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Chitosan-Based Aerogels with High Adsorption Performance

2008; American Chemical Society; Volume: 112; Issue: 26 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/jp8011359

1520-6106

Xin-Hong Chang, Dairong Chen, Xiuling Jiao,

Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics

New natural polymer-based aerogels, cross-linked chitosan aerogels, were prepared by the sol-gel route with glutaradehyde, glyoxal, and formaldehyde as cross-linkers. The alcogels were dried by supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) fluid extraction. The resulting materials were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), nitrogen adsorption/desorption analysis, and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Furthermore, the adsorption of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecylbenzene-sulfonate (SDBS) from aqueous solution by the materials was investigated. The aerogels exhibit high adsorption capability, can remove SDBS from acidic aqueous solutions, and have potential applications in controlling SDBS pollution.