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pH and temperature-responsive POSS-based poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) for highly efficient Cr(VI) adsorption

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Sixteen-arm star-shaped polymer of s-POSS-(PDMAEMA)16 was synthesized by octakis(dibromoethyl) polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS-(Br)16) initiating 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) process. The obtained s-POSS-(PDMAEMA)16 showed controllable and reversible pH-responsive behavior at pH = 1–12 and thermoresponsive behavior at 20–60 °C. Typical core/shell micelles (100–130 nm) were formed by s-POSS-(PDMAEMA)16 at pH = 7.8 and transformed into 450–600 nm snowflake-shaped micelles at pH = 6, 400 nm butterfly-shaped micelles at pH = 3, and 20–40 nm spherical particles at pH = 10 due to the different interactions between the PDMAEMA chains and the aqueous solution. When the pH of the solution decreased from 10 to 3, 350–400 nm butterfly-shaped micelles were reformed, demonstrating the reversibility of this process. The soluble-insoluble transition temperature for s-POSS-(PDMAEMA)16 was located between 20 and 60 °C. Furthermore, equilibrium adsorption indicated that s-POSS-(PDMAEMA)16 could adsorb Cr(VI) due to strong electrostatic interactions between its tertiary amines and Cr(VI).

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This work has been financially supported by the Engineering Research Center of Development and Management for Low to Ultra-Low Permeability Oil & Gas Reservoirs in West China, Ministry of Education; Xi’an Shiyou University (KFJJ-XB-2019-3), the Special Scientific Research Plan Project of Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education (19JK0252), and the Science and Technology Plan Project of Shangluo (SK2019-81).

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    Hai Huang & Dazhong Ren

  2. Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Comprehensive Utilization of Tailings Resources, Shaanxi Engineering Research Center for Mineral Resources Clean & Efficient Conversion and New Materials, Shangluo University, Shangluo, 726000, Shaanxi, China

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Huang, H., Ren, D. & Qu, J. pH and temperature-responsive POSS-based poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) for highly efficient Cr(VI) adsorption. Colloid Polym Sci 298, 1515–1521 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-020-04737-x

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