Cysteine-Functionalized chitosan magnetic nano-based particles for the recovery of light and heavy rare earth metals: Uptake kinetics and sorption isotherms

Nanomaterials

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 154-179

  Galhoum, Ahmed A ^a,b   Mafhouz, Mohammad G ^b   Abdel Rehem, Sayed T ^c   Gomaa, Nabawia A ^b   Atia, Asem A ^d   Vincent, Thierry ^b   Guibal, Eric ^b  

^a CENTRE DES MATÉRIAUX   (France)

^b NUCLEAR MATERIALS AUTHORITY   (Egypt)

^c Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^d MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cysteine grafting; Magnetic chitosan nanocomposites; Rare earth metals; Sorption isotherms; Thermodynamics; Uptake kinetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937576540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano5010154     Document Type: Article

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