화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Macromolecular Research, Vol.23, No.1, 21-29, January, 2015
DOI10.1007/s13233-015-3010-8  Export Citation
Facile fabrication of Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Silica composites for removal of Hg(II) from water
Somit Kumar Singh, Kyong Yop Rhee†, Seul-Yi Lee1, and Soo-Jin Park1, †
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Gyeonggi, 449-701, Korea
  • 1Department of Chemistry, Inha University, Incheon, Gyeonggi, 402-751, Korea
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A low-cost and environment friendly route towards the synthesis of poly(vinyl alcohol)/silica composites is presented. The silica-based composites were synthesized by hydrolytic and dehydroxylation polymerization of a silica precursor, tetrakis(2-hydroxyethyl)orthosilicate by sol-gel method within a poly(vinyl alcohol) matrix. Calcination of the composites at 300℃ resulted in mesoporous silica that exhibited excellent Hg(II) adsorption at pH 6.5, and the materials were characterized using FTIR, XRD, TGA-DTA, and SEM analyses. The adsorption data best fitted the Langmuir isotherm; Q max for the adsorbent was 113.63 mg·g-1. The adsorption followed pseudo-second-order kinetics with a rate constant of 6.16×10^(-4) g·mg-1·min-1. The biocompatibility feature of the synthesized adsorbent materials makes it a potential candidate for biological applications such as enzyme immobilization, opto-electronics, and sensors.
Keywords:poly(vinyl alcohol);silica;Hg(II) removal
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