Sorption Profile of Low Specific Activity 99Mo on Nanoceria-Based Sorbents for the Development of 99mTc Generators: Kinetics, Equilibrium, and Thermodynamic Studies.

Nawar, Mohamed F; El-Daoushy, Alaa F; Madkour, Metwally; Türler, Andreas (2022). Sorption Profile of Low Specific Activity 99Mo on Nanoceria-Based Sorbents for the Development of 99mTc Generators: Kinetics, Equilibrium, and Thermodynamic Studies. Nanomaterials, 12(9) MDPI 10.3390/nano12091587

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99Mo/99mTc generators play a significant role in supplying 99mTc for diagnostic interventions in nuclear medicine. However, the applicability of using low specific activity (LSA) 99Mo asks for sorbents with high sorption capacity. Herein, this study aims to evaluate the sorption behavior of LSA 99Mo towards several CeO2 nano-sorbents developed in our laboratory. These nanomaterials were prepared by wet chemical precipitation (CP) and hydrothermal (HT) approaches. Then, they were characterized using XRD, BET, FE-SEM, and zeta potential measurements. Additionally, we evaluated the sorption profile of carrier-added (CA) 99Mo onto each material under different experimental parameters. These parameters include pH, initial concentration of molybdate solution, contact time, and temperature. Furthermore, the maximum sorption capacities were evaluated. The results reveal that out of the synthesized CeO2 nanoparticles (NPs) materials, the sorption capacity of HT-1 and CP-2 reach 192 ± 10 and 184 ± 12 mg Mo·g-1, respectively. For both materials, the sorption kinetics and isotherm data agree with the Elovich and Freundlich models, respectively. Moreover, the diffusion study demonstrates that the sorption processes can be described by pore diffusion (for HT-synthesis route 1) and film diffusion (for CP-synthesis route 2). Furthermore, the thermodynamic parameters indicate that the Mo sorption onto both materials is a spontaneous and endothermic process. Consequently, it appears that HT-1 and CP-2 have favorable sorption profiles and high sorption capacities for CA-99Mo. Therefore, they are potential candidates for producing a 99Mo/99mTc radionuclide generator by using LSA 99Mo.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (DCBP)

UniBE Contributor:

Nawar, Mohamed Fawzy Moustafa S., Türler, Andreas

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
500 Science > 540 Chemistry

ISSN:

2079-4991

Publisher:

MDPI

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

17 May 2022 10:36

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:36

Publisher DOI:

10.3390/nano12091587

PubMed ID:

35564296

Uncontrolled Keywords:

CeO2 NPs LSA 99Mo hydrothermal modification sorption kinetics thermodynamic parameters

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/170046

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/170046

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