Recent developments of polysaccharide based superabsorbent nanocomposite for organic dye contamination removal from wastewater - A review.

One of the main problems with water pollution is dye contamination of rivers, industrial effluents, and water sources. It has endangered the world's sources of drinking water. Several remediation strategies have been carefully developed and tested to minimize this ominous picture.

Polymer-Based Hybrid Nanoarchitectures for Cancer Therapy Applications.

Globally, cancer is affecting societies and is becoming an important cause of death. Chemotherapy can be highly effective, but it is associated with certain problems, such as undesired targeting and multidrug resistance. The other advanced therapies, such as gene therapy and peptide therapy, do not prove to be effective without a proper delivery medium.

Development of a ghatti gum/poly (acrylic acid)/TiO hydrogel nanocomposite for malachite green adsorption from aqueous media: Statistical optimization using response surface methodology.

The primary goal of this study is to prepare and characterize a ghatti gum/poly(acrylic acid)/TiO (GG/poly(AA)/TiO) hydrogel nanocomposite for adsorption of the dye malachite green (MG) from the aqueous phase in a discontinuous system. A variety of approaches were used to investigate the structure, morphology, and thermomechanical characteristics of the synthesized hydrogel nanocomposite. Response surface methodology (RSM) was performed to analyze the impact of three processing parameters, namely adsorbent dosage, dye concentration, contact duration, and their interactions on MG dye adsorption capacity.

Preparation and Characterization of Sodium Alginate-Based Oxidized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Hydrogel Nanocomposite and its Adsorption Behaviour for Methylene Blue Dye.

Herein, a sodium alginate/poly (acrylic acid)/oxidized-multi-walled carbon nanotubes hydrogel nanocomposite (SA/p(AAc)/-MWCNTs HNC) was synthesized by free-radical polymerization method. The synthesized SA/p(AAc)/-MWCNTs HNC was used to remove methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solution. The synthesized HNC was confirmed by employing various characterization techniques.

Synthesis and characterization of magnetic clay-based carboxymethyl cellulose-acrylic acid hydrogel nanocomposite for methylene blue dye removal from aqueous solution.

Carboxymethyl cellulose/poly(acrylic acid) (CMC-cl-pAA) hydrogel and its magnetic hydrogel nanocomposite (CMC-cl-pAA/FeO-C30B) were prepared via a free radical polymerization method and used as adsorbents for adsorption of methylene blue (MB) dye. The samples were characterized using Fourier transform infrared, X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer, high-resolution transmission electron microscope, and dynamic mechanical analysis. The adsorption performance of the prepared adsorbents was studied in a batch mode.

Sequestration of methylene blue dye using sodium alginate poly(acrylic acid)@ZnO hydrogel nanocomposite: Kinetic, Isotherm, and Thermodynamic Investigations.

In this study, a sodium alginate poly(acrylic acid) (SA-poly(AA)) hydrogel and sodium alginate poly(acrylic acid)/zinc oxide (SA-poly(AA)/ZnO) hydrogel nanocomposite (HNC) was synthesized by in situ free-radical polymerization for the sequestration of toxic methylene blue (MB) dye from aqueous solution. The structural properties were analyzed using FTIR, XRD, SEM, TEM, TGA, and DMA The swelling analysis revealed that SA-poly(AA)/ZnO HNC exhibited high water uptake capacity. The kinetics, isotherms, and thermodynamics of adsorption were examined, and results showed that equilibrium data fitted the Langmuir isotherm model, and the adsorption kinetics of MB followed pseudo-second-order model.

Microwave-assisted green synthesis of xanthan gum grafted diethylamino ethyl methacrylate: An efficient adsorption of hexavalent chromium.

We report the development of a novel graft copolymer, diethylamino ethyl methacrylate grafted xanthan gum (mwXG-g-DEAEMA), by microwave heating. The synthesized graft copolymer was used for potential application of Cr(VI) adsorption. The structure, thermal stability and morphologies of XG and mwXG-g-DEAEMA were characterized to verify the adsorbent formed under optimized reaction conditions.

Microwave assisted synthesis of xanthan gum-cl-poly (acrylic acid) based-reduced graphene oxide hydrogel composite for adsorption of methylene blue and methyl violet from aqueous solution.

In the present study, facile and efficient method was adopted for the synthesis of graft copolymer hydrogel by graft copolymerization of acrylic acid (AA) onto xanthan gum (XG) biopolymer in the presence of N,N'-Methylenebisacrylamide (MBA), and ammonium persulfate (APS) as a cross-linking agent and initiator, respectively, under microwave irradiation. The optimization of hydrogel were selected based on the maximum swelling degree in water media and an optimum hydrogel was further impregnated with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) to form XG-cl-pAA/rGO hydrogel composite. The Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to study the structure, thermal stability and morphology of XG-cl-pAA and XG-cl-pAA/rGO.

Preparation and characterization of xanthan gum-cl-poly(acrylic acid)/o-MWCNTs hydrogel nanocomposite as highly effective re-usable adsorbent for removal of methylene blue from aqueous solutions.

In this work, xanthan gum-cl-poly acrylic acid (XG-cl-pAA) hydrogel and xanthan gum-cl-poly acrylic acid/oxidized MWCNTs (XG-cl-pAA/o-MWCNTs) hydrogel nanocomposite was successfully surface modify by microwave assisted copolymerization, in which N, N'-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) was used as a cross-linking agent. A copolymerization of acrylic acid (AA) onto xanthan gum (XG) initiated by microwave radiation method. Different weight percentages of oxidized MWCNTs were incorporated into the hydrogel matrix during the grafting reaction.

Fast microwave-assisted green synthesis of xanthan gum grafted acrylic acid for enhanced methylene blue dye removal from aqueous solution.

In the present project, graft polymerization was employed to synthesis a novel adsorbent using acrylic acid (AA) and xanthan gum (XG) for cationic methylene dye (MB) removal from aqueous solution. The XG was rapidly grafted with acrylic acid (CH=CHCOOH) under microwave heating. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Proton Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H NMR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) techniques were used to verify the adsorbent formed under optimized reaction conditions.