Poly (<i>N</i>-Isopropylacrylamide) Microgels for Organic Dye Removal from Water
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Abstract
The ability of poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) (pNIPAm), and pNIPAm-co-acrylic acid (pNIPAm-co-AAc) microgels to remove an organic azo dye molecule, 4-(2-Hydroxy-1-naphthylazo) benzenesulfonic acid sodium salt (Orange II) from aqueous solutions at both room and elevated temperature was assessed. At room temperature, we found that the amount of Orange II removed from water (removal efficiency) increased with increasing AAc and microgel concentration. The removal of Orange II from water was also fit by a Langmuir sorption isotherm model. Furthermore, we found the extent of Orange II removal depended on solution temperature; more Orange II was removed from water at elevated temperature and as the microgels were held at that temperature for longer durations of time. Additionally, by increasing the cycles between high and ambient temperature, the removal of Orange II was enhanced, although this was only true for two temperature cycles. We hypothesize that this is a result of the thermoresponsive nature of pNIPAm-based microgels which deswell at elevated temperature expelling their solvating water and when the microgels are cooled back down they reswell with the Orange II containing water. We also hypothesize that the microgels become saturated after the second heating cycle and so the efficiency of removal did not increase further. Finally, we assessed the ability of the microgels to retain the Orange II after it is removed from the aqueous solution. We determined that the microgels "leak" 25.6% of the Orange II that was originally removed from the water.
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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