Composite of Paracoccus denitrificans immobilized on modified graphene oxide and its preparation method and application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10059935-B2
Application number	US-201615382625-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2016
Priority date	Dec 17, 2015
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

This invention provided a preparation method of the composite which was immobilized Paracoccus denitrificans on modified graphene oxide and its application. The composite was obtained by following the steps below: 1) Synthesis of graphene oxide; 2) Synthesis of modified graphene oxide; 3) Acclimatization and immobilization of Paracoccus denitrificans . In this invention, the raw materials were low-cost and easily obtained used in the preparation process; easy operation, convenient, and no expensive instruments during the whole process; this invention of the composite could remove DMF from wastewater completely, and with the advantages of high efficiency, good recycle performance, economical, environmentally friendly, better feasibility.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of preparing a composite which has Paracoccus denitrificans immobilized on modified graphene oxide, comprising:
1) synthesis of graphene oxide:
add graphite into concentrated H 2 SO 4 in accordance with the ratio of every 1 g graphite:20-25 mL concentrated H 2 SO 4 , while cooling with an ice bath to 0° C. and stirring continually, then, in accordance with a mass ratio of graphite:KMnO 4 =1:5-8, add KMnO 4 to the suspension of graphite and H 2 SO 4 in a batch, and keep the suspension at 35-40° C. and stir for 15-20 h, after that, pour the suspension into ice water containing H 2 O 2 , and centrifuge, wash and dry to obtain the graphene oxide;
2) synthesis of modified graphene oxide:
in accordance with graphene oxide:methacryloyl chloride=1:0.5-1.5 in mass ratio and triethylamine:methacryloyl chloride=1:1 in stoichiometric molar ratio, disperse said graphene oxide obtained in step 1) in dimethylacetamide with triethylamine under inert gas conditions at 0° C. and stir continually, then add a mixture of methacryloyl chloride and dimethylacetamide and keep at room temperature and stir for 20-24 h, subsequently, centrifuge, wash and dry the product to obtain an acylated graphene oxide;
in accordance with acylated graphene oxide:methacrylic acid=1:0.5-2.5 in mass ratio and methacrylic acid:butyl methacrylate:azobisisobutyronitrile=50:50-100:1-2 in stoichiometric molar ratio, disperse the acylated graphene oxide in dimethylformamide (DMF) under inert gas conditions, then, add methacrylic acid, butyl methacrylate and an initiator, allow free radical solution to polymerize at 60-70° C. for 8-10 h, precipitate the resulting reaction mixture in ether, and then filter and dry to obtain the modified graphene oxide;
3) acclimatization and immobilization of Paracoccus denitrificans:
harvest cells of Paracoccus denitrificans which were grown in liquid medium with 1000 mg/L of glucose solution, and acclimatize by the following method: increase the DMF concentration by 100 mg/L while decreasing the glucose concentration by 100 mg/L every 3-6 days, until the glucose concentration reaches 0 mg/L, and the DMF concentration reaches 2000 mg/L, completing the acclimatization process;
in accordance with the modified graphene oxide:N-hydroxy succinimide:N,N′-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide=1:1-2:1-3 in mass ratio, and N,N′-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide:4-dimethylaminopyridine=1:1 in stoichiometric molar ratio, disperse the modified graphene oxide obtained in step 2) and N-hydroxy succinimide in DMF, then add N,N′-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and 4-dimethylaminopyridine, stir for 24 h at room temperature to obtain amidated modified graphene oxide;
in accordance with amidated modified graphene oxide:acclimatized bacteria=1:1-3 in mass ratio, add the amidated modified graphene oxide and acclimatized bacteria into a phosphate buffered saline (PBS) solution and incubate at 30° C. for 20-24 h to get the composite which has Paracoccus denitrificans immobilized on modified graphene oxide.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
in step 1), the ratio of graphite:concentrated H 2 SO 4 =1 g:23 mL,
in step 1), the mass ratio of graphite:KMnO 4 =1:6,
in step 1), KMnO 4 was added in 2 batches with the same weight.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein: in step 2), said inert gas is any one of nitrogen, helium and argon.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein: in step 2), said inert gas is nitrogen.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
in step 2), the mass ratio of graphene oxide:methacryloyl chloride=1:1,
in step 2), the mass ratio of acylated graphene oxide:methacrylic acid=1:0.5,
in step 2), the stoichiometric molar ratio of methacrylic acid:butyl methacrylate:azobisisobutyronitrile=50:50:1.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
in step 3), the mass ratio of modified graphene oxide:N-hydroxy succinimide:N,N′-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide=1:1:3,
in step 3), the mass ratio of amidated modified graphene oxide: Paracoccus denitrificans =1:2.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
in step 3), the pH of PBS solution equals 7.

8. A composite which has Paracoccus denitrificans immobilized on modified graphene oxide prepared according to the preparation method of claim 1 .

9. A method of treating DMF waste water comprising applying the composite of claim 8 to the DMF waste water.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein:
the maximum concentration of DMF in the DMF waste water is 2000 mg/L.

Assignees

• Univ Soochow

Inventors

• Lu Jianmei
• Chen Dongyun

Classifications

• C02F3/341

  Consortia of bacteria · CPC title

• C02F3/2806

  Anaerobic processes using solid supports for microorganisms · CPC title

• C02F2103/36

  from the manufacture of organic compounds · CPC title

• C12N1/20

  Bacteria; Culture media therefor · CPC title

• C02F2103/343

  from the pharmaceutical industry, e.g. containing antibiotics · CPC title