia Rashid^a ; Su Li^a ; Babar Aijaz Ali^a ; Jianshe Liu^a ; ^b
• 关键词：Brushite ; Morphology control ; Chitosan polymer ; Defluorination ; Drinking water ; Adsorption
• 刊名：Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 April 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：491
• 期：Complete
• 页码：207-215
• 全文大小：2214 K
• 卷排序：491

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Due to the relatively lower potential health risks as well as the good affinity for fluoride anion, calcium-based minerals have been widely carried out for the adsorption of fluoride. The improvement of adsorption capacity can be accomplished by regulation of particle size, shape and structure. Thus, here we report the controllable synthesis of petal-like nanosheets of brushite by using chitosan as a regulator. The addition of chitosan polymer in calcium precursor not only could serve ideal nucleation sites but also could play a vital role in confining the calcium phosphate aggregates and thus controlling the size of the brushite flakes. When the concentration of chitosan was 0.01 wt%, the as-synthesized brushite showed nanosheet-structured with the dimensions ranged from 100 to 200 nm and displayed outstanding fluoride adsorption capacity of 231.5 mg/g according to the fitted Langmuir model, which was comparatively higher than that of the previously reported calcium-based adsorbents. Moreover, the pH change and common co-existing anions in solution almost presented less negative effect on the F− adsorption onto petal-like brushite nanosheets. We hope that these petal-like nanosheets based on green nanotechnology can help to achieve the intention of safe drinking water.