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Title: Multifunctional gold coated rare-earth hydroxide fluoride nanotubes for simultaneous wastewater purification and quantitative pollutant determination

Abstract

Highlights: • The morphology and properties of Ce-doped yttrium hydroxide fluoride nanotubes (YHF:Ce NTs) were investigated. • YHF:Ce NTs were conjugated with Au nanoparticles to produce Au-YHF:Ce nanocomposites. • Au-YHF:Ce NTs showed excellent capability and efficiency in removing Congo red from solutions. • Au-YHF:Ce NTs were utilized to determine the concentration of Congo red based on SERS. - Abstract: Ce-doped yttrium hydroxide fluoride nanotubes (YHF:Ce NTs) with large surface area are synthesized and conjugated with Au nanoparticles (NPs) to produce Au-YHF:Ce nanocomposites. The Au-YHF:Ce NTs have a hollow structure, rough surface, polymer coating, and good surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) properties. They are applied to wastewater treatment to remove Congo red as a typical pollutant. The materials not only remove pollutants rapidly from the wastewater, but also detect trace amounts of the pollutants quantitatively. The multifunctional Au-YHF:Ce NTs have commercial potential as nano-absorbents and nano-detectors in water treatment and environmental monitoring.

Authors:
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  1. Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22345266
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Materials Research Bulletin
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 52; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0025-5408
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; AZO DYES; DOPED MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; FLUORIDES; MONITORING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; POLYMERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TRACE AMOUNTS; WASTE WATER; WATER TREATMENT; YTTRIUM HYDROXIDES

Citation Formats

Zhang, Da-Quan, Sun, Tian-Ying, Yu, Xue-Feng, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Jia, Yue, Chen, Ming, Wang, Jia-Hong, Huang, Hao, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, and Chu, Paul K., E-mail: paul.chu@cityu.edu.hk. Multifunctional gold coated rare-earth hydroxide fluoride nanotubes for simultaneous wastewater purification and quantitative pollutant determination. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2013.12.053.
Zhang, Da-Quan, Sun, Tian-Ying, Yu, Xue-Feng, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Jia, Yue, Chen, Ming, Wang, Jia-Hong, Huang, Hao, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, & Chu, Paul K., E-mail: paul.chu@cityu.edu.hk. Multifunctional gold coated rare-earth hydroxide fluoride nanotubes for simultaneous wastewater purification and quantitative pollutant determination. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2013.12.053
Zhang, Da-Quan, Sun, Tian-Ying, Yu, Xue-Feng, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Jia, Yue, Chen, Ming, Wang, Jia-Hong, Huang, Hao, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, and Chu, Paul K., E-mail: paul.chu@cityu.edu.hk. 2014. "Multifunctional gold coated rare-earth hydroxide fluoride nanotubes for simultaneous wastewater purification and quantitative pollutant determination". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2013.12.053.
@article{osti_22345266,
title = {Multifunctional gold coated rare-earth hydroxide fluoride nanotubes for simultaneous wastewater purification and quantitative pollutant determination},
author = {Zhang, Da-Quan and Sun, Tian-Ying and Yu, Xue-Feng and Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong and Jia, Yue and Chen, Ming and Wang, Jia-Hong and Huang, Hao and Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong and Chu, Paul K., E-mail: paul.chu@cityu.edu.hk},
abstractNote = {Highlights: • The morphology and properties of Ce-doped yttrium hydroxide fluoride nanotubes (YHF:Ce NTs) were investigated. • YHF:Ce NTs were conjugated with Au nanoparticles to produce Au-YHF:Ce nanocomposites. • Au-YHF:Ce NTs showed excellent capability and efficiency in removing Congo red from solutions. • Au-YHF:Ce NTs were utilized to determine the concentration of Congo red based on SERS. - Abstract: Ce-doped yttrium hydroxide fluoride nanotubes (YHF:Ce NTs) with large surface area are synthesized and conjugated with Au nanoparticles (NPs) to produce Au-YHF:Ce nanocomposites. The Au-YHF:Ce NTs have a hollow structure, rough surface, polymer coating, and good surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) properties. They are applied to wastewater treatment to remove Congo red as a typical pollutant. The materials not only remove pollutants rapidly from the wastewater, but also detect trace amounts of the pollutants quantitatively. The multifunctional Au-YHF:Ce NTs have commercial potential as nano-absorbents and nano-detectors in water treatment and environmental monitoring.},
doi = {10.1016/J.MATERRESBULL.2013.12.053},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22345266}, journal = {Materials Research Bulletin},
issn = {0025-5408},
number = ,
volume = 52,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}