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Inside Cover, Volume 129, Issue 1
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.39071
Subject(s) - adsorption , polymer science , fiber , van der waals force , cover (algebra) , molecule , volume (thermodynamics) , cellulose , hydrogen bond , polymer , chemical engineering , materials science , chemistry , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , composite material , organic chemistry , physics , mechanical engineering , engineering , thermodynamics
In the study by Aparna Roy et al. on page 15 , lignocellulosic jute fiber is applied as a promising, low‐cost, renewable adsorbent for anionic‐azo dye (Congo redrpar; removal. The scanning electron micrograph of pristine jute shows that the fiber surface is smooth, while adherence of dye molecules onto the adsorbent surface is observed for spent jute. This evidenced dye adsorption by the jute. Optical images also indicate fiber surface coverage with dye molecules, as the natural golden color of the jute became red after adsorption. Adsorption on the jute involves physical forces, e.g., hydrogen bonding between N, S, and O of the dye and –OH groups of the fiber‐cellulose, van der Waals force, etc.