JOURNAL ARTICLE

Enhanced adsorption of Cu(ii) ions on chitosan microspheres functionalized with polyethylenimine-conjugated poly(glycidyl methacrylate) brushes

Li LvJing ZhangShaojun YuanLiqiang HuangShengwei TangBin LiangSimo O. Pehkonen

Year: 2016 Journal:   RSC Advances Vol: 6 (81)Pages: 78136-78150   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

Crosslinked chitosan microspheres were tethered with branched polyethylenimine-conjugated poly(glycidyl methacrylate) brushesviasurface-initiated ATRP and were further utilized as novel adsorbent to purify Cu(ii)-contaminated aqueous solution​.

Keywords:
Polyethylenimine Glycidyl methacrylate Chitosan Adsorption Conjugated system Aqueous solution Methacrylate Polymer chemistry Chemistry Microsphere Nuclear chemistry Chemical engineering Organic chemistry Polymer Copolymer

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Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
Physical Sciences →  Environmental Science →  Water Science and Technology
Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
Physical Sciences →  Materials Science →  Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Analytical chemistry methods development
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