Composites of Silica and Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Degradation of Sulfadiazine

Autor: Xiao Wei, Pan Jianming, Jiangdong Dai, Yong-Sheng Yan, Longcheng Xu, Fenfen Shi, Qianfang Xia
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 116:25309-25318
ISSN: 1932-7455
1932-7447
DOI: 10.1021/jp306654e
Popis: We report on the fabrication of silica/zinc oxide/zinc sulfide nanoparticles (SiO2/ZnO/ZnS NPs) wrapped with thermoresponsive molecularly imprinted polymers (TMIPs) for photocatalysis (PC) applications. TMIPs were prepared via surface-initiated reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (SI-RAFT) polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAm) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA), rendering the material solution accessible and temperature sensitive. Photodegradation of sulfadiazine (SD) was used as a probe to evaluate the effect of coated TMIPs on the PC performance of SiO2/ZnO/ZnS NPs. The results showed that TMIPs made SiO2/ZnO/ZnS NPs have an outstanding specific affinity PC activity toward template SD. Modification of SiO2/ZnO/ZnS NPs with Ag2S resulted in a tunable PC ability of the prepared material. For SI-RAFT conducted in a controlled manner, a thin layer of polymers (∼100 nm) formed around NPs was measured by a transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Also the polymers were characteri...
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