The Nano-Biocomposite (CS-KAC-Ag) Was Characterized By An Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope Outfited With Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (ESEM-EDX), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), And Brunauer−Emmett−Teller (BET) Method
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A Box−Behnken design of response surface methodology (RSM) was used to optimize the adsorption of Cd2+. It was retrieved that 95% of Cd2+ (10 mg L−1) was eliminated at pH 9, contact time of 120 min, and adsorbent dosage of 20 mg, respectively. The adsorption of Cd2+ by CS-KAC-Ag is also in agreement with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model with an R2 (coefficient of determination) factor greater than 99%. The lab data were also supported by exams comported expending water samplings garnered from mining websites in Mexico. Along with Cd2+, the CS-KAC-Ag exhibited superior removal efficiency towards Cr6+ (91%) > Ni2+ (84%) > Co2+ (80%) at pH 6 and 0 g L−1 dose of the nano-adsorbent the adsorbent was restored, and the adsorption capacity stayed unaltered after five successive Hzs. The effects rendered that synthesised CS-KAC-Ag was a biocompatible and versatile porous filtering material for the decontamination of different toxic metal ions.
Hydrothermal synthesis of ZnZrO(2)/chitosan (ZnZrO(2)/CS) nanocomposite for highly sensitive detection of glucose and hydrogen peroxide.In this work, pure ZnZrO(2) and chitosan supported (ZnZrO(2)/CS) nanocomposite have been synthesized at low coast by hydrothermal method. FT-IR, Micro Raman, PXRD, HR-SEM-EDAX, HR-TEM, AFM, BET and XPS were used to analyze the structural and morphological properties of the fabricated nanocomposites. The fabricated ZnZrO(2) and ZnZrO(2)/CS nanocomposites were mensurated for their electrocatalytic activity towards glucose and hydrogen peroxide determinations. The ZnZrO(2)/CS sensor presented wide detection range (5 μM to 5 mM), high sensitivity (6 μA mM(-1) cm(-2)), LOD (2 μM), and long-term stability for glucose detection in alkaline solution as a multifunctional electrochemical sensor, ZnZrO(2)/CS sensor displaies excellent feeling ability towards hydrogen peroxide, with a wide dynamic range (20 μM to 6 mM), a high sensitivity (2 μA mM(-1) cm(-2)), and a LOD (2 μM) (S/N = 3). The electrochemical measurement presents that the ZnZrO(2)/CS sensor has excellent catalytic activity and a much LOD than ZnZrO(2). The altered electrode rendered excellent anti interference nature this ZnZrO(2)/CS electrode was used to detection of glucose and H(2)O(2) in human blood serum and HeLa cellphones respectively.
A biodegradable pH and glutathione dual-actuated drug delivery system finded on mesoporous silica, carboxymethyl chitosan and oxidised pullulan.A simple and smart drug moderated delivery system is developed in this work. Biodegradable mesoporous silica nanoparticles (BMSN) were first synthesized by introducing disulfide during the synthesis of mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN), which were used for the loading of methotrexate (MTX), an anti-cancer drug. The MTX loaded BMSN (BMSN-MTX) was then encapsulated in the hydrogels of carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCS)/oxidized pullulan (OPL) geted through Schiff base reaction. The acylhydrazone alliances (-N=CH-) between CMCS and OPL are prone to be hydrolysed in acidic medium while the disulfide linkage (-S-S-) in the BMSN can be cleaved in the presence of glutathione (GSH), and thus the delivery of MTX from the BMSN-MTX-gel can be triggered by both pH and GSH. The upshots of release kinetics reveal that the delivery of MTX from the biodegradable hydrogels is assured by Higuchi model good biocompatibility and enounced cytotoxicity of the breaked BMSN-MTX-gel are confirmed by cytotoxicity test.Extraction and Physico-Chemical Characterization of Chitosan from Mantis Shrimp (Oratosquilla nepa) Shell and the Development of Bio-Composite Film with Agarose.
Mantis shrimp (Oratosquilla nepa) exoskeleton, a leftover rendered after processing, was used as a starting material for chitosan (CS) production. CS was excerpted with different deacetylation metres (2, 3 and 4 h), termed CS−2, CS−3 and CS−4, respectively, and their characteristics and antimicrobial and film properties with agarose (AG) were inquired.