The Functionalization of Remaining Solvent in Polymeric Membrane Pores for Biomedical Applications

2013 ◽  
Vol 583 ◽  
pp. 87-90
Author(s):  
Stefan Ioan Voicu ◽  
Iulian Vasile Antoniac ◽  
Lacramioara Naftanaila ◽  
Gheorghe Nechifor

The functionalization of remaining solvent in polymeric membrane pores is presented in this paper leading to new polymeric membrane materials for biomedical applications. Polysulfone membranes were synthesized from aniline by phase inversion and the remaining traces of aniline in membrane pores were transformed by diazotization reaction and coupled with three different organic dyes - Alizarin S, Rhodamine B, and Methyl Orange. The membranes were structurally and morphological characterized and used for different biomedical applications like specific separation of proteins or glucose from synthetic blood solutions.

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (38) ◽  
pp. 23432-23443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu-Lu Shi ◽  
Tian-Rui Zheng ◽  
Min Li ◽  
Lin-Lu Qian ◽  
Bao-Long Li ◽  
...  

Five-coordinated copper(ii) coordination polymers 1–5 are highly efficient and universal photocatalysts for the degradation of the organic dyes methylene blue (MB), rhodamine B (RhB) and methyl orange (MO) under visible light irradiation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 1554-1563
Author(s):  
Alberto Rubin Pedrazzo ◽  
Fabrizio Caldera ◽  
Marco Zanetti ◽  
Silvia Lucia Appleton ◽  
Nilesh Kumar Dahkar ◽  
...  

Cyclodextrin nanosponges (CD-NS) are nanostructured crosslinked polymers made up of cyclodextrins. The reactive hydroxy groups of CDs allow them to act as multifunctional monomers capable of crosslinking to bi- or multifunctional chemicals. The most common NS synthetic pathway consists in dissolving the chosen CD and an appropriate crosslinker in organic polar aprotic liquids (e.g., N,N-dimethylformamide or dimethyl sulfoxide), which affect the final result, especially for potential biomedical applications. This article describes a new, green synthetic pathway through mechanochemistry, in particular via ball milling and using 1,1-carbonyldiimidazole as the crosslinker. The polymer obtained exhibited the same characteristics as a CD-based carbonate NS synthesized in a solvent. Moreover, after the synthesis, the polymer was easily functionalized through the reaction of the nucleophilic carboxylic group with three different organic dyes (fluorescein, methyl red, and rhodamine B) and the still reactive imidazoyl carbonyl group of the NS.


Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Zahir Muhammad ◽  
Farman Ali ◽  
Muhammad Sajjad ◽  
Nisar Ali ◽  
Muhammad Bilal ◽  
...  

Degradation of organic dyes and their byproducts by heterogeneous photocatalysts is an essential process, as these dyes can be potentially discharged in wastewater and threaten aquatic and xerophyte life. Therefore, their complete mineralization into nontoxic components (water and salt) is necessary through the process of heterogeneous photocatalysis. In this study, Zr/CrO2 (Zirconium-doped chromium IV oxide) nanocomposite-based photocatalysts with different compositions (1, 3, 5, 7 & 9 wt.%) were prepared by an environmentally friendly, solid-state reaction at room temperature. The as-prepared samples were calcined under air at 450 °C in a furnace for a specific period of time. The synthesis of Zr/CrO2 photocatalysts was confirmed by various techniques, including XRD, SEM, EDX, FT-IR, UV-Vis, and BET. The photocatalytic properties of all samples were tested towards the degradation of methylene blue and methyl orange organic dyes under UV light. The results revealed a concentration-dependent photocatalytic activity of photocatalysts, which increased the amount of dopant (up to 5 wt.%). However, the degradation efficiency of the catalysts decreased upon further increasing the amount of dopant due to the recombination of holes and photoexcited electrons.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Garima Rathee ◽  
Amardeep Awasthi ◽  
Damini Sood ◽  
Ravi Tomar ◽  
Vartika Tomar ◽  
...  

Abstract It would be of great significance to introduce a new biocompatible Layered Double Hydroxide (LDH) for the efficient remediation of wastewater. Herein, we designed a facile, biocompatible and environmental friendly layered double hydroxide (LDH) of NiFeTi for the very first time by the hydrothermal route. The materialization of NiFeTi LDH was confirmed by FTIR, XRD and Raman studies. BET results revealed the high surface area (106 m2/g) and the morphological studies (FESEM and TEM) portrayed the sheets-like structure of NiFeTi nanoparticles. The material so obtained was employed as an efficient adsorbent for the removal of organic dyes from synthetic waste water. The dye removal study showed >96% efficiency for the removal of methyl orange, congo red, methyl blue and orange G, which revealed the superiority of material for decontamination of waste water. The maximum removal (90%) of dyes was attained within 2 min of initiation of the adsorption process which supported the ultrafast removal efficiency. This ultrafast removal efficiency was attributed to high surface area and large concentration of -OH and CO32− groups present in NiFeTi LDH. In addition, the reusability was also performed up to three cycles with 96, 90 and 88% efficiency for methyl orange. Furthermore, the biocompatibility test on MHS cell lines were also carried which revealed the non-toxic nature of NiFeTi LDH at lower concentration (100% cell viability at 15.6 μg/ml). Overall, we offer a facile surfactant free method for the synthesis of NiFeTi LDH which is efficient for decontamination of anionic dyes from water and also non-toxic.


2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 5151-5159 ◽  
Author(s):  
DooLi Kim ◽  
Octavio R. Salazar ◽  
Suzana Pereina Nunes

Polysulfone membranes are key tools in biomedical applications, such as hemodialysis and protein separation, in the food industry, and in seawater desalination. Ionic liquids are proposed as green solvent for membrane manufacture with tailored peptide selectivity.


2021 ◽  

Ferrites are highly interesting high-tech materials. The book covers their classification, structure, synthesis, properties and applications. Emphasis is placed an biomedical applications, degradation of organic pollutants, high frequency applications, photocatalytic applications for wastewater remediation, solar cell applications, removal of organic dyes and drugs from aquatic systems, and the synthesis of hexagonal ferrites.


2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 1121-1127
Author(s):  
Mahesh Kumar Gupta ◽  
P.K. Tandon ◽  
Neelam Shukla ◽  
Harendra Singh ◽  
Shalini Srivastava

Acid activated carbon obtained from cheap, non-toxic and locally available banana peel was used as a low cost and efficient adsorbent for the removal of dyes methyl orange and rhodamine-B from the aqueous solution. Changes in the resulting material before and after activation and after treatment were studied by different techniques, such as SEM-EDX, XRD, FTIR measurements. Effects of duration of treatment, amount of banana peel activated carbon, pH, and initial methyl orange and rhodamine-B concentration, on the removal of dye were studied to get optimum conditions for maximum dye removal. Removal efficiency of the activated ash remains almost constant in a wide range of pH from 2.5 to 5.6. In 75 min at room temperature removal of 98.5 % methyl orange (anionic) and 99.0 % rhodamine-B (cationic) dyes with 0.1 g and 0.125 g, respectively was obtained from the contaminated water having 10 ppm dye concentration.


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