In this study, eggshell as a biomaterial was used as an adsorbent. This natural waste material is easy to access and cost-free. The surface of the eggshell with its porous structure showed affinity to adsorb damaging chemicals. In particular insecticides cause serious environmental pollution in agriculture, and this is a general problem all over the world. The aim was to remove insecticides from the environment and monitor the pesticides on the surface of eggshells by atomic force microscopy (AFM) images, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and UV/Vis spectroscopic techniques. Five types of eggshells,
Denizli Hen, Coturnix Coturnix Japonica, Light Brahma Chicken, Alectoris Chukar
and
ISA Tinted -White
, were used. Since they are commonly used, Cypermethrin, Deltamethrin and Indoxacarb were chosen as insecticide samples. The interaction effect of insecticides on the surface of eggshells was determined by AFM images; it was seen that the semispherical surface structures of the eggshells were flattened after adsorption. FTIR spectroscopy was used both to detect structural analysis and to determine the adsorption influence. In addition, UV-Vis spectroscopy was performed to evaluate the adsorption and desorption process. Porous media of different types of eggshells with an aqueous solution of insecticides had an electronegativity attractive surface which makes it an ideal adsorbent via hydroxyl groups.
ABSTRACT. In this research, theoretical and experimental investigation was performed on the structural and spectral data of aminothiophenol isomers. The theoretical electronic structure analyses were performed by density functional theory at the B3LYP level with the LanL2DZ basis set in the gas phase of the isolated compounds at the ground state. Potential energy distribution analysis was performed to determine the assignments of the vibration bands. Experimental and theoretical spectroscopic data were compared. Energy gap, ionization potential, electron affinity, and electronegativity were obtained through frontier molecular orbitals.
KEY WORDS: Aminothiophenols, Density functional theory, Polarizability, Vibrational assignments, Molecular electrostatic potential surface
Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2021, 35(3), 601-614.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/bcse.v35i3.11
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