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Novel carrageenan-based hydrogel nanocomposites containing laponite RD and their application to remove cationic dye

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Novel hydrogel nanocomposites were synthesized by solution polymerization of acrylamide in the presence of carrageenan biopolymer and laponite RD clay. Laponite was used as an inorganic cross-linker. Ammonium persulfate was applied as an initiator. The structure and morphology of the nanocomposites were investigated using XRD, scanning electron microscopy, and transition electron microscopy techniques. The influence of both laponite nanoclay and the carrageenan content on the swelling degree of nanocomposites was studied and it was found that all nanocomposites containing carrageenan component have a high swelling degree compared to a nanocomposite without carrageenan. The obtained nanocomposites were examined to remove a cationic crystal violet (CV) dye from water. The effect of carrageenan and clay contents on the speed of dye adsorption revealed that while the rate of dye adsorption is enhanced by increasing the clay content, it was depressed as the carrageenan content increased in nanocomposite composition. The results showed that the pseudo-second-order adsorption kinetic was predominant in adsorption of CV onto nanocomposites. The experimental equilibrated adsorption capacity of nanocomposites was analyzed using Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm models. The results indicated that the experimental data fit the Langmuir isotherm best. Maximum adsorption capacity was obtained for carrageenan-free nanocomposite with 79.8 mg g−1 of adsorbed CV onto nanocomposite.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Maragheh, P.O. Box: 55181-83111, Maragheh, Iran

    Gholam Reza Mahdavinia

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Payame Noor University, P.O. Box: 19395-3697, Tehran, Iran

    Abdolhossein Massoudi, Ali Baghban & Bakhshali Massoumi

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Mahdavinia, G.R., Massoudi, A., Baghban, A. et al. Novel carrageenan-based hydrogel nanocomposites containing laponite RD and their application to remove cationic dye. Iran Polym J 21, 609–619 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13726-012-0066-6

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