TiO₂ doped polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Luffa cylindrica based photocatalytic nanosponge to absorb and desorb oil in diatom solar panels.

ABSTRACT: Our previous report(s) demonstrated that piezoelectric disc fabricated diatom solar panels worked as micro resonating devices. Such devices have potential to harvest oils from living diatom cultures. However, it is observed that the collection and separation of oil from culture media using these devices are found to be difficult due to the presence of both living and dead diatom cells, which simultaneously get collected during this process. In this study we made a highly biocompatible nanosponge using TiO₂ nanoparticle doped polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Luffa cylindrica. Such hybrid nanosponge selectively absorbs and desorbs oil on exposure to ultraviolet light. The fabricated PDMS-Luffa-TiO₂ nanosponge was characterized by Fourier transform infrared

SUBMITTER: Khan MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9066621 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature