Transition metal modified mesoporous silica adsorbents with zero microporosity for the adsorption of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) from aqueous solutions

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 264, Issue , 2015, Pages 152-164

  Ortiz Martínez, Krisiam ^a   Guerrero Medina, Karen J ^a   Román, Félix R ^b   Hernández Maldonado, Arturo J ^a  

^a Department of Chemical Engineering University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Emerging contaminants; Hydrostability; Mesoporous silica; Transition metal grafting

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; MICROPOROSITY; NICKEL; SILICA; STABILITY;

CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERNS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; HYDRO-STABILITY; MESOPOROUS SILICA; METAL IMMOBILIZATION; MODIFIED MESOPOROUS SILICAS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84913555409     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.11.068     Document Type: Article

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