Xudong Nie,Abudurman Adalati,Juan Du,Huanhuan Liu,Shimei Xu,Jide Wang
It is important for montmorillonite (Mt) -based nanocomposites to achieve good intercalation or exfoliation of Mt in composite structure. In this paper, N-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl] methacrylamide (DMAPMA), which is nonionic in neutral solution but cationic character in acid solution, and acrylic acid (AA) were used to modify Mt with AA together. Here DMAPMA and AA were used not only as the intercalators to disperse and intercalate Mt but also as the main monomers to form amphoteric nanocomposite hydrogels. The XRD and TEM results illustrated that an exfoliated or a highly intercalated nanocomposite structure was obtained. Compression strength of amphoteric nanocomposite hydrogel reached 54.4 kPa under the water content of 99.8%. It should be emphasized that the excellent mechanical property of the hydrogels was reached without adding chemical crosslinking agents. Compared with the organic hydrogel, the hydrogels showed significant improvement in swelling capacity.
As a result of distinctive nanopores of two-dimensional material, graphene oxide (GO) has emerged as a new-generation membrane for high performance water separation. However, GO-based composed membrane applied to dye desalting gains less attention. A series of novel ultrathin and stable polydopamine/graphene oxide (PGO) membranes has been successfully fabricated via intercalation polymerization of dopamine using triple vacuum filtration. The polymerized dopamine (PDA) via intercalation polymerization in the interspace between the lamellar layers is used to simultaneously improve the stability of GO film and rapid passage of ions. The high permeation of pure water of as-prepared PGO membranes is investigated through adjusting the thickness (9–126 nm) of modified layers. In addition, the values decrease from 24.2 to 0.65 L m −2 h −1 bar −1 with increasing the layer. With the ultrafast ion transport and dyes rejection under cross-flow condition, the stability PGO membranes show a good capability for desalination dyes and concentration of dye (11.6 times of the initial dye solution).
Adsorption method has attracted extensive attention in heavy metal wastewater treatment due to its low cost, abundant sources, and simple operation. Kaolin is utilized as raw material, waterborne polyurethane is utilized as dispersion medium, and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is utilized
as intercalation agent, to prepare intercalation polymerization modified kaolin material (KBEP). It is then characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetry (TG), and other methods. The polymer is utilized
for static adsorption of Cu2+ and Pb2+, and the kinetic analysis of the adsorption process is carried out. The results show that the layer spacing of kaolin increases substantially (from 0.69 nm to 0.81 nm) after modification. When the content of kaolin is less than 1.7%,
kaolin exists in intercalation or stripping state in waterborne polyurethane matrix. When the content of kaolin is higher than 1.7%, kaolin can exist in the form of agglomeration with waterborne polyurethane matrix. Compared with pure polyurethane, the composite’s thermal stability is
improved, and the maximum thermal weight loss of the hard section is increased by 50 °C. When kaolin content is 2.5%, the temperature of the hardness and the fastest thermal decomposition rate of the soft section increases by 30 °C and 26 °C, respectively. The adsorption test reveals
that the Cu2+ elimination rate reaches 93.7% when the addition amount of the prepared material reaches 1.5 g/L. When the addition amount of the prepared material reaches 0.6 g/L, the Pb2+ elimination rate reaches 95.8%. With the increase of the dosage of kaolin composite,
the adsorbability of the polymer to the two metal ions decreases gradually. Kinetic experiments show that the adsorption of Cu2+ and Pb2+ is in line with the pseudo-second-order kinetic (PSOK) equation. The adsorbability of Cu2+ and Pb2+ is 75.3
mg/g and 268.6 mg/g, respectively. The adsorption way is mainly chemical adsorption.