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Functionalized mesoporous silica, MCM-41, and their application in environmental remediation of selenium, cadmium, and for zinc detection by fluorescence, and :synthesis and photolysis studies of cobalt analogues of Roussin's red salt esters
Citation
Pal, Parul.. (2010). Functionalized mesoporous silica, MCM-41, and their application in environmental remediation of selenium, cadmium, and for zinc detection by fluorescence, and :synthesis and photolysis studies of cobalt analogues of Roussin's red salt esters. Theses and Dissertations Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections. https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/etd/items/etd_101.html
- Title:
- Functionalized mesoporous silica, MCM-41, and their application in environmental remediation of selenium, cadmium, and for zinc detection by fluorescence, and :synthesis and photolysis studies of cobalt analogues of Roussin's red salt esters
- Author:
- Pal, Parul.
- Date:
- 2010
- Keywords:
- Silica Mesoporous materials
- Program:
- Chemistry
- Abstract:
- Within the past two decades ordered mesoporous silica materials have seen tremendous growth in its innovation and creativity with respect to its various applications. One class of materials, MCM-41, with large surface areas and pore size make them attractive as adsorbent materials. In addition, surface hydroxyl groups can be modified with organic functionalities. The pore volume after grafting of these groups is still large enough to carry out chemical reactions in the internal surface. It is this quality that has prompted us to study these materials and explore the covalent strategies of attaching new functional groups on the surface of the substrate, and subsequently test their abilities to: (a) Remove oxyanions of selenium from aqueous systems (b) Removal of cadmium, a heavy metal pollutant, in aqueous media, and (c) Detect zinc by fluorescence in order to develop nanoporous bio-sensors.
- Description:
- Thesis (Ph. D., Chemistry)--University of Idaho, December 2010.
- Major Professor:
- Thomas E. Bitterwolf.
- Defense Date:
- December 2010.
- Type:
- Text
- Format Original:
- xiv, 164 leaves :ill. (some col.) ;29 cm.
- Format:
- record
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