This work describes methacrylic acid functionalized β-cyclodextrin (MAA-βCD) as a novel functional monomer in the preparation of molecular imprinted polymer (MIP MAA-βCD) for the selective removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP). The polymer was characterized using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM...

Lead is a major cause of environmental concern for the industries like paint, pesticides, battery, mine, smelting etc. Lead can cause diseases related to kidney, liver, brain and nervous system. Various methods used for lead removal include electro-coagulation, ion exchange, membrane separation and suspended and attached growth biological techniques. In case of electro-coagulation, factors like...

Arsenic at abandoned mine sites has adversely affected human health in Korea. In this study, the feasibility of using cationic surfactant-modified activated carbon (MAC) to remove As(V) was evaluated in terms of adsorption kinetics, adsorption isotherms, and column experiments. The adsorption of As(V) onto MAC was satisfactorily simulated by the pseudo-second-order kinetics model and Langmuir i...

Adsorption of Congo red (CR) from aqueous solution using dried roots of Eichhornia crassipes was studied. Batch experiments were carried out for sorption kinetics and isotherms. Experimental results obtained showed that adsorption process was highly dependent on contact time, adsorbent dosage, initial dye concentration and particle size. The sorption equilibrium for Congo red dye by E. crassipe...

Many biotechnological applications use protein receptors immobilized on solid supports. Although, in solution, these receptors display homogeneous binding affinities and association/dissociation kinetics for their complementary ligand, they often display heterogeneous binding characteristics after immobilization. In this study, a fluorescence-based fiber-optic biosensor was used to quantify the...

The isotherm, kinetics, and thermodynamics parameters, mechanisms involved in the adsorption of Pb2+ Cu2+ ions from an aqueous solution using engineered hydrochar were investigated. was produced through catalytic hydrothermal carbonization rice straw at 200 °C with (engineered hydrochar) without (hydrochar) FeCl3 (1.2 %) as iron catalyst which has been reported to have ability enhance surface p...

Phytochemicals, i.e., flavonoids, phenolics, and anthocyanin, extracted from red cabbage, were crosslinked with alginate to prepare biocomposite hydrogel beads (BHB). The preparation of BHB involved three consecutive steps: (1) extraction solvent reduction phytochemicals (2) crosslinking into matrix using glutaraldehyde, (3) formation the in CaCl2 solution. resulting sorbents characterized scan...

A thiol-functionalized magnetite/graphene oxide (MGO) hybrid as an adsorbent of Hg2+ was successfully synthesized by a two-step reaction. It exhibited a higher adsorption capacity compared to the bare graphene oxide and MGO due to the combined adsorption of thiol groups and magnetite nanocrystals. Its capacity reached 289.9 mg g-1 in a solution with an initial Hg2+ concentration of 100 mg l-1. ...

The biosorption of nickel(II) ions by deactivated protonated yeast was investigated with respect to the initial pH and initial metal ion concentration. The kinetics of sorption was also followed based on the amounts of metal sorbed at various time intervals for different yeast doses. The equilibrium data could be fitted by the Langmuir isotherm model. The adsorption capacity was pH dependent wi...

Protein chip, a powerful high-throughput tool to study protein function, plays a prominent role in the basic research and drug discovery. We have applied a systematic procedure to characterize and evaluate the surface chemistry on the well-known alkyl monolayer modified Si(1 1 1) surface. Protein molecules are immobilized on the surface through chemical bonds, and the specific recognition is ob...