Synthesis of Green Recyclable Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanomaterials Coated by Hydrophobic Plant Extracts for Efficient Collection of Oil Spills

Mahmood M S Abdullah; Ayman M Atta; Hamad A Al-Lohedan; Hamad Z Alkhathlan; Merajuddin Khan; Abdelrahman O Ezzat

doi:10.3390/nano9101505

Synthesis of Green Recyclable Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanomaterials Coated by Hydrophobic Plant Extracts for Efficient Collection of Oil Spills

Nanomaterials (Basel). 2019 Oct 22;9(10):1505. doi: 10.3390/nano9101505.

Authors

Mahmood M S Abdullah^{1

2}, Ayman M Atta³, Hamad A Al-Lohedan⁴, Hamad Z Alkhathlan⁵, Merajuddin Khan⁶, Abdelrahman O Ezzat⁷

Affiliations

¹ Surfactants Research Chair, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. maltaiar@ksu.edu.sa.
² Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Science, University of Taiz, P.O. Box: 4007, Taiz 009674, Yemen. maltaiar@ksu.edu.sa.
³ Surfactants Research Chair, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. aatta@ksu.edu.sa.
⁴ Surfactants Research Chair, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. hlohedan@ksu.edu.sa.
⁵ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. khathlan@ksu.edu.sa.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. mkhan3@ksu.edu.sa.
⁷ Surfactants Research Chair, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. ao_ezzat@yahoo.com.

Abstract

A facile method for synthesis of environmentally friendly magnetite nanomaterials (MNMs) was applied using hydrophobic biocomponents as capping and stabilizing agents. The biocomponents were extracted from Matricaria aurea (MAE) and Ochradenus baccatus (OBE) and used for the surface modification of MNMs to increase their dispersion efficiency on the collection of heavy crude oil spills. Synthesized MNM samples (MAE-MNMs and OBE-MNMs) were verified using thermogravimetric analysis; Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy; transmission electron microscopy; dynamic light scattering, and vibrating-sample magnetometry. The application of these nanomaterials in the collection of oil spill showed that the MAE-MNMs and OBE-MNMs successfully collected 95% and 91% of the oil spill, respectively. These results support the potential use of these materials as eco-friendly composites for the successful collection of oil spills that might occur during offshore operations.

Keywords: crude oil; hydrophobic extracts; magnetite nanomaterials; oil spills.

Grants and funding

research chair/King Saud University