Facile synthesis and potential application of Ni0.6Zn0.4Fe2O4 and Ni0.6Zn0.2Ce0.2Fe2O4 magnetic nanocubes as a new strategy in sewage treatment

Ali B Abou Hammad; Bahaa A Hemdan; Amany M El Nahrawy

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110816

Facile synthesis and potential application of Ni0.6Zn0.4Fe2O4 and Ni0.6Zn0.2Ce0.2Fe2O4 magnetic nanocubes as a new strategy in sewage treatment

J Environ Manage. 2020 Sep 15:270:110816. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110816. Epub 2020 May 31.

Authors

Ali B Abou Hammad¹, Bahaa A Hemdan², Amany M El Nahrawy¹

Affiliations

¹ Solid-State Physics Department, Physics Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El-Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt.
² Water Pollution Research Department, Environmental Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El-Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt; Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India. Electronic address: bahaa_nrc@yahoo.com.

PMID: 32501235
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110816

Abstract

Disinfection using chlorine has paramount importance in the treatment of either drinking water or sewage since it can kill and inhibit all waterborne pathogens, but it may result in carcinogenic substances when interacting with organic matter. An eco-friendly sol-gel process with citrate was used to prepare the nano-cubic activated nickel-zinc ferrite magnetic nanostructures (Ni_0.6Zn_0.4Fe₂O₄ and Ni_0.6Zn_0.2Ce_0.2Fe₂O₄). The activated nanomagnetic samples were characterized using XRD, HR-TEM, HR-SEM, FTIR, and VSM techniques. The structural and magnetic results showed that the nano-cubes magnetic-structures exhibited higher crystalline degrees and an increase in the total magnetization, enabling spinel nano-ferrite to possess potentials for excellent industry various applications. Likewise, the VSM results reveal that Ce₂O₃ had a significant influence on the magnetic behavior such as the coercivity (Hc; 69.226-133.15) saturation and magnetization (Ms; 24.562-52.174). The results revealed that all Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) had an outstanding inhibitory effect on microbes tested. The manufactured particles showed a remarkable ability to eliminate pathogenic bacteria in real sewage samples. The results obtained endorsed that the manufactured magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are powerful nano-weapons with an excellent anticipated output for the deactivation of pathogenic microbes during sewage treatment, with, nickel-zinc-cerium ferrite being more effective in inhibiting microbial growth than nickel-zinc-cerium ferrite.

Keywords: Inactivation effects; Magnetic nanoparticles; Magnetic properties; Pathogenic microbes; Sewege treatment; Sol-gel.

MeSH terms

Magnetic Phenomena
Magnetics
Nanoparticles*
Nanostructures*
Sewage

Substances

Sewage