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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Volume 49, Issue 11, Pages 1286-1295Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2014.910067
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Copper nanoparticles; dead biomass; extracellular synthesis; Trichoderma koningiopsis
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- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [2010/52305-1]
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This is the first study describing the rapid extracellular production of copper nanoparticles by dead biomass of Trichoderma koningiopsis. The production and uptake of copper nanoparticles by dead biomass of Trichoderma koningiopsis were characterized by investigating physicochemical factors, equilibrium concentrations and biosorption kinetics, combined with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). A successful route for the metallic copper nanoparticles synthesis was achieved, and followed a Langmuir isotherm where a high biosorption capacity was observed, 21.1 mg g(-1). The kinetic analysis showed that copper biosorption followed a pseudo-second-order model. The nanoparticles mainly exhibited a spherical shape, with an average size of 87.5 nm, and were synthesized extracellularly. The presence of proteins as stabilizing agents of the nanoparticles was demonstrated. The extracellular biosynthesis and uptake of copper nanoparticles using dead fungal biomass is a low-cost green processes, and bioremediation of impacted local.
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