Transforming waste fish bones into nanoparticles with ultrasound and aqueous organic acids
By-products from the fish processing industry were used to produce hydroxyapatite nanoparticles through green methods. After cleaning with enzymes, the bones were transformed into spherical nanoparticles with diameters <100 nm using mechanochemistry.
Authors
- Fabrice Berrué (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2389-4388)
- Sarah Boudreau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0354-317X)
- Edmond Lam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4343-4469)
- Francesca M. Kerton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8165-473X)
- Sabahudin Hrapovic
- Emma MacIsaac
Institutions
- Memorial University of Newfoundland (CA)
- National Research Council Canada (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- RSC Sustainability
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5su00164a
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Ultrasound and Cavitation Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.04
Funders
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Ocean Frontier Institute
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada