Issue 32, 2009
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Chemical Communications

Magnetic EDTA: coupling heavy metal chelators to metal nanomagnets for rapid removal of cadmium, lead and copper from contaminated water†

Fabian M. Koehler,a   Michael Rossier,a   Markus Waelle,b   Evagelos K. Athanassiou,a   Ludwig K. Limbach,a   Robert N. Grass,a   Detlef Güntherb  and  Wendelin J. Stark*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
E-mail: wendelin.stark@chem.ethz.ch
Fax: (+) 41 44 633 1083
Tel: (+) 41 44 632 0980

b Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland

Abstract

Attachment of EDTA-like chelators to carbon coated metal nanomagnets results in a magnetic reagent for the rapid removal of heavy metals from solutions or contaminated water by three orders of magnitude to concentrations as low as μg L−1.

Graphical abstract: Magnetic EDTA: coupling heavy metal chelators to metal nanomagnets for rapid removal of cadmium, lead and copper from contaminated water

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B909447D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 May 2009
Accepted
16 Jun 2009
First published
03 Jul 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 4862-4864

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Magnetic EDTA: coupling heavy metal chelators to metal nanomagnets for rapid removal of cadmium, lead and copper from contaminated water

F. M. Koehler, M. Rossier, M. Waelle, E. K. Athanassiou, L. K. Limbach, R. N. Grass, D. Günther and W. J. Stark, Chem. Commun., 2009, 4862 DOI: 10.1039/B909447D

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