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SOFT MATTER
Volume 13, Issue 46, Pages 8772-8780Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01977g
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21102118]
- National Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates [201510615032, 201610615010]
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Herein, a novel type of two-component supramolecular adsorbent, 2-OA, was developed based on non-covalent interactions using tetrazolyl derivative with octadecylamine (OA) and fully characterized using a number of structural and spectral techniques. The self-assembled 2-OA gels displayed remarkable stimuli-responsiveness as well as shape-persistent and self-healing properties. In addition, it was found that the adsorbent 2-OA was able to remove dyes (10 kinds of cationic and anionic dyes) and metal ions (Cu2+ and Fe2+) simultaneously from wastewater owing to synergistic electrostatic attraction, hydrogen-bonding, and hydrophobic and coordination interactions. It also exhibited excellent co-adsorption capability to dye mixtures and binary mixtures of dyes and metal ions. In particular, the dye/metal-loaded adsorbents could be obtained easily from the aqueous phase, and recycling of the adsorbents could thus be achieved. These results suggest that the supramolecular gel 2-OA not only has great potential application in wastewater treatment but also provides a strategy for the development of intriguing self-healing materials.
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