[Preparation of the Silane Monolayer on Magnetite Nanoparticles and Its Performance with Respect to Phosphate Removal from Water].

We studied the loading of -(2-Aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyl trimethoxy silane from aqueous solution as a monolayer on magnetite nanoparticles and examined the phosphate removal performance of the generated adsorbent (silane monolayer on magnetite nanoparticles, abbreviated as MSMNPs). The results indicate that silane monolayer adsorption on magnetite nanoparticles occurred at low concentrations (equilibrium silane concentration <300 mg·L) and a~100% surface monolayer coverage by silane could be established at a temperature ≥ 90℃ or a NaCl concentration ≥ 0.1 mol·L.

[Removal and Recycle of Phosphor from Water Using Magnetic Core/Shell Structured Fe₃O₄ @ SiO₂Nanoparticles Functionalized with Hydrous Aluminum Oxide].

A novel magnetic core/shell structured nano-particle Fe₃O₄@ SiO₂phosphor-removal ahsorbent functionalized with hydrous aluminum oxides (Fe₃O₄@ SiO₂@ Al₂O₃· nH₂O) was synthesized. Fe₃O₄@ SiO₂@ Al₂O₃· nH₂O was characterized by XRD, TEM, VSM and BET nitrogen adsorption experiment. The XRD and TEM results demonstrated the presence of the core/shell structure, with saturated magnetization and specific surface area of 56.