Synthesis and Characterization of Hybrid Nanoparticles for Biomedical and Environmental Remediation Applications Soubantika Palchoudhury Chemical Engineering University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 6 th International Conference and Exhibition on Materials Science and Engineering 9/13/2016
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Synthesis and Characterization of Hybrid Nanoparticles
for Biomedical and Environmental Remediation
Applications
Soubantika Palchoudhury
Chemical Engineering
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
6th International Conference and Exhibition on Materials Science and Engineering
9/13/2016
Outline
Platinum Decorated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications
New Materials for Oil Spill Remediation
Motivation
Research
Conclusion
Platinum Decorated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for
Biomedical Applications
20 nm
Pt nanoparticle
Potential problem: Aggregation of small Pt nanoparticles
Iron oxide support
Motivation
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w.u
nig
e.ch
Therapeutic
applications
DNA damage, DNA dissociation,
nanomedicine for antitumor
treatment
Free radical scavenging activity
for oxidative stress disease
OH-
H2O e-
e- H2O2
OH-
Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Modified “Heat-Up” Method
Palchoudhury, S.; Lead, J. A facile and cost-effective method for separation of oil-water mixtures using polymer-
coated iron oxide nanoparticles. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2014.
Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)
Hydrophilic iron oxide
nanoparticles Oil spill Clean water
Polyvinylpyrrolidone-Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles
0
5
10
15
20
0 100 200 300 400
PVP-iron oxide NPs
PVP-iron oxide NPs in sea water
Inte
nsity (
%)
Size (d, nm)
76 nm 69 nm
Water-soluble iron oxide nanoparticles synthesized in one-step using “modified polyol method”
Solvent: Triethyleneglycol (TREG)
Capping agent: Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)
Precursor: Iron (III) acetylacetonate
Reaction temperature: 260 °C
PVP
Palchoudhury, S.; Lead, J. A facile and cost-effective method for separation of oil-water mixtures using polymer-
coated iron oxide nanoparticles. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2014.
Analyzing the Oil-Water Separation via UV-vis
Spectroscopy
NPs
magnetically
separated
Magnetic
separation
Oil-water
mixture
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Ab
sorb
ance
Wavelength (nm)
Oil
Oil
remaining
in water
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Ab
sorb
ance
Wavelength (nm)
Oil remaining
Oil-water-
NP mixture
Palchoudhury, S.; Lead, J. A facile and cost-effective method for separation of oil-water mixtures using polymer-
coated iron oxide nanoparticles. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2014.
Analyzing the Oil-Water Separation via UV-vis
Spectroscopy
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Oil recovered
Oil+water+NPs
Oil sample
PVP-iron oxide NPs
Oil remaining
Water
Absorb
ance
Wavelength (nm)
Oil remaining
Oil
PVP-iron oxide NPs
Oil-water
mixture
Oil-water-
NP mixtureNPs
magnetically
separated
Oil
recovered
from NPs
Oil
remaining
in water
Magnetic
separation
Deepwater Horizon oil sample used
Near 100 % oil removal in 12 h
Palchoudhury, S.; Lead, J. A facile and cost-effective method for separation of oil-water mixtures using polymer-
coated iron oxide nanoparticles. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2014.
Oil-Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Characterization
0
7
14
0 500 1000 1500 2000
PVP-iron oxide NPs
PVP-iron oxide NPs after oil absorption
Inte
nsity (
%)
Size (d, nm)
389 nm69 nm
Palchoudhury, S.; Lead, J. A facile and cost-effective method for separation of oil-water mixtures using polymer-
coated iron oxide nanoparticles. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2014.
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy Analysis
50
0.0E0
3.4E6
1.7E6
0
100 %
14 16 18 20 22 24 2610 12 Time
C15
C25
262014 16 18 22 2410 12
C22
C25
50
0
100 %
0.0E0
1.0E6
5.0E5
Time
Crude oil sample Sample after treatment with nanoparticles
Palchoudhury, S.; Lead, J. A facile and cost-effective method for separation of oil-water mixtures using
polymer-coated iron oxide nanoparticles. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2014.
Conclusion
Near 100% separation of BP crude oil-water mixture using PVP-
iron oxide nanoparticles
Nanoparticles absorbed ~178 times their own volume of oil
Easy scale-up, cost-effective, and environment-friendly
Future Work: Practical application in remediation
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Collaborators:
Prof. Arunava Gupta, MINT Center, The University of AlabamaProf. Frank Jones, University of Tennessee ChattanoogaDr. Bryan Ennis, University of Tennessee ChattanoogaDr. Bradley Harris, University of Tennessee ChattanoogaDean Daniel Pack, University of Tennessee Chattanooga
Students
Chemical Engineering Department, UTCCentral Analytical Facility (CAF), UA