Preparation of Peptide-Based Magnetogels for Removing Organic Dyes from Water.

Water pollution by organic dyes represents a major health and environmental issue. Despite the fact that peptide-based hydrogels are considered to be optimal absorbents for removing such contaminants, hydrogel systems often suffer from a lack of mechanical stability and complex recovery. Recently, we developed an enzymatic approach for the preparation of a new peptide-based magnetogel containing polyacrylic acid-modified γ-FeO nanoparticles (γ-FeONPs) that showed the promising ability to remove cationic metal ions from aqueous phases.