Materials and methods for extracting metals
AssigneeThe Florida International University Board of Trustees
InventorsAbuzar Kabir, Kenneth G. Furton
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Abstract
The subject invention provides materials, devices and methods for detecting, determining, monitoring and/or extracting trace metals such as cadmium, lead, copper, chromium, cobalt, nickel, zinc, manganese, mercury, and vanadium in the environmental, biological, pharmaceutical, and potable water samples. The subject invention also provides formulations and method for synthesizing the trace metal-extracting materials.
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A thiocyanatopropyl and 3-aminopropyl functionalized sol-gel silica sorbent comprising a polymeric network of an acid hydrolyzed, polycondensed thiocyanatopropyl functionalized sol-gel precursor and 3-aminopropyl trimethoxysilane (3-APTMS) and/or 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane (3-APTES), and optionally, a network precursor, wherein the thiocyanatopropyl functionalized sol-gel precursor is a sol-gel silica precursor comprising a thiocyanatopropyl group.
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