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Preparation and sorption studies of microsphere copolymers containing β‐cyclodextrin and poly(acrylic acid)
Author(s) -
Guo Rui,
Wilson Lee D.
Publication year - 2012
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.36272
Subject(s) - sorption , aqueous solution , copolymer , comonomer , freundlich equation , materials science , langmuir adsorption model , adsorption , acrylic acid , langmuir , polymer chemistry , nuclear chemistry , sorbent , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer , composite material , engineering
Microsphere polymeric materials containing β‐cyclodextrin (β‐CD) and poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) with tunable morphologies were prepared in order to improve their sorption characteristics in aqueous solution. The microsphere polymeric materials were prepared using a (water/oil) micro‐emulsion‐evaporation technique to condense β‐cyclodextrin (β‐CD) with PAA at various comonomer ratios and mixing speeds. The β‐CD microsphere copolymers were characterized using FTIR, TGA, DSC, SEM, elemental (C and H) microanalyses, and solid state 13 C‐NMR spectroscopy. The sorption properties of the polymeric materials at 295 K in aqueous solution containing p ‐nitrophenol (PNP) were studied using a dye‐based method with UV–Vis spectrophotometry at pH 4.6 and 10.3. The sorption isotherms of copolymer/PNP systems were evaluated with various isotherm models (e.g., Langmuir, BET, Freundlich, and Sips). The Sips isotherm showed the best overall agreement with the experimental results and the sorption parameters provided estimates of the sorbent surface area (12.0–331 m 2 /g) and the sorption capacity ( Q m = 0.359–2.20 mmol/g at pH = 4.6; Q m = 0.070–0.191 mmol/g at pH = 10.3) for the microsphere copolymer/PNP systems in aqueous solution. The nitrogen adsorption properties of the microporous copolymers in the solid state were obtained at 77K with BET surface areas ranging from 0.275 to 4.47 m 2 /g. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2012