Title: Sol-gel preparation of bioactive nanoporous (Al2O3: CuO: SiO2): dielectric properties and wastewater decontamination

Authors: Amany M. El Nahrawy; Bahaa A. Hemdan; Ahmed I. Ali; Ahmed M. Youssef; Ali B. Abou Hammad

Addresses: Solid-State Physics Department, Physics Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El-Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt ' Water Pollution Research Department, Environmental Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El-Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt ' Basic Science Department, Faculty of Technology and Education, Helwan University, Sray El-Quba, 11281 Cairo, Egypt ' Inorganic Chemistry Department, National Research Centre, 33 El-Buhouth St., Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt ' Solid-State Physics Department, Physics Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El-Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt

Abstract: The morphological and dielectric properties of bioactive sol-gel alumino-copper silicate nanoporous are characterised. It is characterised by sharp diffraction peaks confirming the high crystallinity. Alumino-copper silicate was utilised as a disinfecting agent for wastewater disinfection. The growth inhibitory effect of alumino-copper silicate sanitiser was investigated against various categories of microbial pathogens. Toxicity assay of fabricated alumino-copper silicate nanoporous was measured. The acquired results disclosed that target pathogenic microbes in the raw wastewater sample were inactivated when subjected to 100 mg/L of fabricated alumino-copper silicate. Likewise, results could not discover any deleterious and poisonous influences for the Vibrio fischeri bacterium and HEp-2 cell line of such nanostructures subsequently, it will be safe for use in water treatment. This investigation, therefore, recommends that the prepared alumino-copper silicate could be considered a future substitute marvellous and sustained-active disinfectant for the production of pathogenic free treated wastewater for recycling in many different applications.

Keywords: bioactive silicate-nanoporous; aluminosilicate; pathogenic microbes; MIC; toxicity; decontamination; wastewater management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMATEI.2021.113216

International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation, 2021 Vol.12 No.1, pp.37 - 55

Received: 23 Jul 2020
Accepted: 24 Aug 2020

Published online: 24 Feb 2021 *

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