title: Preparation and characterization of biomimetic adsorbent from poly-3-hydroxybutyrate.
abstract: Biomimetic adsorbent named as PHBBMA was prepared from lipophilic poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) by a modified double emulsion solvent evaporation method. PHBBMA, characterized by using scanning electron microscope and nitrogen adsorption/desorption measurements, is porous spherical particles. The characterization with the thermal gravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, 1H nuclear magnetic resonance and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy showed that PHBBMA preparation was a physical process without chemical reaction. The adsorption of PHBBMA for o-nitrochlorobenzene (o-NCB) was fitted better by Langmuir model than by Freundlich model, while the pseudo second-order model fitting was better than the pseudo first-order model fitting. The maximal adsorption capacity of PHBBMA for o-NCB was 57.83 mg/g at 30 degrees C, although its specific surface area (S(BET)) was only 8.45 m2/g. PHBBMA is a safe and environmental friendly adsorbent with high adsorption capacity because its component is innocuous and biodegradable PHB produced reusing wastes and contaminants, no byproduct can produced, and its ester and hydrocarbyl groups have strong affinity with organochlorine compounds. The further work will focus on the modification and improvement of PHBBMA in order to increase its SBET and adsorption capacity.
authors.affiliation: College of Environmental Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China. zhxx1976@163.com
authors.forename: Xiaoxuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chaohai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Qincong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ren
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D011091:Polyesters / Q000737:chemistry*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D000094122:Polyhydroxybutyrates
chemical_list: D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D011091:Polyesters; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C003182:poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate; D000094122:Polyhydroxybutyrates