A new way of mining gold from water? Environment, Nanomaterials, Water, Gold.
The scientific paper authored by S.A. Ostroumov, G.M. Kolesov.
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/aquatic-macrophyte-ceratophyllum.html
Amazing results were found in a joint research project that was run by scientists at M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University and V.I.Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Moscow, Russian Federation.
According to the results reported in the paper, it was discovered that the aquatic plant (macrophyte) Ceratophyllum demersum immobilized gold (Au) nanoparticles after their addition to water. This is the first time it was shown that the nanoparticles of gold (Au) in substantial amount bind to the living biomass of the aquatic macrophyte, Ceratophyllum demersum.
The concentrations of Au were measured in the samples of the phytomass using neutron activation analysis (NAA). As a result of the binding and/or immobilization of the nanoparticles, the amount of Au in the samples of the phytomass increased manifold (by a factor of 430) above the background level of gold in the plant tissues. The increase was by two orders of magnitude.
The new results may become a know-how to develop a new technology to extract gold or other rare chemical elements from water.
The new data added a new aspect to the modern vision of the multifunctional role of the biota in the migration of elements in aquatic ecosystems.
Also, the result added new information to the studies of interactions of Au with organisms that may contribute to new biotechnologies.
The technologies using plants – phytotechnologies – open many new opportunities.
Publication with these results:
Ostroumov S. A., Kolesov G. M. The aquatic macrophyte Ceratophyllum demersum immobilizes Au nanoparticles after their addition to water. – Doklady Biological Sciences, 2010 (Mar – Apr), Vol. 431, p. 124–127.
[© Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., ISSN 0012-4966]. Original Russian Text © S.A. Ostroumov, G.M. Kolesov, 2010, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2010, Vol. 431, No. 4, pp. 566–569. Bibliogr. 15 refs. Presented by Academician M.A. Fedonkin July 31, 2009. Received February 11, 2009.
DOI: 10.1134/S0012496610020158.
Online free: http://www.scribd.com/ar55/d/41165833
http://scipeople.com/publication/69766/.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20506851; PMID: 20506851 [PubMed];
http://www.springerlink.com/content/j487667871w02h28/;
www.springerlink.com/index/J487667871W02H28.pdf;
Key words: nanotechnology, nanoparticles, Au, gold, biogeochemistry, biotechnology, aquatic plants, macrophyte, Ceratophyllum demersum, Immobilization, water quality, monitoring, environmental science, ecology, nanoparticles in aquatic environment
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Labels: nanoparticles aquatic plants Ceratophyllum demersum gold ecology biotechnology water quality Au environmental science nanotechnology biogeochemistry monitoring Macrophyte Immobilization
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About this author, in Russian: http://famous-scientists.ru/3732/
Interesting posts on innovations in environmental science:
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/normal-0-false-false-false-ru-x-none-x_03.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/04/environmental-science-key-bibliography.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/websites-on-scientific-activities-of.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/blog-post.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/discovery-of-inhibitory-analysis-in.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/aquatic-macrophyte-ceratophyllum.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/04/well-cited-article-inhibitory-analysis.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/innovative-contribution-to-solution-to.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-scientific-terminology-integral.html;
http://5bio5.blogspot.com/2012/05/monetary-estimate-of-good-scientific.html;
Discovery of the key role of organisms that filter water and make it clear
New facts on hazardous biological and toxic effects of surfactants and detergents: paradigm shifted
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