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Fabrication of hydrophilic and hydrophobic site on polypropylene nonwoven for removal of bisphenol a from water: explorations on adsorption behaviors, mechanisms and configurational influence

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In this study, hydrophilic and hydrophobic site was fabricated onto the surface of polypropylene (PP) nonwoven for removal of bisphenol A (BPA). The adsorption behaviors as well as the adsorption driving forces were systematically analyzed. It is revealed that the amphiphilic PP nonwoven (PP-g-GMA-OA) had strong affinity towards BPA molecules and the predominant driving forces were hydrophobic interaction and hydrogen bonding. The hydrophobic site acted as adsorption site to provide hydrophobic interaction. The hydrophilic site accelerated the diffusion and adsorption process. In addition, the detailed connections between grated layer configuration and adsorption behaviors were observed and systematically elucidated. To ascertain the configurational transformation of grafted layer on PP surface, a microparticle grafting experiment was designed based on stimuli-responsive material measurement and the results indicated that the grafted layer had extended and contracted configuration with the variety of pH. Surface zeta potential measurement revealed that the configurarational transformation was mainly controlled by electrostatic interaction. On the basis of specially designed adsorption isotherm experiment, it is observed that extended configuration could offer more sites and slightly increased the adsorption capacity compared with contracted configuration.

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This research was supported by the Key Technologies R & D Program of Tianjin (15ZCZDSF00880) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51678409).

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  1. School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin, 300387, China

    Huan Zhang, Han Wang, Junfu Wei & Yali Ji

  2. Tianjin Engineering Center for Safety Evaluation of Water Quality & Safeguards Technology, Tianjin, 300387, China

    Huan Zhang & Junfu Wei

  3. State Key Laboratory of Separation Membranes and Membrane Processes, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin, 300387, China

    Han Wang, Feifei Wang, Junfu Wei, Xiangyu Zhou & Yali Ji

  4. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin, 300387, China

    Feifei Wang & Xiangyu Zhou

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Zhang, H., Wang, H., Wang, F. et al. Fabrication of hydrophilic and hydrophobic site on polypropylene nonwoven for removal of bisphenol a from water: explorations on adsorption behaviors, mechanisms and configurational influence. J Polym Res 24, 171 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-017-1330-4

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