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Development of a Simple Reversible-Flow Method for Preparation of Micron-Size Chitosan-Cu(II) Catalyst Particles and Their Testing of Activity

A simple flow system employing a reversible-flow syringe pump was employed to synthesize uniform micron-size particles of chitosan-Cu(II) (CS-Cu(II)) catalyst. A solution of chitosan and Cu(II) salt was drawn into a holding coil via a 3-way switching valve and then slowly pumped to drip into an alka...

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Autores principales: Intanin, Apichai, Inpota, Prawpan, Chutimasakul, Threeraphat, Tantirungrotechai, Jonggol, Wilairat, Prapin, Chantiwas, Rattikan
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7221602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32295286
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25081798
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author Intanin, Apichai
Inpota, Prawpan
Chutimasakul, Threeraphat
Tantirungrotechai, Jonggol
Wilairat, Prapin
Chantiwas, Rattikan
author_facet Intanin, Apichai
Inpota, Prawpan
Chutimasakul, Threeraphat
Tantirungrotechai, Jonggol
Wilairat, Prapin
Chantiwas, Rattikan
author_sort Intanin, Apichai
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description A simple flow system employing a reversible-flow syringe pump was employed to synthesize uniform micron-size particles of chitosan-Cu(II) (CS-Cu(II)) catalyst. A solution of chitosan and Cu(II) salt was drawn into a holding coil via a 3-way switching valve and then slowly pumped to drip into an alkaline solution to form of hydrogel droplets. The droplets were washed and dried to obtain the catalyst particles. Manual addition into the alkaline solution or employment of flow system with a vibrating rod, through which the end of the flow line is inserted, was investigated for comparison. A sampling method was selected to obtain representative samples of the population of the synthesized particles for size measurement using optical microscopy. The mean sizes of the particles were 880 ± 70 µm, 780 ± 20 µm, and 180 ± 30 µm for the manual and flow methods, without and with the vibrating rod, respectively. Performance of the flow methods, in terms of rate of droplet production and particle size distribution, are discussed. Samples of 180 µm size CS-Cu(II) particles were tested for catalytic reduction of 0.5 mM p-nitrophenol to p-aminophenol by 100-fold excess borohydride. The conversion was 98% after 20 min, whereas without the catalyst there was only 14% conversion.
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spelling pubmed-72216022020-05-22 Development of a Simple Reversible-Flow Method for Preparation of Micron-Size Chitosan-Cu(II) Catalyst Particles and Their Testing of Activity Intanin, Apichai Inpota, Prawpan Chutimasakul, Threeraphat Tantirungrotechai, Jonggol Wilairat, Prapin Chantiwas, Rattikan Molecules Article A simple flow system employing a reversible-flow syringe pump was employed to synthesize uniform micron-size particles of chitosan-Cu(II) (CS-Cu(II)) catalyst. A solution of chitosan and Cu(II) salt was drawn into a holding coil via a 3-way switching valve and then slowly pumped to drip into an alkaline solution to form of hydrogel droplets. The droplets were washed and dried to obtain the catalyst particles. Manual addition into the alkaline solution or employment of flow system with a vibrating rod, through which the end of the flow line is inserted, was investigated for comparison. A sampling method was selected to obtain representative samples of the population of the synthesized particles for size measurement using optical microscopy. The mean sizes of the particles were 880 ± 70 µm, 780 ± 20 µm, and 180 ± 30 µm for the manual and flow methods, without and with the vibrating rod, respectively. Performance of the flow methods, in terms of rate of droplet production and particle size distribution, are discussed. Samples of 180 µm size CS-Cu(II) particles were tested for catalytic reduction of 0.5 mM p-nitrophenol to p-aminophenol by 100-fold excess borohydride. The conversion was 98% after 20 min, whereas without the catalyst there was only 14% conversion. MDPI 2020-04-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7221602/ /pubmed/32295286 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25081798 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Intanin, Apichai
Inpota, Prawpan
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Tantirungrotechai, Jonggol
Wilairat, Prapin
Chantiwas, Rattikan
Development of a Simple Reversible-Flow Method for Preparation of Micron-Size Chitosan-Cu(II) Catalyst Particles and Their Testing of Activity
title Development of a Simple Reversible-Flow Method for Preparation of Micron-Size Chitosan-Cu(II) Catalyst Particles and Their Testing of Activity
title_full Development of a Simple Reversible-Flow Method for Preparation of Micron-Size Chitosan-Cu(II) Catalyst Particles and Their Testing of Activity
title_fullStr Development of a Simple Reversible-Flow Method for Preparation of Micron-Size Chitosan-Cu(II) Catalyst Particles and Their Testing of Activity
title_full_unstemmed Development of a Simple Reversible-Flow Method for Preparation of Micron-Size Chitosan-Cu(II) Catalyst Particles and Their Testing of Activity
title_short Development of a Simple Reversible-Flow Method for Preparation of Micron-Size Chitosan-Cu(II) Catalyst Particles and Their Testing of Activity
title_sort development of a simple reversible-flow method for preparation of micron-size chitosan-cu(ii) catalyst particles and their testing of activity
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7221602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32295286
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules25081798
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