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Adsorption of methyl orange dye by SiO2 mesoporous nanoparticles: adsorption kinetics and eco-toxicity assessment in Zea mays sprout and Artemia salina

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Herein, we prepared the silica nanoparticles (SiO2 NPs) by a modified Stober’s method for methyl orange (MO) removal. The SiO2 NPs were found to be spherical with a zeta size of 152.5 d. nm, a PDI of 0.377, and a zeta potential of −5.59 mV. The effect of different parameters (initial dye concentration, reaction time, temperature, and pH) on the adsorption of MO by SiO2 NPs was determined. The adsorption pattern of SiO2 NPs was highly fitted with the Langmuir, Freundlich, Redlich-Peteroen, and Temkin isotherm models. The highest adsorption rate was recorded at 69.40 mg/g of SiO2 NPs. Furthermore, the toxic effect of before and after removal of MO in aqueous solution was tested in terms of phytotoxicity and acute toxicity. The SiO2 NPs treated MO dye solution were not exhibited significant toxicity to corn seeds and Artemia salina. These results indicated that SiO2 NPs can be used for the adsorption of MO.

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (2022R1I1A1A01067464; 2021R1I1A1A01057742; NRF-2022R1A2C2091029).

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    Xin Zhang, Kandasamy Saravanakumar, Anbazhagan Sathiyaseelan, Yuting Lu & Myeong-Hyeon Wang

  2. College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China

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Xin Zhang: conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, visualization, writing—original draft. Kandasamy Saravanakumar: conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, investigation, methodology, writing—review and editing. Anbazhagan Sathiyaseelan: formal analysis, data curation, software, methodology, writing—review and editing. Yuting Lu: formal analysis, data curation, software. Myeong-Hyeon Wang: project administration, resources, supervision, validation, writing—review and editing.

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Zhang, X., Saravanakumar, K., Sathiyaseelan, A. et al. Adsorption of methyl orange dye by SiO2 mesoporous nanoparticles: adsorption kinetics and eco-toxicity assessment in Zea mays sprout and Artemia salina. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 117000–117010 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-26173-4

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