title: Catalytic strategy for efficient degradation of nitroaromatic pesticides by using gold nanoflower.
abstract: In this contribution, we report a new type of Au nanoflower-based nitroaromatic pesticide degradation platform that is fast, efficient, and simple. We found a straightforward, economically viable, and "green" approach for the synthesis and stabilization of relatively monodisperse Au nanoflowers by using nontoxic chemical of hydroxylamine (NH2OH) without stabilizer and the adjustment of the pH environment. This experiment shows that these Au nanoflowers function as effective catalyst for the reduction of pendimethalin in the presence of NaBH4 (otherwise unfeasible if NaBH4 is the only agent employed), which was reflected by the UV/vis spectra of the catalytic reaction kinetics. Importantly, the novel degradation platform could be put in use in two different practical soil samples with satisfactory results under laboratory conditions. To demonstrate the feasibility and universality of our design, two other nitroaromatic pesticides, trifluralin, and p-nitrophenol, were selected and were successfully degraded using this degradation platform.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University , Wuhan, 430072, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Kang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Yinran
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zitong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Aiguo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Jiming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000737:chemistry*; D010575:Pesticides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*; D014274:Trifluralin / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009596:Nitrophenols; D010575:Pesticides; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D006046:Gold; D014274:Trifluralin; C024836:4-nitrophenol
keywords: catalytic degradation; gold nanoflower; nitroaromatic pesticides; p-nitrophenol; pendimethalin; trifluralin