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Synthesis of N-Guanidinium-Chitosan/Silica Hybrid Composites: Efficient Adsorbents for Anionic Pollutants

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A new chitosan derivative, N-guanidinium chitosan acetate, has been synthesized by direct guanylation of chitosan by cyanamide in presence of scandium(III) triflate under mild acidic condition. Starting from this material, N-guanidinium chitosan/silica microhybrids were prepared via a sol gel method using 3-glycidoxypropyl trimethoxysilane as silica precursor. Both N-guanidinium chitosan and the N-guanidinium chitosan/silica hybrid were characterized by a range of analytical techniques such as 29Si/13C solid state NMR, FT-IR, scanning electron microscopy, thermogravimetry and elemental analysis. The characterization of the chitosan/silica hybrid indicated that this material is a highly hydrophilic nanocomposite material containing an organic core and a highly condensed silica shell. The N-guanidinium chitosan/silica microhybrids display excellent adsorption properties for anionic dyes such as methyl orange (MO) with very high capacities up to 917 mg/g. The fixation of MO as anionic dye was investigated in detail as a function of contact time, pH and the MO concentration. The adsorption kinetics of MO on N-guanidinium chitosan/silica microhybrids was more accurately described by pseudo second-order model. Langmuir isotherm model exhibited a better fit with adsorption data than Freundlich isotherm model. This work opens new possibilities for using N-guanidinium chitosan as a reusable adsorbent for water purification.

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We thank the Université de Montpellier and the Egyptian Government for financial support. The authors are indebted to Christine Biolley for solid-state NMR measurements.

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    Ahmed Salama & Peter Hesemann

  2. Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Centre, 33 Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt

    Ahmed Salama

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Salama, A., Hesemann, P. Synthesis of N-Guanidinium-Chitosan/Silica Hybrid Composites: Efficient Adsorbents for Anionic Pollutants. J Polym Environ 26, 1986–1997 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-017-1093-3

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