Electrospun crosslinked poly-cyclodextrin nanofibers: Highly efficient molecular filtration thru host-guest inclusion complexation.

ABSTRACT: Water pollution is a serious concern for public health and environment in today's world; hence, there exists a strong demand to develop cost-effective, sustainable and eco-friendly membranes. Here, we produce a highly efficient molecular filter membrane based on bio-renewable material; cyclic oligosaccaharides known as cyclodextrins (CD). Crosslinked insoluble poly-CD nanofibers are produced by using electrospinning technique in the absence of any additional polymeric carrier. Poly-CD nanofibrous membrane exhibit significant affinity to a common class of organic pollutant (i.e. methylene blue (MB)). Remarkably, the electrospun poly-CD nanofibrous web can outdistance the commonly used filter material (i.e. activated carbon) in terms of removal capacity. The flexible and free-standing poly-C

SUBMITTER: Celebioglu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5547107 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature