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Synthesis of polyethylenimine-modified magnetic hydrogel nanocomposite absorbents for heavy metals removal

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Polyethylenimine(PEI)-modified magnetic hydrogel nanocomposite absorbents (PEI-mHNAs) were fabricated based on poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) and PEI-modified magnetic nanoparticles by radical copolymerization. FTIR and XRD results preliminarily confirmed the target structure of PEI-mHNAs without destroying the structure of magnetic nanoparticles during modification and radical copolymerization. PEI-mHNAs with many rough porous and interstitial structure had high adsorption capacity of Cu(II) (217 mg/g), Cd(II) (232 mg/g) and Pb(II) (459 mg/g). PEI-mHNAs had the best absorption capacity for heavy metal ions in the synthesis condition of acrylic acid/acrylamide mass ratio of 60:40, 0.8% initiator, AA neutralization degree of 70%, 0.75% crosslinker, and 15% PEI-modified magnetic nanoparticles. Moreover, PEI-mHNAs had good magnetic responsiveness, high thermal stability and reusability, which make it a potential application in removing heavy metal ions from the contaminated wastewater.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Key Research and Development Program of Sichuan province (Grant No. 2019YFG0264); Technology Foundation for Selected Overseas Chinese Scholar, Department of Personnel of Sichuan province (Grant No. 19BZ08009); State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection (Grant No. SKLGP2018Z005).

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    Tao Wan

  2. Mineral Resources Chemistry Key Laboratory of Sichuan Higher Education Institutions, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610059, China

    Tao Wan, Songsong He, Tairan Wang, Jian Wang, Mingrui Yu, Yang Jia & Qi Tang

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Wan, T., He, S., Wang, T. et al. Synthesis of polyethylenimine-modified magnetic hydrogel nanocomposite absorbents for heavy metals removal. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 39, 3138–3145 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-022-1168-2

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