Tailor-made polymer beads for gallic acid recognition and separation

Autor: Catherine Branger, André Margaillan, Andrei Sarbu, Tanta-Verona Nicolescu, Dan Donescu, Walid Meouche
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Polymer Research. 19
ISSN: 1572-8935
1022-9760
DOI: 10.1007/s10965-012-0002-7
Popis: Highly selective gallic acid imprinted polymers were synthesized by a suspension polymerization technique. Poly (hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate) and poly (dimethoxystyrene-co-divinylbenzene) beads were studied for gallic acid separation from green tea leaves. Isothermal binding was explained using Langmuir and Freundlich models. Recovery of gallic acid molecules was significantly improved up to 83 % when water was used as extraction solvent. Competitive adsorption, from a green tea leaves alcoholic extract, revealed higher affinities of imprinted polymers for gallic acid. An 18.8 selectivity coefficient was obtained for poly (hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate) imprinted beads. The performances of the imprinted polymers were in agreement with morphology and nitrogen adsorption analyses.
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