A novel cadmium-containing wastewater treatment method: Bio-immobilization by microalgae cell and their mechanism
Zhengwei Zhang1, Kun Yan1, Ling Zhang1
1School of Science, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
Abstract:
Heavy metal cadmium (Cd) has drawn tremendous comcern due to its rigorous environmental and health hazards. Herein, we have presented an efficient and economical strategy for the removal and recycling of hazardous Cd ions using microalgae cells as the bioreactors. Remarkably, the green bio-platform for the bioproduction of CdSe nanoparticles (NPs) was developed depending on their orderly regulated and sustainable cellular environment. The biofabricated CdSe NPs manifested favorable photoluminescence properties, and presented well monodispersed spherical morphology and certain crystallinity structure with mean size of smaller than 7 nm. Especially, the fluorescence "turn off" sensing system based on the CdSe NPs was established to detect Hg2+. The nanosensor enables the quantitative analyses of Hg2+ with a linear range of 0-2.0 μM and a detection limit of 0.021 μM. Furthermore, it was preliminarily speculated that the reducing biomolecules in the algae cells could be involved in the formation of CdSe NPs. This work not only provides new insights into the removal and recycling of hazardous Cd ions, but also brings a promising route for biosynthesis of CdSe NPs.
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