Thiolated silica nanoadsorbents enable ultrahigh and fast decontamination of mercury(ii): understanding the contribution of thiol moieties' density and accessibility on adsorption performance

• DOI: 10.1039/c9en01123d
• Publication Date: 2020-01-10T00:43:32Z
• Authors: Mohammad Kalantari; Zhengying Gu; Yuxue Cao; Chang Lei; Jun Zhang
• Keywords: 2300 Environmental Science; 660; 13. Climate action; Materials Science (miscellaneous); 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology; 2501 Materials Science (miscellaneous); General Environmental Science; 3. Good health

Silica nanoadsorbents with a gradient of sulfur content with higher density at the external part enable effective decontamination of mercury.