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Fabrication of polystyrene-acrylic/ZnO nanocomposite films for effective removal of methylene blue dye from water

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Polymer nanocomposite films were formed from the aqueous dispersion of thermally linking styrene-acrylic copolymer (Tubifast 4010®, CHT), partially esterified melamine resin (Tubifix®, CHT), and ZnO nanoparticles as filler. The developed nanocomposite films were characterized by elemental (CHNS) analysis, SEM, EDX, IR spectroscopy, XRD, and swelling degree study. The EDX analysis proved the presence of Zn in the polymer nanocomposite, and according to SEM and XRD, all ZnO nanoparticles are separated with a uniform structure with 20 nm in size. Analyzing a swelling degree of the polymer films showed that the film with nano ZnO as the filler possesses 3.4 times lower swelling degree compared to the film formed from Tubifast 4010®. This can be explained by the inorganic structure of ZnO and the ability to form extra chains, which is consistent with IR spectroscopy data. It was demonstrated that the polymer nanocomposite film could adsorb methylene blue due to the quick swelling of the film which increases the volume of the sample and provides more active adsorption sites of the film.

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Acknowledgement

The authors are grateful for the financial support from SAIA, n.o. within National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic, APVV-19-0302 and VEGA 2/0156/19 projects, Czech Science Foundation grant N°19-08153Y. As well RNDr. Jana Gaálová, Ph.D. (Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czech Academy of Sciences) is acknowledged for contact angles measurements.

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  3. Institute of Geotechnics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovak Republic

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Pasichnyk, M., Václavíková, M. & Melnyk, I. Fabrication of polystyrene-acrylic/ZnO nanocomposite films for effective removal of methylene blue dye from water. J Polym Res 28, 56 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-021-02418-z

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