Abstract
M.Tech. (Chemistry)
Clean water is vital to the survival and health so the presences of cyanobacterial
blooms have caused severe problems for humans, aquatic animals and wildlife.
Cyanobacteria in surface and flowing waters used for potable water supplies have
been the main cause to an ever increasing presence of cyano-toxins. Monitoring of
these cyano-toxins in algae blooms from local Dams is important for evaluating the
potential risk for people who rely on these Dams as a source for domestic water
use. We report the synthesis of Fe/Ni-PES/DEN bimetallic nano-composites for
use in degrading cyano-toxins. We also supported the bimetallic nano-composite
in dendrimers and immobilised in polyethersulfone membranes. These
membranes were characterised using scanning electron microscopy-energy
dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
(FTIR).