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  • Title: Use of pectin-thorium (IV) tungstomolybdate nanocomposite for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue.
    Author: Gupta VK, Agarwal S, Pathania D, Kothiyal NC, Sharma G.
    Journal: Carbohydr Polym; 2013 Jul 01; 96(1):277-83. PubMed ID: 23688481.
    Abstract:
    Pectin-thorium (IV) tungstomolybdate (Pc/TWM) nanocomposite was prepared by mixing biopolymer pectin with its inorganic counterpart thorium (IV) tungstomolybdate (TWM) using the sol-gel method. The nanocomposite was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Distribution coefficient, thermal stability, pH titrations, elution and concentration behaviour were investigated to explore the ion exchange behaviour of nanocomposite material. Pc/TWM exhibited higher ion exchange capacity (1.10 mequiv/g) than its inorganic counterpart (0.62 mequiv/g). The Pc/TWM nanocomposite ion exchanger was thermally stable as it retained 59% of its ion exchange capacity upto 400°C. The pH titrations study revealed the bifunctional nature of Pc/TWM. In order to explore the environmental applicability of the Pc/TWM nanocomposite material, its antibacterial and photocatalytic activities was investigated. 76% of methylene blue dye was photocatalytically degraded after five hours exposure. It also totally inhibited Escherichia coli at 400 μg/ml concentration of Pc/TWM nanocomposite.
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