Seyedeh Maedeh Hashemi Orimi; Maryam Khavarpour; Sohrab Kazemi
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In the present study, adsorption behavior of mesoporous molecularly imprinted polymers for bisphenol A was investigated. Molecularly imprinted nanopolymers were synthesized by precipitation polymerization using bisphenol A as a template molecule. Two molecular ratios of templet: functional monomer: cross-linker ...
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In the present study, adsorption behavior of mesoporous molecularly imprinted polymers for bisphenol A was investigated. Molecularly imprinted nanopolymers were synthesized by precipitation polymerization using bisphenol A as a template molecule. Two molecular ratios of templet: functional monomer: cross-linker (1:6:30 (MIP-6) and 1:4:20 (MIP-4)) was considered for experiments. Ethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as a Crosslinker, metacrylic acid (MAA) as a functional monomer and 2, 2´-azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as an initiator were used for the synthesis of polymers. In addition, Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms and pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetic models were studied for adsorption mechanism. Results showed that porous polymers with average pore diameter of 13 to 17 nm and specific surface area of 326 to 439 (cm3/g) were obtained. The maximum adsorption capacity was 400.1 μmol/g for MIP-6. SEM analysis showed that the synthesized polymer particles were spherical. The highest adsorption efficiency of bisphenol A achieved by MIP-6 was 71%.
Tooraj Beyki; Mohammad Javad Asadollahzadeh
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For the first time, uniform molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) nanoparticles were prepared using dicamba as a template. The MIP nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by precipitation polymerization using methacrylic acid (MAA) as functional monomer, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate (TRIM) as ...
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For the first time, uniform molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) nanoparticles were prepared using dicamba as a template. The MIP nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by precipitation polymerization using methacrylic acid (MAA) as functional monomer, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate (TRIM) as cross-linker and acetonitrile as porogen. The produced polymers were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and their morphology was precisely examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The MIP nanospheres were obtained with the average diameter of 234 nm. Batch-wise guest binding experiments were carried out to determine the removal efficiency of the produced MIP nanoparticles towards the template molecule in aqueous solutions. The MIP showed outstanding affinity toward dicamba in aqueous solution with maximum removal efficiency of 87.5% at 300 mg.L-1 of dicamba solution. The MIP exhibited higher adsorption efficiency compared with the corresponding non-imprinted polymer (NIP) as well as outstanding selectivity towards dicamba relative to the template analog in an aqueous solution. Moreover, effects of pH on removal efficiency and selectivity of MIP were evaluated in detail.