Efficient Oil Spill Uptake Using Surface-Modified Magnetite Nanoparticles with PET Waste Derivatives

Mahmood M S Abdullah; Hamad A Al-Lohedan; Amar Al-Khwlani; Basheer Mohammed Al-Maswari

doi:10.1021/acsomega.3c05957

Efficient Oil Spill Uptake Using Surface-Modified Magnetite Nanoparticles with PET Waste Derivatives

ACS Omega. 2023 Nov 9;8(46):43955-43963. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.3c05957. eCollection 2023 Nov 21.

Authors

Mahmood M S Abdullah¹, Hamad A Al-Lohedan¹, Amar Al-Khwlani², Basheer Mohammed Al-Maswari³

Affiliations

¹ Surfactants Research Chair, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
² Jiangsu Optoelectronic Functional Materials and Engineering Research Center, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China.
³ Department of Chemistry, Yuvaraja's College, University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka 570005, India.

Abstract

This work deals with poly(ethylene terephthalate) waste as a precursor to synthesize new cross-linked poly(ionic liquids) (CLPILs). The newly synthesized CLPILs, VPCT-Cl and VPCT-AA, were used for magnetite nanoparticle surface modification, producing VCL/Fe₃O₄ and VAA/Fe₃O₄, respectively. The chemical structures of the CLPILs and surface-modified Fe₃O₄ were elucidated by Fourier transform infrared and X-ray diffraction. Additionally, the particle size, zeta potential (ζ), contact angle, and magnetic properties of VCL/Fe₃O₄ and VAA/Fe₃O₄ were investigated using different techniques. Furthermore, the performance of these nanoparticles for oil spill cleanup was evaluated using various influencing factors, e.g., the contact time and the Fe₃O₄/crude oil ratio. VCL/Fe₃O₄ and VAA/Fe₃O₄ showed excellent performance in oil spill cleanup. The data showed that the performance increased with the contact time and the Fe₃O₄ ratio. Furthermore, the reusability of VCL/Fe₃O₄ and VAA/Fe₃O₄ over four cycles was also explored. The reusability data indicated that reused VCL/Fe₃O₄ and VAA/Fe₃O₄ showed promising performance in oil spill cleanup.