Synthesis and Applications of Polymeric Adsorbent Materials

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Analysis and Characterization".

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School of Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
Interests: adsorption; carbon capture; polymer foam; carbon monolith
School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Interests: functional materials; nanocarbons; advanced oxidation processes; photocatalysis; green catalysis
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Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute), Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, Tītokorangi Drive (Formerly Long Mile Rd), Rotorua 3010, New Zealand
Interests: electrocatalysis of biomass; biomass densification; thermochemical processing of biomass; biological processing
School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide 5005, Australia
Interests: photocatalysis; photothermal catalysis; photodegradation; nanomaterials; C1 chemistry; water splitting; environmental remediation

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Dear Colleagues,

Polymeric adsorbent materials have attracted much attention in recent decades in terms of their highly developed surface area, large pore volume, perfect mechanical strength, tunable surface chemistry, adjustable pore size distribution, and easy regeneration under mild conditions. This issue covers but is not limited to the performance analysis and applications of novel polymeric adsorbent materials. Different ex and in situ techniques to characterize and investigate these advanced materials such as their matrix, surface, and interface properties will be included. Of particular focus is their performance analysis and applications in the fields of carbon capture, air pollution remediation, water treatment, theoretical calculations, and engineering.

Dr. Shuai Gao
Dr. Xiaoguang Duan
Dr. Bing Song
Dr. Jinqiang Zhang
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Adsorption and Recognition Property of Tyrosine Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Prepared via Electron Beam Irradiation
by Pengpai Miao, Yanan Sang, Jie Gao, Xiaobing Han, Yuan Zhao and Tao Chen
Polymers 2023, 15(20), 4048; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15204048 - 11 Oct 2023
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Abstract
To realize the selective separation of L-tyrosine (L-Tyr) and avoid the drawbacks of traditional thermal polymerization, electron beam irradiation polymerization was developed for the fabrication of L-Tyr molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs). Firstly, L-Tyr MIPs were prepared with methacrylic acid and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate [...] Read more.
To realize the selective separation of L-tyrosine (L-Tyr) and avoid the drawbacks of traditional thermal polymerization, electron beam irradiation polymerization was developed for the fabrication of L-Tyr molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs). Firstly, L-Tyr MIPs were prepared with methacrylic acid and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate and without an initiator. Then, the influence of absorbed dosage and temperature on the adsorption capacity of L-Tyr, as well as the thermodynamic behavior, were investigated. The maximum adsorption capacity of 10.96 mg/g for MIPs was obtained with an irradiation dosage of 340 kGy under 15 °C, and the ΔH0 and ΔS0 of the adsorption process are −99.79 kJ/mol and −0.31 kJ/mol·K, respectively. In addition, the effect of adsorption time on adsorption performance was evaluated under different initial concentrations, and the kinetic behavior was fitted with four different models. Finally, the recognition property of the obtained MIPs was investigated with L-Tyr and two analogues. The obtained MIPs have an imprinting factor of 5.1 and relatively high selective coefficients of 3.9 and 3.5 against L-tryptophan and L-phenylalanine, respectively. This work not only provided an L-Tyr MIP with high adsorption capacity and selectivity but also provided an effective and clean method for the synthesis of MIPs. Full article
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