公开(公告)号：US20180134582A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-17

申请号：US15352643

申请日：2016-11-16

申请人： University of Dammam

发明人： Loay AWAD ,  Fawaz Ali AL MUADDI ,  Mohammed Abdullah ALAMRI ,  Majed Mulfi ALOTAIBI ,  Abdullah Mazyad ALOTAIBI ,  Badr Saleh ALZAHRANI ,  Talal Fahad ALOTAEBI

IPC分类号： C02F1/28 ,  B01J20/289 ,  B01J20/30 ,  B01J20/32 ,  C02F1/00

CPC分类号： C02F1/288 ,  B01J20/289 ,  B01J20/3085 ,  B01J20/3202 ,  B01J20/3219 ,  B01J20/3274 ,  C02F1/002 ,  C02F1/004 ,  C02F1/281 ,  C02F1/283 ,  C02F1/285 ,  C02F2101/103 ,  C02F2101/14 ,  C02F2101/20 ,  C02F2101/22 ,  C02F2101/30 ,  C02F2201/006 ,  C02F2305/08 ,  C02F2307/02 ,  Y02W10/37

摘要： A water filtration apparatus and a method of using thereof, wherein the water filtration apparatus includes a nanoparticle layer which comprises polypeptide-functionalized nanoparticles that are capable of absorbing heavy metals selected from the group consisting of Pb2+, As5+, Cd2+, Hg2+, Cr6+, Cu2+, and Zn2+, as well as organic materials. Various embodiments of the water filtration apparatus, the method of using the apparatus, and a method of producing the polypeptide-functionalized nanoparticles are also provided.