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Ilex paraguariensis Extract-Coated Magnetite Nanoparticles: A Sustainable Nano-adsorbent and Antioxidant

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Single-crystal 15 nm size magnetite nanoparticles were synthesized and coated with Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis) extract to evaluate their use as versatile antioxidant magnetic nanoadsorbents. The obtained particles, Mnp@YM, were found to be composed of a crystalline magnetite core surrounded by a shell composed of Fe3O4, FeO, and Fe2O3 oxides. YM extract resulted an effective protective coating for Mnp incorporating surface carboxylates, phenols, and organic N groups which improve the particles stability in aqueous suspensions. Mnp@YM antioxidant capacity (1.8 µM Trolox equivalent per 0.1 mg YM coating contained in 1 mgL− 1 particle suspension) is of the order reported for polyphenols. \({\text{S}}{{\text{O}}_{\text{4}}}^{{ \cdot - }}\) scavenging rate constant (1.5 × 104 g− 1 L s− 1) is within the diffusion controlled regime for 15 nm spherical nanoparticles with homogeneously distributed reactive sites. Mnp@YM reversibly adsorbs MB with maximum adsorption of 50 mg g− 1. As a consequence of these capacities, Mnp@YM resulted effective in preventing MB oxidation by peroxodisulfate.

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DFM thanks Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET, Argentina) for a graduate studentship. MCG and PC are research members of CONICET, LSV is a research member from CICPBA, Argentina.

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Mercado, D.F., Caregnato, P., Villata, L.S. et al. Ilex paraguariensis Extract-Coated Magnetite Nanoparticles: A Sustainable Nano-adsorbent and Antioxidant. J Inorg Organomet Polym 28, 519–527 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-017-0757-8

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