PMID- 29674721
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240314
IS  - 2045-2322 (Electronic)
IS  - 2045-2322 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 1
DP  - 2018 Apr 19
TI  - Chitosan-titanium oxide fibers supported zero-valent nanoparticles: Highly 
      efficient and easily retrievable catalyst for the removal of organic pollutants.
PG  - 6260
LID - 10.1038/s41598-018-24311-4 [doi]
LID - 6260
AB  - Different chitosan-titanium oxide (CS-TiO(2)-x, with x = TiO(2) loadings of 1, 5, 
      10,15 and 20 wt%) nanocomposite fibers were prepared and kept separately in each 
      salt solution of CuSO(4), CoNO(3), AgNO(3) and NiSO(4) to adsorb Cu(2+), Co(2+), 
      Ag(+), and Ni(+) ions, respectively. The metal ions loaded onto CS-TiO(2) fibers 
      were reduced to their respective zero-valent metal nanoparticles (ZV-MNPs) like 
      Cu(0), Co(0), Ag(0) and Ni(0) by treating with NaBH(4). The CS-TiO(2) fibers 
      templated with various ZV-MNPs were characterized and investigated for their 
      catalytic efficiency. Among all prepared ZV-MNPs, Cu(0) nanoparticles templated 
      on CS-TiO(2)-15 fibers exhibited high catalytic efficiency for the reduction of 
      dyes (methyl orange (MO), congo red (CR), methylene blue (MB) and acridine orange 
      (AO)) and nitrophenols (4-nitrohphenol (4-NP), 2-nitrophenol (2-NP), 
      3-nitrophenol (3-NP) and 2,6-dinitrophenol (2,6-DNP)). Besides the good catalytic 
      activities of Cu/CS-TiO(2)-15 fibers, it could be easily recovered by simply 
      pulling the fiber from the reaction medium.
FAU - Ali, Fayaz
AU  - Ali F
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4515-3030
AD  - Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR), King Abdulaziz 
      University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.
AD  - Department of Chemistry, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah, 
      21589, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Khan, Sher Bahadar
AU  - Khan SB
AD  - Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR), King Abdulaziz 
      University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia. sbkhan@kau.edu.sa.
AD  - Department of Chemistry, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah, 
      21589, Saudi Arabia. sbkhan@kau.edu.sa.
FAU - Kamal, Tahseen
AU  - Kamal T
AD  - Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR), King Abdulaziz 
      University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.
AD  - Department of Chemistry, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah, 
      21589, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alamry, Khalid A
AU  - Alamry KA
AD  - Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR), King Abdulaziz 
      University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Asiri, Abdullah M
AU  - Asiri AM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7905-3209
AD  - Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR), King Abdulaziz 
      University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia.
AD  - Department of Chemistry, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah, 
      21589, Saudi Arabia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180419
PL  - England
TA  - Sci Rep
JT  - Scientific reports
JID - 101563288
PMC - PMC5908960
COIS- The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2018/04/21 06:00
MHDA- 2018/04/21 06:01
PMCR- 2018/04/19
CRDT- 2018/04/21 06:00
PHST- 2017/10/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/03/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/04/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/04/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/04/21 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2018/04/19 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-018-24311-4 [pii]
AID - 24311 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-018-24311-4 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sci Rep. 2018 Apr 19;8(1):6260. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24311-4.