Synthesis of partially hydrolyzed graft copolymer (H-Ipomoea hederacea seed gum-g-polyacrylonitrile).

Polyacrylonitrile was grafted to Ipomoea hederacea (Ih) seed gum with 138.5% grafting yield and 43.55% grafting efficiency in a procedure that was performed under homogeneous microwave (MW) irradiation conditions for 70s in the absence of a radical initiator.

Synthesis and characterization of gum acacia inspired silica hybrid xerogels for mercury(II) adsorption.

In a sol-gel process, gum acacia inspired silica xerogels have been synthesized from tetraethylorthosilicate. Besides showing photoluminescence under ultraviolet excitation, the hybrid xerogels were very efficient in capturing mercury(II) from synthetic solution. To synthesize the optimum sample (in terms of Hg(II) uptake), different ratios of H(2)O:TEOS:EtOH were taken at fixed GA and catalyst concentrations where 4:1:1 ratio was found to be most favorable.