Journal
JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 135, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/app.45964
Keywords
adsorption; crosslinking; hydrophilic polymers; swelling; thermogravimetric analysis
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- FONDECYT [11170155, 3170909]
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This study describes the absorption of methamidophos (MMP) from aqueous solution by crosslinked poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogel synthesized using malic acid (MA) as a crosslinker (CLPHMA). The prepared hydrogels were characterized by FTIR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and the thermal properties were studied by using thermal gravimetric analysis. Also, the swelling index as a function of PVA: MA composition and pH were studied. An in silico rational study, which involved all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of PVA: MA systems in proportions 10: 2, 10: 4, and 10: 6 was performed. The in silico studies concluded that the more suitable crosslinking degree for MMP pesticide removal is with the 20% (wt %) of crosslinker (CLPHMA-20). The experimental analysis of MMP removal with CLPHMA was performed as well. It was found that the prepared CLPHMA-20 had a great efficiency to recover around 86% of MMP from their solutions. (C) 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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