Intermolecular Interaction Investigaton of Phenol Adsorption to Selected Multi-Walled Carbon Nanontubes

Graduate #46
Discipline: Chemistry and Chemical Sciences
Subcategory: Chemistry (not Biochemistry)

Marquita Watkins - Jackson State University
Co-Author(s): Natalia Sizochenko and Jerzy Leszczynski, Interdisciplinary Center of Nanotoxicity, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS Marek Golebiowski, Department of Environmental Analysis, Institute for Environmental and Human Health Protection; Danuta Leszczynska, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

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Presence of chlorophenols in drinking water has been determined to be hazardous to human health. Efficient tools for chlorophenols removal are required. Structure—property relationships (SPR) was applied to data of chorophenol recovery after sorption on multi-walled carbon nanotubes. SPR methodology was applied to generate five different models describing recovery process in six types of eluents. Specific interactions between eluents and chlorophenols were reflected by using specific mixture descriptors. Specific descriptors and most suitable eluent were identified for sorption. This project is currently being prepared for publication. Current and future studies include studying other methods of extraction of these compounds.

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Funder Acknowledgement(s): NSF EPSCoR # 362492-190200-01NSFEPS-0903787 and NSF CREST grant No. HRD # 0833178. Office of Naval Research grant #N00014-13-1-0501.

Faculty Advisor: Jerzy Leszczynski, jerzy@icnanotox.org