EFFICIENCY OF CuO AND 1% DOPED CuO NANOPARTICLE IN REMOVING STAPHYLOCOCCUS AND LEAD FROM SIMULATED CONTAMINATED WATER

ABSTRACT

Nanoscience and nanotechnology refer to the science and technology of matter, manipulated at the atomic level. Chemists have been manipulating materials atom by atoms or bond by bond throughout history. One could say that every synthetic event occurs at the nanoscale. Nanoparticle includes particles having between 1 and 100nm. These particles have different properties at their atomic level due to their size. Nanoparticles can be classified as metal nanoparticle, semiconductor nanoparticles and carbon nanoparticle. Nanoparticles have chemical and physical properties that makes them very different from that of bulk materials due to their small size and large surface of volume ratio. For this analysis, characterization techniques such as Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) were employed. Since CuO and 1% doped CuO are to be used in removing staphylococcus and lead from simulated contaminated water, care must be taken to ensure that the nanoparticle themselves do not introduce additional contamination or harm to the environment. The outcome can contribute to cleaner and safer water supplies and advance the fields of nanomaterial for environmental applications. It can also address critical public health and environmental concerns, drive technological advancement, and to contribute to a sustainable and cleaner water supply for communities worldwide.