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Synthesis and Characterization of Eco-friendly Amino Polylactide Foam (APLAF) Active to Remove Palladium and Copper Ions in Water and Wastewater

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One of the methods used to remove heavy metal ions from wastewater is the application of polymer materials through the adsorption process. In this study, the use of synthesized eco-friendly amino polylactide foam (APLAF) is reported for this purpose. The synthesized APLA was characterized via ATR-FTIR, 1H-NMR, and GPC, while the thermal properties of APLAF were studied with TG/DTG/DTA analyses and the surface morphology was tested with SEM analysis. The metal adsorption studies were carried out by the immersion test under Pd(OAc)2 and Cu(OAc)2 solutions at different times and pH. The analysis results show the successful synthesis of APLAF as a potential adsorbent. In this respect, the prepared adsorbent was used to remove the metal pollutants from the aquatic environment. As a consequence of removal experiments, the APLAF has the optimum adsorption at a pH of 7.5 for Pd(II) and Cu(II) metal ions, while the highest adsorption was obtained after 45 min of adsorption process and an optimum initial concentration of 20.4 mg/L.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the Italian National Research Council (CNR) microscopy facility “Ce. M.E.–Centro Microscopie Elettroniche Laura Bonzi” for providing the facilities for the Gaia 3 (Tescan s.r.o, Brno, Czech Republic) instrument acquired thanks to “Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze” Grant Number n.2013.0878 and Region Toscana POR FESR 2014–2020 for the project FELIX (Fotonica ed Elettronica Integrate per l’Industria), Grant Number 6455. Also, the authors are grateful to Urmia University for supporting this research.

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    Iman Mohammadi Dehcheshmeh, Ahmad Poursattar Marjani & Peyman Najafi Moghadam

  2. Department of Chemistry ‘‘Ugo Schiff”, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia, 3-13, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Florence, Italy

    Iman Mohammadi Dehcheshmeh & Marco Frediani

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Mohammadi Dehcheshmeh, I., Frediani, M., Poursattar Marjani, A. et al. Synthesis and Characterization of Eco-friendly Amino Polylactide Foam (APLAF) Active to Remove Palladium and Copper Ions in Water and Wastewater. J Polym Environ 31, 4842–4854 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-023-02907-w

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