Synthesis of new nanoadsorbents, their characterizations and applications in pollutant adsorption in water

• Grant number: 19/07822-2
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2019
• End date: February 28, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Sanitary Engineering - Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment
• Principal Investigator: PATRICIA PREDIGER
• Grantee: PATRICIA PREDIGER
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Tecnologia (FT). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Limeira , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Bruno André Fernandes de Jesus da Silva Nunes ; Carolina Siqueira Franco Picone ; Rafael de Lima Oliveira

Abstract

The present project refers to the synthesis of new nanoadsorbents based on graphene oxide, nanocellulose and chitosan, their characterization and application in the removal of several pollutants in water, especially dyes and drugs. The project has two fronts, the first one aims at the preparation of chitosan beads containing nanocomposites based on crystalline nanocellulose substituted with polystyrene and graphene oxide and the other proposes the preparation of magnetic particles of chitosan coated with reduced graphene oxide substituted with safranin. Both materials will be applied in the removal of pollutants in water via adsorption. In the new nanocellulose-polystyrene material, it is believed that it will exhibit unique properties from the nanocellulose and the hydrophobic polymer. After the characterization, the material will be incorporated to the graphene oxide and used in the generation of chitosan beads, which will later be used in the adsorption of dyes in water, especially malachite green. The CS beads will act as a solid support for the adsorbent immobilization, which confers an ease of removal after adsorption and a large surface area due to the sphere porosity. The optimization of the pollutant removal process will be carried out, as well as, the influence of the addition of salts like NaCl will be studied. In addition, kinetics, isotherms and thermodynamic parameters will be studied, as well as the reuse process of the beads after use. In addition, the continuous flow adsorption process will be evaluated. Additionally, it is planned to study the removal of the drug propranolol through the adsorption process by the spheres to be synthesized, using standardized toxicity tests and alternative methods such as assessment of biomarkers in aquatic species.. The second front deals with the reduced graphene oxide preparation and its modification by the insertion of the safranin cationic compound. After the synthesis of this graphene derivative, its incorporation into magnetic particles of chitosan crosslinked with glutaraldehyde is objectified. After preparation, these materials will have their properties and structures characterized by various techniques, including scanning electron microscopy and magnetization curve. The design of this new nanosorbents was planned with the intention of obtaining an essentially cationic material, which has an extensive sp2 system that will be reached by the presence of the chitosan/safranin and reduced graphene oxide, respectively. The new adsorbent particles will be employed in the removal of anionic dyes, especially orange II. The optimization of the removal process will be performed by varying several parameters and the kinetics, isotherms and thermodynamic parameters linked to the adsorption process will be studied. In addition, the novel adsorbent particles may be removed from the aqueous medium by the use of a magnet, which facilitates the removal process, as well as its reuse after use, which will also be investigated. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

CAMPAROTTO, NATALIA GABRIELE; NEVES, TAUANY DE FIGUEIREDO; MASTELARO, VALMOR ROBERTO; PREDIGER, PATRICIA. Hydrophobization of aerogels based on chitosan, nanocellulose and tannic acid: Improvements on the aerogel features and the adsorption of contaminants in water. Environmental Research, v. 220, p. 17-pg., 2023-01-04. (19/25228-0, 13/07296-2, 19/07822-2)

QUEIROZ, RUTH NOBREGA; NEVES, TAUANY DE FIGUEIREDO; DA SILVA, MEURIS GURGEL CARLOS; MASTELARO, VALMOR ROBERTO; VIEIRA, MELISSA GURGEL ADEODATO; PREDIGER, PATRICIA. Comparative efficiency of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon removal by novel graphene oxide composites prepared from conventional and green synthesis. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 361, p. 15-pg., 2022-08-10. (19/07822-2, 13/07296-2, 19/25228-0)

MAGALHAES DE PAULA, THATIELY N.; SOUZA VENDEMIATTI, JOSIANE A.; CAMPAROTTO, NATALIA GABRIELE; TOLEDO, BRUNA; OLIVEIRA, ADRIA CALOTO; NEVES, TAUANY F.; UMBUZEIRO, GISELA A.; PREDIGER, PATRICIA. Behavior of two classes of organic contaminants in the presence of graphene oxide: Ecotoxicity, physicochemical characterization and theoretical calculations. Science of The Total Environment, v. 822, p. 13-pg., 2022-05-20. (19/07822-2, 19/25228-0)

TANAMACHI, AMANDA RODRIGUES; FERNANDES, FABIO HENRIQUE; DE SOUZA VENDEMIATTI, JOSIANE APARECIDA; PREDIGER, PATRICIA; CAMPAROTTO, NATALIA GABRIELE; ROCHA, NOEME SOUSA; UMBUZEIRO, GISELA ARAGAO; FAVERO SALVADORI, DAISY MARIA. Mutagenicity of a novel 2-phenylbenzotriazole (non-chlorinated 2-phenylbenzotriazole-9) in mice. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, v. 62, n. 8, SEP 2021. (18/04105-5, 19/07822-2, 14/50945-4)

VASCONCELOS DE ALMEIDA, ARTHUR DA SILVA; NEVES, TAUANY DE FIGUEIREDO; CARLOS DA SILVA, MEURIS GURGEL; PREDIGER, PATRICIA; ADEODATO VIEIRA, MELISSA GURGEL. Synthesis of a novel magnetic composite based on graphene oxide, chitosan and organoclay and its application in the removal of bisphenol A, 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol and triclosan. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, v. 10, n. 1, FEB 2022. (20/16004-9, 19/07822-2, 19/25228-0)

PAIXAO, GUSTAVO ROCHA; CAMPAROTTO, NATALIA GABRIELE; BRIAO, GIANI DE VARGAS; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL DE LIMA; COLMENARES, JUAN CARLOS; PREDIGER, PATRICIA; VIEIRA, MELISSA GURGEL ADEODATO. Synthesis of mesoporous P-doped carbon and its application in propranolol drug removal: Characterization, kinetics and isothermal studies. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN, v. 187, p. 15-pg., 2022-11-01. (19/07822-2, 17/18236-1)

MARTINS, JUNIA TEIXEIRA; GUIMARAES, CARLOS HENRIQUE; SILVA, PAULA MAYARA; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL L.; PREDIGER, PATRICIA. Enhanced removal of basic dye using carbon nitride/graphene oxide nanocomposites as adsorbents: high performance, recycling, and mechanism. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. 28, n. 3, p. 3386-3405, JAN 2021. (19/07822-2)

DA SILVA, PAULA MAYARA MORAIS; DE ALKIMIN, GILBERTO DIAS; DE CAMPAROTTO, NATALIA GABRIELE; PREDIGER, PATRICIA; NUNES, BRUNO. Toxicological effects resulting from co-exposure to nanomaterials and to a B-blocker pharmaceutical drug in the non-target macrophyte species Lemna minor. Environmental Pollution, v. 322, p. 11-pg., 2023-02-09. (19/07822-2)

NEVES, TAUANY DE FIGUEIREDO; CAMPAROTTO, NATALIA GABRIELE; BRIAO, GIANI DE VARGAS; MASTELARO, VALMOR ROBERTO; VIEIRA, MELISSA GURGEL ADEODATO; DANTAS, RENATO FALCAO; PREDIGER, PATRICIA. Synergetic effect on the adsorption of cationic and anionic emerging contaminants on polymeric membranes containing Modified-Graphene Oxide: Study of mechanism in binary systems. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS, v. 383, p. 14-pg., 2023-05-18. (19/07822-2, 13/07296-2, 19/25228-0)

CAMPAROTTO, NATALIA GABRIELE; NEVES, TAUANY DE FIGUEIREDO; PEREIRA, GUILHERME MOREIRA PACIFICO; MASTELARO, VALMOR ROBERTO; PREDIGER, PATRICIA. Synergistic effect in simultaneous adsorption of cationic and anionic emerging contaminants by chitosan aerogels containing nanocellulose-modified tannic acid. JOURNAL OF WATER PROCESS ENGINEERING, v. 53, p. 15-pg., 2023-04-29. (19/07822-2, 13/07296-2, 19/25228-0)

NEVES, TAUANY DE FIGUEIREDO; DALARME, NICOLE BARTICIOTTO; MORAIS DA SILVA, PAULA MAYARA; LANDERS, RICHARD; FRANCO PICONE, CAROLINA SIQUEIRA; PREDIGER, PATRICIA. Novel magnetic chitosan/quaternary ammonium salt graphene oxide composite applied to dye removal. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, v. 8, n. 4, AUG 2020. (15/07033-7, 18/10887-6, 19/07822-2)

NEVES, TAUANY DE FIGUEIREDO; CAMPAROTTO, NATALIA GABRIELE; BRIAO, GIANI DE VARGAS; MASTELARO, VALMOR ROBERTO; DANTAS, RENATO FALCAO; VIEIRA, MELISSA GURGEL ADEODATO; PREDIGER, PATRICIA. Graphene oxide-safranin modified@polyacrylonitrile membranes for water purification: Reuse and mechanism based on theoretical calculations and XPS analysis. JOURNAL OF WATER PROCESS ENGINEERING, v. 50, p. 17-pg., 2022-10-20. (19/07822-2, 13/07296-2, 19/25228-0)

NEVES, TAUANY DE FIGUEIREDO; DALARME, NICOLE BARTICIOTTO; MORAIS DA SILVA, PAULA MAYARA; LANDERS, RICHARD; FRANCO PICONE, CAROLINA SIQUEIRA; PREDIGER, PATRICIA. Novel magnetic chitosan/quaternary ammonium salt graphene oxide composite applied to dye removal. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, v. 8, n. 4, p. 13-pg., 2020-08-01. (19/07822-2, 15/07033-7, 18/10887-6)

DE FARIAS, MARINA BARBOSA; PREDIGER, PATRICIA; VIEIRA, MELISSA GURGEL ADEODATO. Conventional and green-synthesized nanomaterials applied for the adsorption and/or degradation of phenol: A recent overview. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 367, p. 24-pg., 2022-07-10. (19/07822-2)

MORAIS DA SILVA, PAULA MAYARA; CAMPAROTTO, NATALIA GABRIELE; NEVES, TAUANY DE FIGUEIREDO; GREGO LIRA, KATHERLY TAINA; MASTELARO, VALMOR ROBERTO; FRANCO PICONE, CAROLINA SIQUEIRA; PREDIGER, PATRICIA. Effective removal of basic dye onto sustainable chitosan beads: Batch and fixed-bed column adsorption, beads stability and mechanism. SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY, v. 18, DEC 2020. (13/07296-2, 19/07822-2, 19/25228-0)

MORAIS DA SILVA, PAULA MAYARA; CAMPAROTTO, NATALIA GABRIELE; GREGO, KATHER TAINA; FRANCO PICONE, CAROLINA SIQUEIRA; PREDIGER, PATRICIA. Adsorptive removal of basic dye onto sustainable chitosan beads: Equilibrium, kinetics, stability, continuous-mode adsorption and mechanism. SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY, v. 18, DEC 2020. (19/07822-2)

VENDEMIATTI, JOSIANE A. SOUZA; CAMPAROTTO, NATALIA G.; VIDAL, CRISTIANE; CRISTALE, JOYCE; AGAPITO, ESTEVAO VIEIRA DE MORAES; OLIVEIRA, ADRIA CALOTTO; RODRIGUES, EVERTON A.; MONTAGNER, CASSIANA C.; UMBUZEIRO, GISELA A.; PREDIGER, PATRICIA. New benzotriazoles generated during textile dyeing process: Synthesis, hazard, water occurrence and aquatic risk assessment. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, v. 403, FEB 5 2021. (19/07822-2)

ALMEIDA, ARTHUR DA SILVA VASCONCELOS DE; MASTELARO, VALMOR ROBERTO; SILVA, MEURIS GURGEL CARLOS DA; PREDIGER, PATRICIA; VIEIRA, MELISSA GURGEL ADEODATO. Adsorption of 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol onto a novel nanocomposite based on graphene oxide, magnetic chitosan and organoclay (GO/mCS/OC): Kinetics, equilibrium, thermodynamics and selectivity studies. JOURNAL OF WATER PROCESS ENGINEERING, v. 47, p. 18-pg., 2022-06-01. (19/07822-2, 20/16004-9)

QUEIROZ, RUTH NOBREGA; CARLOS DA SILVA, MEURIS GURGEL; MASTELARO, VALMOR ROBERTO; PREDIGER, PATRICIA; ADEODATO VIEIRA, MELISSA GURGEL. Adsorption of naphthalene polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon from wastewater by a green magnetic composite based on chitosan and graphene oxide. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. N/A, p. 19-pg., 2022-11-16. (20/16004-9, 13/07296-2, 19/07822-2)

CAMPAROTTO, NATALIA GABRIELE; PAIXA, GUSTAVO ROCHA; BRIAO, GIANI DE VARGAS; OLIVEIRA, RAFAEL L.; PREDIGER, PATRICIA; VIEIRA, MELISSA GURGEL ADEODATO. Comparative effect of mesoporous carbon doping on the adsorption of pharmaceutical drugs in water: Theoretical calculations and mechanism study. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY, v. 99, p. 14-pg., 2023-03-10. (19/07822-2)

NEVES, TAUANY DE FIGUEIREDO; CAMPAROTTO, NATALIA GABRIELE; RODRIGUES, EVERTON AUGUSTO; MASTELARO, VALMOR ROBERTO; DANTAS, RENATO FALCAO; PREDIGER, PATRICIA. New graphene oxide-safranin modified@polyacrylonitrile membranes for removal of emerging contaminants: The role of chemical and morphological features. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, v. 446, p. 19-pg., 2022-05-30. (19/25228-0, 13/07296-2, 19/07822-2)