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Removal of carbamazepine and clofibric acid from water using double templates–molecularly imprinted polymers

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A novel double templates–molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) was prepared by precipitation polymerization using carbamazepine (CBZ) and clofibric acid (CA) as the double templates molecular and 2-vinylpyridine as functional monomer. The equilibrium data of MIP was well described by the Freundlich isotherm model. Two kinetic models were adopted to describe the experimental data, and the pseudo second-order model well-described adsorption of CBZ and CA on the MIP. Adsorption experimental results showed that the MIP had good selectivity and adsorption capacity for CBZ and CA in the presence of competitive compounds compared with non-imprinted polymer, commercial powdered activated carbon, and C18 adsorbents. The feasibility of removing CBZ and CA from water by the MIP was demonstrated using tap water, lake water, and river water.

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Acknowledgments

This study is financed by the Natural Science Foundation of China (41101480, 41070641,51138009), National Key Technologies R & D Program (2012BAJ25B02), New Century Excellent Talents in University ( NCET-11-0391), State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse Foundation (PCRRY11004, PCRRY11015), and the Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology, China(11QH1402600).

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  1. College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Chao-meng Dai, Yan-ping Duan & Shu-guang Liu

  2. State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Chao-meng Dai, Juan Zhang, Ya-lei Zhang, Xue-fei Zhou & Yan-ping Duan

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Dai, Cm., Zhang, J., Zhang, Yl. et al. Removal of carbamazepine and clofibric acid from water using double templates–molecularly imprinted polymers. Environ Sci Pollut Res 20, 5492–5501 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-1565-5

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