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We report a new method for treating high-molecular-weight cellulose with 60Co gamma rays to simultaneously graft functional groups onto the natural polymer and promote its solubility. After exposing cellulose to a 40-kilogray dose of gamma rays in the presence of 2-methylacrylamide, numerous amide groups were grafted onto the cellulose chain and its solubility increased. Amide-functionalized cryogels were prepared via the sol–gel method using the irradiated product as a raw material. Compared with 40-kGy-irradiated high-molecular-weight-cellulose cryogel, the amide-functionalized cryogels had relatively high zero-point charge pH values and excellent adsorption capacities with regard to anionic dyes over the pH range 2–10. They were also stable in terms of reusability. Therefore, the 2-methylacrylamide/high-molecular-weight cellulose cryogel has great potential for use in the treatment of colored surface wastewater. The 60Co gamma ray irradiation technique described herein is a stable and highly efficient method for the preparation of functionalized cellulose products.
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We thank Ms. Min Wang for determination of FTIR and XRD, and Mr. Cunfa Xu for detection of SEM image and BET.
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This work was financially supported by Jiangsu Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Fund (Grant No. CX(19)3082), the Six Talent Peaks Project of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. NY-034), the Jiangsu province Natural Sciences Foundation (BK20190003), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (31872481 and 31802167).
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Zhang, S., Gu, J., Fan, B. et al. Synthesis of 2-methylacrylamide/high-molecular-weight cellulose using gamma ray irradiation and preparation of cryogels for removing anionic dyes. Cellulose 29, 5511–5527 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-022-04615-5
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