Copolymerization of Mesoporous Styrene-Bridged Organosilica Nanoparticles with Functional Monomers for the Stimuli-Responsive Remediation of Water.

ABSTRACT: For every mass product, there are problems associated with the resulting waste. Residues of hormones in urine cannot be removed sufficiently from wastewater, and this has undesired consequences. An ideal adsorbent would take up the impurity, enable a simple separation and recyclability. Polymer colloids with high affinity towards the drug, accessible porosity, high surface area, and stimuli-responsive properties would be candidates, but such a complex system does not exist. Here, porous vinyl-functionalized organosilica nanoparticles prepared from a styrene bridged sol-gel precursor act as monomers. Initiation of the polymerization at the pore walls and addition of functional monomers result in a special copolymer, which is covalently linked to the surface and covers it. An orthogonal modi

SUBMITTER: Kollofrath D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7540170 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature