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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
Volume 545, Issue -, Pages 51-59Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.02.033
Keywords
Lignin nanoparticles; L-NPs-gelatin complex; Flocculation; Bacteria
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- Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest [201503135]
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Lignin nanoparticles (L-NPs) were firstly prepared from switchgrass lignin by using ultrasonic-assisted alkali method, after which L-NPs were assembled with gelatin to constitute L-NPs-gelatin complex as a novel flocculant. Both Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus, S.aureus) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli, E.coli) strains were used to investigate the flocculation property of L-NPs and L-NPs-gelatin complex. It was found that L-NPs-gelatin complex exhibited relatively better flocculation capacity than L-NPs, in which the flocculation efficiency was greatly affected by pH and dosage. For both indicator strains, flocculation efficiency (> 95%) was achieved within 30 min at pH 4.5, while the flocculation efficiency of 90% costed 60 min at pH 5. The L-NPs-gelatin complex was promising to be applied for flocculating bacteria in wastewater treatment, enrichment and detection of microorganism, etc.
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