Hydrogels Containing Prussian Blue Nanoparticles Toward Removal of Radioactive Cesium Ions

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2016 Apr;16(4):4200-4. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2016.12607.

Abstract

Recent reports have demonstrated the practical application of Prussian blue (PB) nanoparticles toward environmental clean-up of radionuclide 173Cs. Herein, we prepared a large amount of PB nanoparticles by mixing both iron(III) chloride and sodium ferrocyanide hydrate as starting precursors. The obtained PB nanoparticles show a high surface area (440 m2. g-1) and consequently an excellent uptake ability of Cs ions from aqueous solutions. The uptake ability of Cs ions into poly(N-isopropylacrylamide (PNIPA) hydrogel is drastically increased up to 156.7 m2. g-1 after incorporating our PB nanoparticles, compared to 30.2 m2 . g-1 after using commercially available PB. Thus, our PB-containing PNIPA hydrogel can be considered as an excellent candidate for the removal of Cs ions from aqueous solutions, which will be useful for the remediation of the nuclear waste.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cesium / chemistry
  • Cesium / isolation & purification*
  • Ferrocyanides / chemistry*
  • Hydrogels / chemistry*
  • Ions
  • Materials Testing
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Nanoparticles / ultrastructure
  • Water / chemistry
  • Water Pollutants, Radioactive / chemistry
  • Water Pollutants, Radioactive / isolation & purification*
  • Water Purification / methods*

Substances

  • Ferrocyanides
  • Hydrogels
  • Ions
  • Water Pollutants, Radioactive
  • Water
  • Cesium
  • ferric ferrocyanide