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Aqueous Aggregation Behavior of Engineered Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Effects of Oxidative Surface Aging Wenlu Li, Seung Soo Lee, Anjuliee M. Mittelman, Di Liu, Jiewei Wu, Carl H Hinton, Linda M. Abriola, Kurt D Pennell, and John D. Fortner Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b04130 • Publication Date (Web): 04 Nov 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on November 7, 2016
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Aqueous Aggregation Behavior of Engineered
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Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles:
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Effects of Oxidative Surface Aging
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Wenlu Li, † Seung Soo Lee, † Anjuliee M. Mittelman, §Di Liu, † Jiewei Wu, † Carl H. Hinton, †
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Linda M. Abriola, § Kurt D. Pennell, §and John D. Fortner*, †
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Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA §
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed:
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John D. Fortner: Tel: +1-314-935-9293; Fax: +1-314-935-5464; Email:
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ABSTRACT
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For successful aqueous-based applications, it is necessary to fundamentally understand and
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control nanoparticle dispersivity and stability over a range of dynamic conditions, including
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variable ionic strengths/types, redox chemistries, and surface ligand reactivity/degradation states
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(i.e. surface aging). Here, we quantitatively describe the behavior of artificially aged, oleic acid
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(OA) bilayer coated iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) under different scenarios. Hydrogen
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peroxide (H2O2), used here as a model oxidant under both dark and light ultra-violet (UVA)
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conditions, was employed to ‘age’ materials, to varying degrees, without increasing ionic
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strength. Short-term stability experiments indicate that OA-IONPs, while stable in the dark, are
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effectively de-stabilized when exposed to UVA/H2O2/OH based oxidation processes. Compared
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to bicarbonate, phosphate (1.0 mM) has a net stabilizing effect on OA-IONPs under oxidative
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conditions, which can be attributed to (surface-based) functional adsorption. Corresponding
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aggregation kinetics in the presence of monovalent (Na+) and divalent cations (Ca2+) show that
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attachment efficiencies (α) are strongly dependent on the cation concentrations/types and degree
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of surface aging. Taken together, our findings directly highlight the need to understand the
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critical role of particle surface transformation(s), via oxidative aging, among other routes, with
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regard to the ultimate stability and environmental fate of surface functionalized engineered
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nanoparticles.
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KEYWORDS
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Engineered
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aggregation, nanoparticle stability, nanoparticle aging, surface oxidation
nanomaterials,
superparamagnetic
iron
oxide
nanoparticles,
nanoparticle
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INTRODUCTION
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The development and production of engineered iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) are
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motivated by their broad material applications in biomedical research, high-capacity data
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storage, advanced drug delivery, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetic separations,
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environmental sensing, and remediation technologies, among others.1-11 For engineered
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nanomaterials with large surface-to-volume ratio and high surface energies in water, surface
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modification is required to avoid (or reduce) aggregation, (surface) attachment, and
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sedimentation phenomena.1,
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including ligand addition and/or ligand exchange (e.g., stabilizing agents coated onto
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nanoparticle surfaces), which can alter wettability, surface charge, and hydrophobicity, thus
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enhancing the monomeric stability of nanoparticles.3, 5, 15-17 For example, Tombácz et al. found
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that, at a moderate surface coverage (1-2 mmol/g), carboxylated (e.g., citric acid, gallic acid, and
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poly(acrylic acid)) magnetite nanoparticles have a critical coagulation concentration (CCC) of
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approximately 500 mM NaCl compared to the CCC of 1 mM NaCl for bare magnetite.18 Our
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previous work demonstrated that engineered oleic acid bilayer coated iron oxide nanoparticles
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(OA-IONPs) have relatively high CCC values of 710 mM NaCl and 10.2 mM CaCl 2 at neutral
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pH.3 For these types of particles, ligands are strongly adsorbed onto particle surfaces through
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either physisorption or chemisorption, whereby the adsorption process is irreversible and/or the
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desorption process is minor under relevant conditions.19 However, desorption or degradation of
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attached ligands may occur in the environment under more reactive or extreme conditions.6, 20
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This can be accomplished via a number of methods,
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Upon inadvertent release to and/or intended applications within environmental systems, such
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nanoparticles may be exposed to reductive or oxidative surface reactions, including photo-
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catalyzed reactions.4,
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Surface reactions leading to particle destabilization in water,
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specifically particle-particle aggregation and surface deposition processes, will likely play a
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critical role in the material’s behavior over time and, in the case of technical applications, will
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also affect performance regimes.16,
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surface aging processes of nanomaterials is key to predicting the ultimate material fate and
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transport behavior, and thus the environmental volume/endpoints affected.4,
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Typically, for charge stabilized particles, elevated ionic strengths can compress the (particle
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surface) electrical double layer, thus lowering the energy barrier required for aggregation and/or
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surface deposition. Noting that the critical coagulation concentration (CCC) of our
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aforementioned OA-IONPs is much higher than the concentration of common cations found in
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typical surface waters, it may be expected that these (and other similar) nanoparticles can remain
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stable for extended periods of time.3 In such scenarios, particle surface reactions, including
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oxidation processes and potential sunlight irradiation (photo-enhanced chemistries), are likely to
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affect ultimate particle stabilities. Sun et al. observed that the stability of TiO2 nanoparticles
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decreased more than 27-fold, as measured by aggregation rates, following 50 h of UV irradiation,
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which was attributed to the changes in surface hydroxyl groups.25 Conversely, when nC60
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nanoparticles were subjected to extensive UVA irradiation (up to 7 days), their stability (in the
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presence of NaCl) increased significantly due to an effective increase in surface charge.30 A
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recent study by Li et al. demonstrated that surfactant coated (PVP and citrate) Ag NPs show
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enhanced colloidal stability compared to bare Ag NPs under natural solar irradiation and UV
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irradiation, highlighting the importance of surface passivation with regard to stability,
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dissolution, and photo-transformation.31
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In the case of inadvertent release, understanding
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The objective of this study is to elucidate the effect of (UVA) light irradiation and chemical
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oxidation on the stability of OA-IONPs under varied water chemistries. Short-term stabilities of
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these nanoparticles was quantitatively investigated in the presence of two ubiquitous aqueous
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buffers, bicarbonate and phosphate, as a function of irradiation time, cation type, and ionic
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strength using time-resolved dynamic light scattering (TR-DLS). The organic aging products
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were further probed via gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and Fourier transform
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infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analyses. Lastly, we explore and propose a simplified aging
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mechanism/pathway through (artificially) synthesizing and evaluating a model product (mixed
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bilayer coatings) for comparison. To our knowledge, this is the first study to describe the short-
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term stability and aggregation behaviors of engineered OA-IONPs upon exposure to
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environmentally relevant oxidative aging conditions. Findings highlight the importance of
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recognizing and understanding particle surface aging as it relates to the environmental fate and
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transport of engineered nanoparticles.
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MATERIALS AND METHODS
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Materials: Iron(III) oxide (hydrated, catalyst grade), 1-octadecene (technical grade, 90%),
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oleic acid (technical grade, 90%), sodium chloride (ACS reagent, ≥99.0%), calcium chloride
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dihydrate (ACS reagent, ≥99%), sodium hydroxide (ACS reagent, ≥97.0%), sodium bicarbonate
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(ACS reagent, 99.7-100.3%), sodium phosphate dibasic (ACS reagent, ≥99%), sodium phosphate
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monobasic (ReagentPlus, ≥99.0%), hydrogen peroxide solution (TraceSELECT, ≥30%) and
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nitric acid (trace metal grade) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. Reagent grade ethanol,
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acetone and hexane were used as received without further purification.
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Preparation and Characterization of OA-IONPs: Monodisperse IONPs were first
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synthesized by high temperature pyrolysis of iron carboxylate salts in the presence of organic
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solvent.2 To prepare 8 nm IONPs, 2 mmol FeO(OH) fine powder, 2 mmol oleic acid, and 5 g 1-
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octadecene (1-ODE) were mixed intensively in a three-necks flask under ultra pure argon. The
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mixture was then heated gradually (5-10 °C/min) to 240 °C to dissolve the FeO(OH) and further
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heated to 320 °C to decompose the iron carboxylate salts formed in the previous procedure. The
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reaction was maintained at 320 °C for 1-3 h before removing the heating mantle. After cooling
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down to room temperature, the black colloid was purified with a standard hexane/acetone
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procedure five times.2 Purified IONPs were transferred and stored in hexane. In order to disperse
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the synthesized IONPs into water, an oleic acid bilayer (surface) structure was employed, as
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described previously.3, 32 Approximately 20 µL of pure oleic acid was added to 1 mL of IONPs
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in hexane and the mixture was sonicated for 1 min using a bath sonicator (Branson 2510,
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Danbury, CT), followed by the addition of 10 mL of ultrapure water (Millipore, 18.2 MΩcm). A
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probe sonicator (Qsonica, Q-700, Taperd microtip, 2 mm) was then utilized for extensive mixing
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of the hexane and water phases at 50% amplitude for 5-10 min. Through a fast centrifugation
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(6,000 g) step, the sonicated emulsion was separated into two phases with nanoparticles in the
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bottom water phase. The aqueous phase was then collected and the nanoparticles were purified
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via centrifugation, redispersion, and filtration through a syringe filer (polyethersulfone, pore size
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of 0.2 µm, Millipore).
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Nanoparticle Characterization: The size and morphology of IONPs and OA-IONPs were
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characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM, FEI Tecnai G2 Spirit) operated at 120
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kV. A small drop (10-20 µL) of suspension was placed on a carbon-coated copper grid (300
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mesh, Electron Microscopy Sciences) and dried under N2 flow. In order to calculate the size
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distribution of IONPs, randomly chosen nanoparticles (> 2,000) from several different TEM
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micrographs were selected and analyzed using ImageJ software (National Institutes of Health).
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To determine the iron concentration in samples, the IONPs were digested using concentrated
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nitric acid and analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS, Agilent
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7500ce). The concentration of the water stable OA-IONPs stock suspension was measured and
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set to 100 mg/L as Fe. The hydrodynamic diameter and zeta potential of OA-IONPs were
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measured by dynamic light scattering (DLS) with a He-Ne laser operated at the wavelength of
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633 nm (Zetasizer, Malvern Nano ZS, Malvern, UK). All size and zeta potential measurements
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were conducted in triplicate at room temperature (22 °C).
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UV Initiated Reactions: UVA light was used to mimic the actual sunlight exposure in real
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environmental systems. A custom build UV-reactor equipped with two UV lamps (351 nm, BHK
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Inc. CA) was used to achieve a total irradiation intensity of 2000 ± 50 mW/cm2 in the middle of
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the reactor, as measured by a radiometer (UVP, Inc. CA). Ambient air was circulated through the
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photo-reactor to maintain the temperature at 22 °C. For each experiment, 50 mL of 8nm OA-
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IONPs solution was added to a 100 mL quartz vial (Technical Glass Products, OH). The final
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concentration of OA-IONPs was 50 mg/L as Fe. Varied amounts of H2O2 were then added to
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initiate oxidative aging reactions. H2O2 was used as a model oxidant as it does not increase the
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ionic strength of the system and thus eliminates potential aggregation of nanoparticles by the
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oxidant (which also acts as an ion) itself. Bicarbonate and phosphate buffers were used to adjust
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the initial pH to 7.5 and the reactions were allowed to run continuously for 7 days. Samples were
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collected periodically and evaluated for size, zeta potential, and particle stability. Control
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experiments were conducted by wrapping samples with aluminum foil to avoid exposure to light
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irradiation. UV-Vis spectra (200-800 nm) of the samples containing H2O2 were analyzed by
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using a Varian Cary Bio50 UV-Visible spectrometer. The concentration of H2O2 was determined
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by TiSO4 spectrophotometry at low concentrations following methods described previously.33, 34
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Solvated products were analyzed using attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared
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spectroscopy (Nexus 470 FTIR, Thermo Nicolet, NC) with a ZnSe trough. Liquid samples in the
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trough were dried under vacuum at room temperature for one day. The transmittance spectra
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were recorded from 800-3600 cm-1 with spectral resolution of 1 cm-1. Aging products were
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extracted and analyzed by GC-MS (Hewlett Packard model 7890A, Agilent Technologies)
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equipped with a DB5-MS column (J&W Scientific) and a mass spectrometer (5975C, Agilent
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Technologies). The GC program was as follows, the column was equilibrated at 80 °C for 1 min,
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then ramped to 280 °C at 30 °C/min, and was held at constant temperature for 3 min. The mass
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spectra of the products were analyzed using Enhanced Data Analysis software (Agilent
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Technologies).
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Aggregation Kinetics: DLS measurements were carried out using a Nano ZS Zetasizer
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(Malvern Instruments, UK) equipped with a photodetector at a fixed scattering angle of 173°.
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The OA-IONPs stock solution was diluted to 1 mg/L for the DLS experiments and pH was
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adjusted to 7.5. For each measurement, a predetermined volume of diluted nanoparticle
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suspension was added into a polystyrene vial. After that, a certain amount of electrolyte stock
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solution was injected into the vial to a total sample volume of 1 mL. After vortexing (1.5 s),
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samples were immediately transferred to the DLS chamber and measured. Size measurements
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were collected every 15 s and recorded continuously from 20 to 60 min, depending on the
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aggregation rate of each sample.
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The attachment efficiency (α) of the OA-IONP aggregates in the presence of various
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electrolyte concentrations was calculated by the following equation35-37 where k is the initial
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aggregation rate constant at any salt concentration, kfast is the aggregation rate constant under
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diffusion-limited (fast) aggregation conditions, N0 is the initial particle concentration and Dh(t) is
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the intensity-weighted hydrodynamic diameter of nanoparticles at time t.
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Fast aggregation rate constants in diffusion-limited regimes can be calculated under relatively
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high ionic strengths (above the CCC point). In reaction-limited regimes (i.e., below the CCC), an
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increase in electrolyte concentration will further compress the electric double layer, thus
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decreasing the electrostatic repulsion forces between nanoparticles and promoting particle
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aggregation. The CCC refers to the point at which the energy barrier to aggregation is effectively
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screened. Above the CCC, the addition of electrolyte will fully destabilize the nanoparticles and
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the aggregation becomes solely dependent on the number of particle collisions: this is referred to
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as the diffusion-limited regime. At points above the CCC, the aggregation rate becomes
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independent of salt concentration and the attachment efficiency is equal to 1. Nanoparticles with
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a lower CCC are more prone to aggregation and thus exhibit a low degree of stability compared
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to nanoparticles with a high CCC in the same electrolyte solutions. CCC values are often used to
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directly compare and predict the stability of nanoparticles in real or simulated environmental
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scenarios.4
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Phosphate Sorption: OA-IONPs (50 ppm as Fe) were analyzed for phosphate sorption at
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phosphate concentrations ranging from 0 to 1200 mg/L as PO43-. The solution pH was adjusted
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with HNO3 and/or NaOH to pH 7.5. After 48 h of equilibrium, OA-IONPs were separated using
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ultracentrifugation at 60,000 g for 2 h and the remaining concentrations of phosphate in the
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supernatant solution were analyzed by an inductively coupled plasma optical emission
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spectroscopy (ICP-OES, Perkin Elmer Optima 7300DV). All measurements were conducted in
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triplicate. The measured phosphate sorption capacity as a function of equilibrium concentration
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of phosphate (mg/L) was fit using the Langmuir isotherm equation:
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where qe is the amount of adsorbed phosphate at equilibrium concentration (mg/g), k is the
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sorption constant, qmax is the maximum sorption density (mg/g, mass of the sorbed phosphate per
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mass of Fe), and Ce is the equilibrium concentration of phosphate.
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
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Characterization of IONPs
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Highly monodispersed, spherical IONPs were synthesized by thermal decomposition of iron
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precursor (iron carboxylate) in an organic solvent at 320 °C, as reported previously.2, 8 TEM
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micrographs of 8 nm (8.1 ± 0.6 nm) IONPs are shown in Figure 1a. These engineered
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nanoparticles are highly reproducible while remaining single domain, single crystalline, and
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highly monodispersed with a very narrow size distribution (Figure 1b).3 As described by our lab
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and others, a highly effective oleic acid bilayer stabilizing strategy was incorporated to facilitate
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the transfer of IONPs from the organic phase (hexane) into water.3, 14, 32 Corresponding TEM
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micrographs (Figure 1c) show aqueous transferred IONPs remain monodisperse with no core
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size and shape change.32 The number-weighted hydrodynamic diameter of the OA-IONPs was
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measured to be 16.2 ± 1.8 nm for the 8 nm IONPs cores dispersed in hexane, which is similar to
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the value we have reported before for these materials (15.6 ± 1.3 nm).3 OA-IONPs aqueous
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suspensions are colloidally stable for over 6 months with negligible change in hydrodynamic
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diameter.14
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Short-term Colloidal Stability of OA-IONPs
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The average hydrodynamic diameter of OA-IONPs as a function of time (7 days) in the
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presence of bicarbonate or phosphate and H2O2 is shown in Figure 2. Bicarbonate and phosphate
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are two common anions in both surface and ground waters, albeit at different concentrations (10-
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to 10 mN for HCO3- and < 10-5 mN for HPO42-).38 Their concentrations can be found up to 1.5
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mM in wastewater.39 H2O2, a naturally occurring oxidant,40 was used as a model oxidant to avoid
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introducing additional ionic strength into the system (upon redox reactions). For (dark) control
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experiments (Figure 2a), OA-IONPs remain highly stable with negligible size change over the
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entire 7 days except in the presence of 10 mM phosphate, whereby the hydrodynamic diameter
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slightly increased to ca. 30 nm due to the reduced energy barrier to aggregation at elevated ionic
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strength, consistent with classic Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek (DLVO) theory.22
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Colloidal stability of parallel OA-IONPs solution under UVA irradiation is shown in Figure 1b.
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In the presence of bicarbonate, OA-IONPs are quasi-stable under direct UVA irradiation for up
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to 4 days in the absence of H2O2, with the hydrodynamic diameter increasing from ca. 20 nm to
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ca. 50 nm at the end of 7 days. Corresponding TEM micrographs of the aged nanoparticles (7
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day UVA exposure) also show the formation of small clusters (SI Figure S1b). The addition of
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H2O2 was found to promote the destabilization of the nanoparticles. With 0.03 wt. % of H2O2,
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OA-IONPs are severely destabilized, forming larger flocs, and settle out from the solution after 5
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days (reaching an average size of > 500 nm). The addition of a higher concentration of H2O2
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(0.12 wt. %) accelerates the destabilization process, with nanoparticles completely settling out
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from solution upon ca. 4 days of UVA irradiation. After 7 days of UVA irradiation, the OA-
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IONPs were no longer monodispersed and formed aggregate flocs visible to the naked eye under
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both conditions, as depicted in SI Figure S1. The shape and size of OA-IONPs were evaluated
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before and after aging via TEM micrographs; results indicate the existence of large OA-IONPS
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aggregates, while primary nanoparticle shape and size does not change. This observation was
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further confirmed by the ICP-OES results, as no substantial dissolved (released) iron was
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observed for any of the aging scenarios under neutral pH conditions (SI Figure S2), indicating
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minimal (particle core) dissolution during surface aging processes.21
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The colloidal stability of OA-IONPs under UVA irradiation was investigated in the presence
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phosphate concentrations of 0.1 mM, 1.0 mM, and 10 mM. Results indicate that 1.0 mM
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phosphate effectively stabilizes OA-IONPs upon 7 days of UVA irradiation without the addition
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of H2O2, while the hydrodynamic diameter of OA-IONPs only moderately increases in the
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presence of 0.1 mM and 10 mM phosphate under the same conditions (Figure 2b). Similar to
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observations from parallel bicarbonate experiments, the addition of H2O2 also promotes the
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destabilization of OA-IONPs under UVA irradiation, but to a relatively lesser extent. The
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effective rate of particle size increase (or rate of destabilization) is slower in the presence of
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phosphate buffer when compared to bicarbonate buffered systems. The presence of phosphate
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ions inhibits the decomposition of H2O2 and thus enhancing the stabilizing effect (SI Figure
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S3).33 Additionally, in the presence of 10 mM tert-butanol (t-BuOH), a highly efficient hydroxyl
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radical scavenger,29, 41, 42 the size of OA-IONPs modestly increased from ca. 20 nm to ca. 30 nm
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under UVA irradiation for 7 days. This final particle hydrodynamic diameter after 7 days was
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relatively small compared to that observed in the absence of t-BuOH, indicating hydroxyl
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radicals generated from UVA (photo)oxidation may be involved in the NPs destabilization
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process(es). It is expected that other oxygen reactive species (e.g., peroxides, superoxide, and
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singlet oxygen) may also possibly contribute to this process as well; however, the exact
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combination of oxidation/degradation mechanisms remain unclear and will be further
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investigated in future reports. Taken together, results show that a phosphate buffer concentration
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of 1.0 mM (higher than typical surface water background concentrations) provided the greatest
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stabilizing effect for OA-IONPs during UVA/H2O2 irradiation when compared to bicarbonate
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and t-BuOH under neutral pH condition.
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Aggregation Kinetics of Pristine and Aged OA-IONPs
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Aggregation kinetics of OA-IONPs before and after aging were evaluated as a function of
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ionic strength and composition using TR-DLS. The hydrodynamic diameter increase (through
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aggregation processes) of pristine OA-IONPs over time in the presence of varied NaCl and
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CaCl2 concentrations is shown in the SI Figure S4. We observe aggregation rates increase from
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0.89 nm/min to 12.69 nm/min when NaCl concentration was correspondingly increased from 100
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mM to 700 mM. However, at higher NaCl concentrations (1000 and 1400 mM), the increase in
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electrolyte concentration did not affect the aggregation rate, as the energy barrier was effectively
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eliminated, indicating a maximum aggregation rate has been reached. Similar behavior was
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observed in the presence of CaCl2 (SI Figure S4b), albeit at lower concentrations (1-50 mM).
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Calculated attachment efficiencies (α) of OA-IONPs, before and after aging, in the presence of
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NaCl and CaCl2 are presented in Figure 3. For these systems, aggregation kinetics can be
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classically divided into two regimes: reaction-limited (where α is less than 1) and diffusion-
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limited aggregation (where α is equal to 1). By extrapolating the reaction limited and diffusion
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limited regimes, the critical coagulation concentration (CCC) can be derived. For these systems,
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distinct reaction-limited and diffusion-limited regime observations indicate that particle
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aggregation before and after aging follows classical DLVO theory. In each of the experiments,
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the CCC decreases as UVA irradiation time was increased. CCC values of OA-IONPs were 763
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mM, 507 mM, 381 mM, and 174 mM NaCl for samples irradiated for 0h (pristine OA-IONPs),
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10 h, 1 d, and 3d, respectively. Similar trends were observed with CaCl2; however, due to charge
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neutralization and surface complexation effects, divalent cations, such as Ca2+, are more effective
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in reducing the surface charge, resulting in lower CCC values compared to monovalent cations
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(Na+).35, 43 CCC values of OA-IONPs in CaCl2 were 10.4 mM, 9.3 mM, 8.2 mM, and 5.8 mM for
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samples irradiated for 0 h, 10 h, 1 d, and 3 d, respectively. Decreasing CCC values indicate
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destabilization effects from extended periods of UVA irradiation: calculated CCC ratios for Ca2+
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to Na+ are 2-6.2 for pristine OA-IONPs and 2-5.8, 2-5.5, and 2-4.9 for samples irradiated for 10 h, 1 d,
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and 3d, respectively. These power terms generally follow the theoretical Schulze-Hardy rule,
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where the ratio of CCC values is proportional to z-6 to z-2 depending on the zeta potential value
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of the material (z is the valence of counterion).44
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Attachment efficiencies (α) of OA-IONPs as a function of electrolyte type upon 3 day (UVA)
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aging in the presence of phosphate and carbonate buffers are shown in Figure 4. In the presence
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of monovalent electrolyte (NaCl), OA-IONPs aged in bicarbonate buffer solution have a
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relatively low CCC value of 174 mM compared to the CCC value (249 mM) of OA-IONPs aged
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in phosphate buffer (under parallel conditions). However, in the presence of a divalent
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electrolyte (CaCl2), OA-IONPs aged in bicarbonate buffer have a relatively higher CCC value
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(5.8 mM) compared to OA-IONPs aged in phosphate buffer (3.0 mM). At neutral pH,
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bicarbonate and phosphate ions exist as HCO3- and H2PO4-, respectively. While the adsorption of
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bicarbonate anions onto the OA-IONPs was not anticipated, phosphate anions demonstrate
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favorable sorption onto the surface of OA-IONPs (SI Figure S5).45 The adsorption of phosphate
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onto OA-IONPs likely alters surface charge/access, leading to relatively higher CCC values
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(more stable).46 Ren et al. has reported the enhanced stabilization of graphene oxide (GO) in the
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presence of strongly adsorbing phosphate anion (H2PO4-) due to increased electrostatic repulsion
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and charge screening of monovalent cation (Na+).46 In the case of calcium, we hypothesize that
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the additional phosphate sorbed onto OA-IONPs forms inner sphere complexes with calcium
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cations, further promoting particle-particle aggregation, as described by others.47, 48 The CCC
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ratio of Ca2+ to Na+ is 2-6.4 for OA-IONPs aged in phosphate buffer for 3 days. The power term is
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This discrepancy in aggregation behavior for OA-IONPs aged in phosphate buffer can be
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Zeta potentials of pristine and aged OA-IONPs (3 days UVA irradiation) are plotted as a
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function of NaCl and CaCl2 in Figure 5. As the electrolyte concentration is increased, the zeta
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potential of all three samples becomes less negative, due to charge screening effects. Comparison
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higher absolute zeta potential values in the presence of NaCl or CaCl2, which is consistent with
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higher CCC values. The reduction of apparent zeta potential for aged particles suggests a surface
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potential change during aging processes. Further, zeta potential values indicate that the divalent
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calcium cation is more effective at neutralizing surface charge, which is in agreement with
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Alterations in the surface coating chemistry of OA-IONPs before and after aging were further
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analyzed using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. The spectra of pure oleic acid, IONPs in hexane,
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pristine OA-IONPs, aged OA-IONPs in bicarbonate, and aged OA-IONPS in phosphate are
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presented in Figure 6. Pure oleic acid exhibited strong symmetric and asymmetric –CH2 stretch
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bands at 2923 and 2854 cm-1 (Figure 6a).50-52 The intense peak shown at 1710 cm-1 is derived
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from the asymmetric –C=O stretch and the band at 1285 cm-1 is attributed to C–O stretch.50, 51, 53
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2854 cm-1 are observed, respectively.50 The characteristic band at 1710 cm-1 for oleic acid is
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oleic acid in the hexane.50 Compared with pure oleic acid, two new bands at 1590 and 1545 cm-1
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in the spectrum of IONPs in hexane were characteristics of the asymmetric –COO- and the
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symmetric –COO- stretches, respectively. The presence of these bands indicates the
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complexation between the carboxylate group from oleic acid and the iron oxide surface.51, 52 This
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As the peak of –C=O at 1710 cm-1 is a characteristic peak of free oleic acid, the resulting sharp
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of OA-IONPs.52, 53 The intensity of this peak, however, decreased when the OA-IONPs were
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subjected to different aging conditions as seen in Figure 6d and 6e, indicating transformation of
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the outer oleic acid layer during aging process. No new peaks were observed after the samples
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were aged, and the only discernible functional group in the FTIR spectra was attributed to
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carboxylate moiety. Taken together, FTIR results support an aging mechanism whereby the inner
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coating layer was still fully/partially attached to the IONPs surface while the outer layer
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underwent transformations during (photo)chemical oxidation processes.
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susceptible to transformation/degradation.54 Reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as hydroxyl
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radicals, generated from UVA light and H2O2, can attack electron-rich double bonds (oxidative
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cleavage of C=C double bond),12,
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nonanal, 9-oxononanoic acid, nonanoic acid and azelaic acid.55,
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process, molecular (organic) aging products were analyzed by GC-MS using Enhanced Data
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To explore this aging
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Analysis software (Agilent Technologies). As shown in Figure 7, nonanal was detected as a
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major product with other identified fragments, such as heptanal, decane, octanal, 1-octanol, and
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octanoic acid, confirming the degradation of oleic acid coatings during the oxidative aging
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process.59, 62, 63, 66 No degradation products (from the surface coatings) were observed in the dark
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the aging process took place on the surface of the nanoparticles, a simplified reaction pathway
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was proposed to mimic and evaluate, thus confirm, the aging process and resulting
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materials/surfaces. For this, one of the major (identified) aging products from oleic acid,
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nonanoic acid, was successfully used (in place of oleic acid) for the phase transfer of IONPs
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from hexane into water. Thus, instead of an oleic acid bilayer structure, a layer of nonanoic acid
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was added to the original layer of oleic acid on the nanoparticle surface, forming a mixed bilayer
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structure, which is depicted in Figure 8). Aggregation kinetics studies were performed for these
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model materials with CCC values observed at 47.4 mM for NaCl and 3.3 mM for CaCl2 (SI
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Figure S6), which are considerably lower when compared CCC values of aged OA-IONPs in
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mM of CaCl2) buffer, supporting the proposed aging mechanism. In this simplified model, we
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transformation and converts to an ideal layer of nonanoic acid. However, we certainly recognize
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that actual aging processes and resulting surface complexes will likely be more complicated, as
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surface reactions could happen to both outer and inner layer(s), with remaining coating layers
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existing as mixtures of different short-chain molecules with varying functional groups. It should
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be expected that such alterations of surface coating structure/chemistry will likely subsequently
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This study demonstrates that (organic) surfactant-coated IONPs can undergo dynamic surface
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(photo)chemical oxidative transformations upon simple UVA irradiation and/or with ubiquitous
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oxidants. Upon chemical aging, surface-functionalized nanoparticles exhibit considerably
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different environmental behavior(s) compared to parent materials. OA-IONP stability is highest
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in the presence of phosphate buffer, due to strong adsorption behavior of phosphate anions. The
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degradation/transformations of surface coating(s) result in significant destabilization of
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engineered particles, highlighting the sensitivity of nanoparticle behavior/transport to surface
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coating type and stability (reactivity). These results also suggest that intentional exposure to
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specific chemical conditions (e.g., oxidation) may be useful for controlled (mitigated) migration
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of nanoparticles after their application lifespan is fulfilled. Further, natural organic matter
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(NOM), which is ever-present in natural aquatic environments, will also likely alter surface
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reaction/aggregation behavior of these and similar engineered nanoparticles, leading to varied
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stability and environmental fate of these materials. Evaluating the (photo)oxidation process of
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Figure 1. (a) TEM micrograph of the as-prepared 8 nm IONPs in hexane, scale bar is 50 nm, (b)
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Histograms of as-prepared 8 nm IONPs in hexane, (c) TEM micrograph of the as-prepared 8 nm
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OA-IONPs in water, and (d) number mean average size distribution of OA-IONPs in water as
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measured by DLS.
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Figure 2. Hydrodynamic diameters of OA-IONPs as a function of time: (a) control in the dark,
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(b) under UVA irradiation. 50 ppm OA-IONP were present in 1.0 mM NaHCO3, 1.0 mM
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NaHCO3 with 0.03 wt. % H2O2, 1.0 mM NaHCO3 with 0.12 wt. % H2O2, 0.1 mM phosphate, 1.0
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Figure 3. Attachment efficiencies of pristine and aged OA-IONPs in bicarbonate buffer as
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763 mM, 507 mM, 381 mM, 174 mM for NaCl, and 10.4 mM, 9.3 mM, 8.2 mM, 5.8 mM for
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CaCl2, respectively. CCC values are derived from the intersection between lines extrapolated
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Figure 4. Attachment efficiencies of pristine and aged OA-IONPs as functions of (a) NaCl and
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(b) CaCl2 concentration. The critical coagulation concentration (CCC) for pristine OA-IONPs,
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Figure 5. Zeta potentials of pristine and aged OA-IONPs as a function of (a) NaCl and (b) CaCl2
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Figure 6. FTIR spectra of (a) pure oleic acid; (b) IONPs in hexane; (c) pristine OA-IONPs; (d)
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Figure 7. GC-MS analysis of organic aging products: (a) dark control in bicarbonate buffer, (b)
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(d) aged sample in 1.0 mM NaHCO3 with 0.12 wt. % H2O2, (e) dark control in phosphate buffer,
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(f) aged sample in 1.0 mM phosphate, (g) aged sample in 1.0 mM phosphate with 0.03 wt. %
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Figure 8. Proposed (photo)oxidation-induced aging mechanism of OA-IONPs under UVA/H2O2
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oxidation process. Oleic acid is oxidized by ROS and yield aldehyde and carboxylic acid
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Supporting Information. TEM micrographs and digital images of pristine and aged OA-
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IONPs, soluble Fe concentration, H2O2 degradation process, aggregation profiles of OA-IONPs,
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phosphate sorption onto OA-IONPs, and CCC values of nonanoic acid coated IONPs. These 6
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AUTHOR INFORMATION
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Corresponding Author
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed:
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John D. Fortner: Tel: +1-314-935-9293; Fax: +1-314-935-5464; Email:
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The authors would like to thank the American Chemical Society’s Petroleum Research Fund
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(#52640-DNI10) and the National Science Foundation (CBET, #1236653) for supporting this
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work.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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This work was supported by American Chemical Society’s Petroleum Research Fund (#52640-
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DNI10) and the National Science Foundation (CBET, #1236653). TEM, DLS facilities were
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provided by the Nano Research Facility (NRF) at Washington University in St. Louis, a member
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of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN), which is supported by the
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National Science Foundation under Grant No. ECS-0335765.
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