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Adsorption behaviors of dyes on a biodegradable gelatin/chitosan/β-cyclodextrin hydrogel from an aqueous solution

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A novel biodegradable porous hydrogel (gelatin/chitosan/β-cyclodextrin, GEL/CS/β-CD) was prepared via a simple one-pot polymerization of gelatin, chitosan, and β-cyclodextrin. The chemical structure, morphology, and thermal stability were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and thermogravimetric (TG) analysis, respectively. Due to a great number of active groups, such as amino groups, hydroxyl groups, and carboxyl groups of the hydrogel providing enough adsorption active sites, the hydrogel had excellent adsorption performances. Various organic dyes, such as malachite green (MG), crystalline violet (CV), congo red (CR), methylene blue (MB), acid fuchsin (AF), and methyl orange (MO), could be effectively removed. For 30 mg /L of MB and AF, the removal rate was between 80.0 and 93.3%. At 298 K, the adsorption capacities of AF and MB were as high as 1111 mg/g and 667 mg/g, respectively. Adsorption thermodynamics study indicated that the adsorption was a spontaneous process with a negative ΔG. The adsorption process followed the pseudo-second-order kinetic model and the Langmuir isotherm model. Moreover, the GEL/CS/β-CD hydrogel had good biodegradability and it degraded completely in soil extract solution for 30 days. Herein, the prepared GEL/CS/β-CD hydrogel has potential application as a green and environmentally friendly adsorbent for the effective removal of organic dyes in printing and dyeing wastewater.

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This work was supported in part by National Natural Science Foundation of China (21665024), the Basic Project of Science and Research of Colleges and Universities of Gansu Province (5001–109), and the Project for Young Teacher of Northwest Normal University (NWNU-LKQN-13–6).

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Ren, J., Li, M., Wang, X. et al. Adsorption behaviors of dyes on a biodegradable gelatin/chitosan/β-cyclodextrin hydrogel from an aqueous solution. Colloid Polym Sci 300, 785–800 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-022-04988-w

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