title: Preparation of sulfonated porous carbon nanotubes/activated carbon composite beads and their adsorption of low density lipoprotein.
abstract: The high level of low density lipoprotein (LDL) in plasma is the main cause of atherosclerosis. Hemoperfusion is an ideal therapy to lower the level of LDL in human blood system while therapeutic effect is determined by the adsorbent. The adsorbent must have suitable pore structure and specific functional groups. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could be a new adsorbent material because CNTs have high specific surface area and they can be modified by a variety of functional groups. Porous carbon composite beads with the CNTs and phenolic resin mixture were synthesized by suspension polymerization, following with carbonization and steam-activation. Then the porous composite beads were sulfonated with a sulfanilic acid anhydrous by diazotization and coupling reaction. The potential application of the sulfonated porous composite beads in adsorbing low density lipoprotein (LDL) from human serum was investigated. The results showed that the sulfonic acid groups on the composite beads could lower LDL levels greatly by electrostatic interaction with electropositive LDL. The higher 20-100 nm pore volume the composite beads had, the more LDL they could adsorb. The 20-100 nm pore volume was enhanced by adding more CNTs and improving CNTs dispersion (ultrasonic crushing). The sulfonated composite beads containing 45 wt% CNTs presented the highest adsorption capacity to LDL 10.46 mg/g, showing a good prospect as LDL adsorbent in hemoperfusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, People's Republic of China. luym07@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
authors.forename: Yuemei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Qianming
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Fangping
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Lijun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Qingdong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: Xiumei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D006801:Humans; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D010316:Particle Size; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D013451:Sulfonic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D014965:X-Rays
chemical_list: D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D013451:Sulfonic Acids