Triton X-114 based cloud point extraction: a thermoreversible approach for separation/concentration and dispersion of nanomaterials in the aqueous phase

Jing-fu Liu; Rui Liu; Yong-guang Yin; Gui-bin Jiang

doi:10.1039/b821124h

Triton X-114 based cloud point extraction: a thermoreversible approach for separation/concentration and dispersion of nanomaterials in the aqueous phase

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Mar 28:(12):1514-6. doi: 10.1039/b821124h. Epub 2009 Jan 27.

Authors

Jing-fu Liu¹, Rui Liu, Yong-guang Yin, Gui-bin Jiang

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 2871, Beijing 100085, China.

PMID: 19277374
DOI: 10.1039/b821124h

Abstract

Capable of preserving the sizes and shapes of nanomaterials during the phase transferring, Triton X-114 based cloud point extraction provides a general, simple, and cost-effective route for reversible concentration/separation or dispersion of various nanomaterials in the aqueous phase.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Countercurrent Distribution
Detergents / chemistry
Gold / chemistry*
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
Octoxynol
Phase Transition
Polyethylene Glycols / chemistry*
Temperature
Water / chemistry*

Substances

Detergents
Water
Polyethylene Glycols
Gold
Octoxynol
Nonidet P-40