Efficient removal of reactive blue-19 dye by co-electrospun nanofibers

Abstract The present work demonstrates the new nanofiber mats prepared through co-electrospinning of two different polymers i.e. corn protein namely Zein and Nylon-6. composite membrane was used as an effective adsorbent material for removal toxic reactive dye Reactive Blue 19 (RB19) from water solution. These co-electrospun nanofibers had good mechanical strength compared to zein alone. Experimental results suggested that zein/nylon have greater potential total RB19 at room temperature within 10 min contact time aqueous maximum capacity found be 61.2 mg.g −1 nanofibers. mechanism on proposed is mainly hydrogen bond electrostatic means.