Chemically Modified Chitosan Beads as Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Matrix for Adsorptive Separation of Proteins

In a phosphate buffer, a hemoglobin (Hb)-imprinted polymer complex was prepared using maleic anhydride (MAH) modified chitosan beads as matrix, acrylamide (AM) as functional monomer, N,N-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as cross-linker and potassiumpersulfate (KPS) / sodium hydrogen sulfite (NaHSO3) as initiators. Langmuir analysis showed that an equal class of adsorption was formed in the molecular imprinting polymer (MIP), and the MIP has high adsorption capacity and selectivity for the imprinted molecule. The MIP can be reused and the recovery was approximately 100% at low concentration.

Selective adsorption behavior of ion-imprinted magnetic chitosan beads for removal of Cu(Ⅱ) ions from aqueous solution

Heavy metal ion is one of the major environmental pollutants.In this study,a Cu(Ⅱ)ions imprinted magnetic chitosan beads are prepared to use chitosan as functional monomer,Cu(Ⅱ)ions as template,Fe_(3)O_(4) as magnetic core and epichlorohydrin and glutaraldehyde as crosslinker,which can be used for removal Cu(Ⅱ)ions from wastewater.The kinetic study shows that the adsorption process follows the pseudosecond-order kinetic equations.The adsorption isotherm study shows that the Langmuir isotherm equation best fits for the monolayer adsorption processes.The selective adsorption properties are performed in Cu(Ⅱ)/Zn(Ⅱ),Cu(Ⅱ)/Ni(Ⅱ),and Cu(Ⅱ)/Co(Ⅱ)binary systems.The results shows that the ⅡMCD has a high selectivity for Cu(Ⅱ)ions in binary systems.The mechanism of ⅡMCD recognition Cu(Ⅱ)ions is also discussed.The results show that the ⅡMCD adsorption Cu(Ⅱ)ions is an enthalpy controlled process.The absolute value of DH(Cu(Ⅱ))and DS(Cu(Ⅱ))is greater than DH(Zn(Ⅱ),Ni(Ⅱ),Co(Ⅱ))and DS(Zn(Ⅱ),Ni(Ⅱ),Co(Ⅱ)),respectively,this indicates that the Cu(Ⅱ)ions have a good spatial matching with imprinted holes on ⅡMCD.The FTIR and XPS also demonstrates the strongly combination of function groups on imprinted holes in the suitable space position.Finally,the ⅡMCD can be regenerated and reused for 10 times without a significantly decreasing in adsorption capacity.This information can be used for further application in the selective removal of Cu(Ⅱ)ions from industrial wastewater.

Adsorption of Cr(III) from an Aqueous Solution by Chitosan Beads Modified with Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS)

This study is to prepare chitosan beads modified with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) to effectively remove Cr(III) from an aqueous solution. The characterizations of SDS-chitosan by scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) proved the successful synthesis of the adsorbent. The adsorption of Cr(III) on the SDS material was investigated by varying experimental conditions such as pH, contact time and adsorbent dosage. The maximum adsorption capacity of SDS-chitosan for Cr(III) was estimated to be 3.42 mg?g-1. The results of adsorption kinetics and isothermal models show that the adsorption process conforms to the pseudo-second-order and Langmuir isotherm models, indicating that the adsorption is single-layer chemical adsorption. Thermodynamic analyses indicate that the adsorption of Cr(III) is an endothermic reaction. These results show that the new adsorbent has obvious application prospect to eliminate Cr(III).

La(Ⅲ)-loaded bentonite/chitosan beads for defluoridation from aqueous solution

Developing low-cost and effective materials for excess fluoride removal is important for providing safe water. A novel ad- sorbent, La（IlI）-loaded bentonite/chitosan beads （La-BCB） was prepared for defluoridation from aqueous solution. The effects of various parameters such as dosage of La（III）, pH, temperature, contact time, initial fluoride concentration and presence of co-existing anions were investigated to examine the defluoridation behavior. The maximum defluoridation capacity of La-BCB was 2.87 mg/g at pH 5, 30 ℃. Scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, energy dispersive spectroscopy （EDX） and Fourier transform infrared spectros- copy （FTIR） were employed to analyze the characteristics of La-BCB. The equilibrium fluoride adsorption data fitted well with both Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models. The RL value revealed that the defluoridation process using La-BCB was favorable. The adsorption kinetics followed pseudo-second order kinetic as well as particle and intraparticle diffusion models. The presence of car- bonate and bicarbonate reduced defluoridation capacity of La-BCB while sulphate, nitrate and chloride showed slight effect. The ex- hausted La-BCB was regenerated using sodium hydroxide with only 17% loss. The reasonable defluoridation mechanism could be interpreted as adsorption and ion exchange.

Pb(Ⅱ) biosorption using chitosan and chitosan derivatives beads: Equilibrium, ion exchange and mechanism studies

The study examined the adsorption of Pb（II） ions from aqueous solution onto chitosan, chitosan-GLA and chitosan-alginate beads. Several important parameters influencing the adsorption of Pb（II） ions such as initial pH, adsorbent dosage and different initial concentration of Pb（II） ions were evaluated. The mechanism involved during the adsorption process was explored based on ion exchange study and using spectroscopic techniques. The adsorption capacities obtained based on non–linear Langmuir isotherm for chitosan, chitosan-GLA and chitosan-alginate beads in single metal system were 34.98, 14.24 and 60.27 mg/g, respectively. However, the adsorption capacity of Pb（II） ions were reduced in the binary metal system due to the competitive adsorption between Pb（II） and Cu（II） ions. Based on the ion exchange study, the release of Ca2＋, Mg2＋, K＋ and Na＋ ions played an important role in the adsorption of Pb（II） ions by all three adsorbents but only at lower concentrations of Pb（II） ions. Infrared spectra showed that the binding between Pb（II） ions and the adsorbents involved mostly the nitrogen and oxygen atoms. All three adsorbents showed satisfactory adsorption capacities and can be considered as an efficient adsorbent for the removal of Pb（II） ions from aqueous solutions.

Preparation and Characterization of AlginateHyaluronic Acid-chitosan based Composite Gel Beads

The aim of this study was to fabricate composite gel beads based on natural polysaccharides. Hyaluronic acid（HA） and Chitosan（CS） were successfully admixed with Ca^2＋/alginate（SA） gel system to produce SA/HA/CS gel beads by dual crosslinking： the ionic gelation and the polyelectrolyte complexation. The preparation procedure was that the weight ratio of SA（2%, m/v） to HA（2%, m/v） was kept at 2：1, then the mixture was dripped into the Ca^2＋ solution for ion-crosslinking, and finally polyelectrolyte crosslinked with 2% low molecular weight CS（LMW-CS） for 1.5 hours. The optimal formulation was achieved by adjusting the concentration and the weight ratio of SA, HA and LMW-CS. Due to the incorporation of HA and LMWCS, the swelling ratio of the beads at pH 7.4 was increased up to 120, and the time for the maximum swelling degree was prolonged to 7.5 h. The swelling behavior was obviously improved compared to the pure SA/Ca^2＋ system. The preliminary results clearly suggest that the SA/HA/CS gel beads may be a potential candidate for biomedical delivery vehicles.

A Modified Chitosan Adsorbent for Selective Removal of Low Density Lipoprotein

A modified chitosan adsorbent was synthesized through a simple preparation procedure, and it demonstrated good adsorption performance for selective removal of low density lipoprotein in human plasma. Phase inversion technique was employed to form chitosan beads, to which epoxy groups were then introduced by reacting with ethyleneglycol diglycidylether, and tryptophan was subsequently coupled to the epoxy-activated beads.