每周分享：Acid-Stable Magnetic Core–Shell Nanoparticles for the Separation of Rare Earths

今天給大家分享的是2014年9月份 《Ind. Eng. Chem. Res》上發表的一篇名為：Acid-Stable Magnetic Core–Shell Nanoparticles for the Separation of Rare Earths
文章摘要如下：
Core–shell Fe3O4@SiO2 nanoparticles were prepared with a modified St?ber method and functionalized with N-[(3-trimethoxysilyl)propyl]ethylenediamine triacetic acid (TMS-EDTA). The synthesis was optimized to make core–shell nanoparticles with homogeneous and thin SiO2 shells (4.8 ± 0.5 nm) around highly superparamagnetic Fe3O4 cores (14.5 ± 3.0 nm). The core–shell Fe3O4@SiO2(TMS-EDTA) nanoparticles were then used for the extraction and separation of rare-earth ions. By comparing them with previously published results for Fe3O4(TMS-EDTA) and SiO2(TMS-EDTA) nanoparticles, it was clear that the core–shell nanoparticles combine the advantage of magnetic retrieval observed for Fe3O4(TMS-EDTA) nanoparticles with the higher selectivity observed for SiO2(TMS-EDTA). The advantages of the SiO2 shell include a lower specific weight and a larger grafting density compared to Fe3O4 surfaces, but also the improved resistance to acidic environments required for the stripping of rare-earth ions.
該文章中材料表征采用的是美國麥克儀器3Flex
詳情可參考下面鏈接：
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie502546c