Date of Award

11-17-2018

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Chemistry

First Advisor

Brian Berry

Abstract

Historically the populations of many developing countries have been subjected to potable water shortages through drought and those of developed nations from pollution because of industrialization. Recently parts of our own country were in dire straits when it comes to the availability of clean drinking water due to severe drought. Existing inert processes involving activated carbon and titanium dioxide (TiO2) coated particles and membranes have shown to be effective at water purification. However, processes such as these typically require expensive infrastructure and filtration systems and consequently are not expected to be found in developing countries, where clean water is severely lacking. The objective of this research is to create a previously unrealized approach involving the synergistic combination of natural sunlight and fullerene (C60) modified magnetic and titania nanoparticles as a method to both simplify water purification methods and further advance efforts with environmental remediation.

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