title: Removal of some organic pollutants in water employing ceramic membranes impregnated with cross-linked silylated dendritic and cyclodextrin polymers.
abstract: Triethoxysilylated derivatives of poly(propylene imine) dendrimer, polyethylene imine and polyglycerol hyperbranched polymers and beta-cyclodextrin have been synthesized and characterized. These compounds impregnated ceramic membranes made from Al(2)O(3), SiC and TiO(2) and subsequently sol-gel reaction led to their polymerization and chemical bond formation with the ceramic substrates. The resulting organic-inorganic filters were tested for the removal of a variety of organic pollutants from water. They were found to remove of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (up to 99%), of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (up to 93%), trihalogen methanes (up to 81%), pesticides (up to 43%) and methyl-tert-butyl ether (up to 46%).
authors.affiliation: Department Water-Atmosphere-Environment, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Institute for Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control, Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna, Austria. roza.allabashi@boku.ac.at
authors.forename: Roza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Allabashi
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arkas
authors.forename: Gerold
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hörmann
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tsiourvas
mesh_terms: D002516:Ceramics / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D050091:Dendrimers / Q000737:chemistry; D005374:Filtration; D005990:Glycerol / Q000737:chemistry; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D017655:Silicon Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D050091:Dendrimers; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D011108:Polymers; D017655:Silicon Compounds; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins; C043941:polyglycerol; C031215:betadex; D005990:Glycerol