Synthesis of new water-soluble metal-binding polymers: Combinatorial chemistry approach. 1998 annual progress report

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/13631· OSTI ID:13631

Smith, B F ^[1]; Kurth, M J; Miller, R B ^[2]; Sawan, S ^[3]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (US)
2. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (US)
3. Univ. of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA (US)

'(1) Develop rapid discovery and optimization approaches to new water-soluble chelating polymers for use in Polymer Filtration (PF) systems, and (2) evaluate the concept of using water and organic soluble polymers as new solid supports for combinatorial synthesis. Polymer Filtration (PF), which uses water-soluble metal-binding polymers to sequester metal ions in dilute solution with ultrafiltration (UF) to separate the polymers, is a new technology to selectively remove or recover hazardous and valuable metal ions. Future directions in PF must include rapid development, testing, and characterization of new metal-binding polymers. Thus, the authors are building upon and adapting the combinatorial chemistry approach developed for rapid molecule generation for the drug industry to the rapid development of new chelating polymers. The authors have focused on four areas including the development of: (1) synthetic procedures, (2) small ultrafiltration equipment compatible with organic- and aqueous-based combinatorial synthesis, (3) rapid assay techniques, and (4) polymer characterization techniques.'

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM), Office of Science and Risk Policy
• OSTI ID: 13631
• Report Number(s): EMSP-54724--98; ON: DE00013631
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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