Nitrate uptake by p-phosphonic acid or p-(trimethylammonium)methyl calix[8]arene stablized laminar materials
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Eggers, P.
Eroglu, E.
Becker, Thomas
Chen, X.
Vimalanathan, K.
Stubbs, K.
Smith, S.
Raston, C.
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2014Type
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Eggers, P. and Eroglu, E. and Becker, T. and Chen, X. and Vimalanathan, K. and Stubbs, K. and Smith, S. et al. 2014. Nitrate uptake by p-phosphonic acid or p-(trimethylammonium)methyl calix[8]arene stablized laminar materials. RSC Advances. 4 (89): pp. 48348-48352.
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RSC Advances
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Graphite, BN, MoS2 and WS2 are readily exfoliated using probe sonication in the presence of p-(trimethylammonium)methyl-calix[8]arene resulting in few-layer laminarmaterial. The positively charged material is effective in the removal of nitrate ions from waste effluent, as is the negatively charged corresponding material stablized by partially deprotonated p-phosphonic acid calix[8]arene, with scope for efficient recycling.