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Macroporous crosslinked hydrophobic/hydrophilic polystyrene/polyamide interpenetrating polymer network: Synthesis, characterization, and adsorption behaviors for quercetin from aqueous solution
Author(s) -
Liao Wenwen,
Gao Shuqin,
Xie Xianglin,
Xu Mancai
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.32479
Subject(s) - adsorption , aqueous solution , polystyrene , freundlich equation , interpenetrating polymer network , desorption , chemical engineering , materials science , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , polyamide , polymer , polymer chemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , engineering
In the present study, a novel hydrophobic/hydrophilic polystyrene/polyamide interpenetrating polymer network (PS/PAM IPN) was synthesized and its molecular structure was characterized by Fourier transform infrared ray (FT‐IR) spectrum, chemical analysis, swelling test, and N 2 adsorption‐desorption experiment. The obtained PS/PAM IPN was employed as a polymeric adsorbent to adsorb quercetin from aqueous solution, and the adsorption thermodynamics were calculated according to thermodynamic equations. It was found that no chemical bond was formed between PS and PAM and PS/PAM IPN held characters of amphiphilic polymer network (APN). The adsorption isotherms could be well fitted by Freundlich isotherm, and the adsorption was shown to be an exothermic, spontaneous, and more ordered process. The total adsorption capacity from the column adsorption experiment was measured to be 8.6 mg/mL wet resin, and the adsorbed quercetin on PS/PAM IPN could be easily desorbed by 10% of hydrochloric acid‐ethanol. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010