Phosphate Removal Using Polyethylenimine Functionalized Silica-Based Materials

In water and wastewater, phosphate anions are considered critical contaminants because they cause algae blooms and eutrophication. The present work aims at studying the removal of phosphate anions from aqueous solutions using silica particles functionalized with polyethylenimine. The parameters affecting the adsorption process such as pH, initial concentration, adsorbent dose, and the presence of competitive anions, such as carbonate, nitrate, sulfate and chromate ions, were studied. Equilibrium studies were carried out to determine their sorption capacity and the rate of phosphate ions uptake. The adsorption isotherm data fitted well with the Langmuir and Sips model. The maximum sorption capacity was 41.1 mg/g at pH 5, which decreased slightly at pH 7. The efficiency of phosphate removal adsorption increased at lower pH values and by increasing the adsorbent dose. The maximum phosphate removal was 80% for pH 5 and decreased to 75% for pH 6, to 73% for pH 7 and to 70% for pH 8, for initial phosphate concentration at about 1 mg/L and for a dose of adsorbent 100 mg/L. The removal rate was increased with the increase of the adsorbent dose. For example, for initial phosphate concentration of 4 mg/L the removal rate increased from 40% to 80% by increasing the dose from 0.1 to 2.0 g/L at pH 7. The competitive anions adversely affected phosphate removal. Though they were also found to be removed to a certain extent. Their co-removal provided an adsorbent which might be very useful for treating waters with low-level multiple contaminant occurrence in natural or engineered aquatic systems.

Correction: Copper(ii) complex of N-truncated amyloid-β peptide bearing a His-2 motif as a potential receptor for phosphate anions

Correction for ‘Copper(ii) complex of N-truncated amyloid-β peptide bearing a His-2 motif as a potential receptor for phosphate anions’ by Aleksandra Tobolska et al., Dalton Trans., 2021, DOI: 10.1039/d0dt03898a.

The aqueous dependent sensing of hydrazine and phosphate anions using a bis-heteroleptic Ru(ii) complex with a phthalimide–anchored pyridine-triazole ligand

Strong and weak emission is exhibited by non-luminescent RtpI and RtpH, respectively, upon the addition of phosphate anions in CH3CN and hydrazine in CH3CN/H2O (6/4, v/v).

Copper(ii) complex of N-truncated amyloid-β peptide bearing a His-2 motif as a potential receptor for phosphate anions

Significant changes observed in the electrochemical response of the Cu(ii)-Aβ5–9 complex upon phosphates addition provided a new insight into the design of a promising class of peptide-based molecular receptors selective for phosphate species.