Synthesis of Poly(methacrylic acid)/Montmorillonite Hydrogel Nanocomposite for Efficient Adsorption of Amoxicillin and Diclofenac from Aqueous Environment: Kinetic, Isotherm, Reusability, and Thermodynamic Investigations.

ABSTRACT: Herein, a simplistic redox polymerization strategy was utilized for the fabrication of a poly(methacrylic acid)/montmorillonite hydrogel nanocomposite (PMA/nMMT) and probed as a sorbent for sequestration of two pharmaceutical contaminants, viz., amoxicillin (AMX) and diclofenac (DF), from wastewater. The synthesized hydrogel nanocomposite was characterized by the Fourier transform infrared, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy techniques to analyze structural characteristics and sorption interactions. The efficacy of PMA/nMMT was thoroughly investigated for the sequestration of AMX and DF from the aquatic phase with a variation in operative variables like agitation time,

SUBMITTER: Khan SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7033978 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature