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Functional multi-layer graphene-algae hybrid material formed using vortex fluidics
Citation
Wahid, MH and Eroglu, E and Chen, X and Smith, SM and Raston, CL, Functional multi-layer graphene-algae hybrid material formed using vortex fluidics, Green Chemistry, 15, (3) pp. 650-655. ISSN 1463-9262 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry
Abstract
Dynamic thin films confined in a microfluidic platform are effective in exfoliating graphite in water and then decorating the multi-layer 2D sheets on the surface of microalgal cells. The overall process incorporates green chemistry principles in using naturally available resources, namely algae and graphite, and using water as a benign reaction medium. Furthermore, the nanobio hybrid material is active for wastewater treatment, in removing all traces of nitrate from liquid effluents, more efficiently than the pristine microalgal cells, with the multi-layer graphene itself not showing any significant nitrate removal.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | graphene, algae, vortex fluidics, fluidic device |
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Plant Biology |
| Research Field: | Plant Physiology |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
| UTAS Author: | Smith, SM (Professor Steven Smith) |
| ID Code: | 101436 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 33 |
| Deposited By: | Plant Science |
| Deposited On: | 2015-06-24 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-02 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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