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Title: Adsorption of Methylene Blue, Brilliant Green and Rhodamine B from Aqueous Solution Using Collagen-g-p(AA-co-NVP)/Fe{sub 3}O{sub 4}@SiO{sub 2} Nanocomposite Hydrogel

Journal Article · · Journal of Polymers and the Environment
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  1. Islamic Azad University, Department of Chemistry, Karaj Branch (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

In this study, the collagen-g-poly(acrylic acid-co-N-vinylpyrrolidone)/Fe{sub 3}O{sub 4}@SiO{sub 2} (collagen-g-p(AA-co-NVP)/Fe{sub 3}O{sub 4}@SiO{sub 2}) as magnetic nanocomposite hydrogel was synthesized by graft copolymerization of acrylic acid (AA) and N-vinylpyrrolidone (NVP) onto collagen in the presence of the Fe{sub 3}O{sub 4}@SiO{sub 2} using ammonium persulfate as a free radical initiator and bis[2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl] phosphate as a crosslinker under ultrasound-assisted condition. The blank collagen-g-p(AA-co-NVP) hydrogel and its composite with the Fe{sub 3}O{sub 4}@SiO{sub 2} nanoparticles were characterized by means of FTIR, SEM-EDS, XRD, VSM and TGA methods. The effects of different parameters such as pH, dose of adsorbent and time on swelling behavior were examined. The swelling ratio of the collagen-g-p(AA-co-NVP) hydrogel increased in the presence of the Fe{sub 3}O{sub 4}@SiO{sub 2} nanoparticles. Adsorption behavior of magnetic nanocomposite hydrogel was investigated for the adsorption of dyes and it was found to remove about 93% for methylene blue, 96% for brilliant green and 89% for rhodamine B in 50 mg/L of dyes solutions at pH 7. Kinetic study revealed the applicability of pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order models for the adsorption of mentioned dyes. The adsorption isotherm was studied in 25, 35, 45 and 55 °C using Langmuir, Freundlich, Temkin and Sips models and the adsorption data were well described by Langmuir isotherm model. Negative values of ΔG{sup º} for all three dyes suggested the feasibility of dyes removal and support for spontaneous adsorption of mentioned dyes on magnetic nanocomposite hydrogel. Desorption of dyes from the dye loaded nanocomposite hydrogel was simply done in ethanol. The results indicate that the prepared magnetic nanocomposite hydrogel is an efficient adsorbent with high adsorption capacity for the aforementioned dyes.

OSTI ID:
22950412
Journal Information:
Journal of Polymers and the Environment, Vol. 27, Issue 3; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2019 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1566-2543
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English