title: Pure inorganic gel: a new host with tremendous sorption capability.
abstract: In aqueous medium at room temperature Ag(I) forms a metallogel with vanadate ions which doesn't have any carbon in the gel skeleton. The serendipitously discovered inorganic gel, which involves a reasonably large volume of water, is capable of sequestering gas, dye and toxic pollutants from water bodies.
authors.affiliation: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302, West Bengal, India. tpal@chem.iitkgp.ernet.in.
authors.forename: Chanchal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.forename: Mainak
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ganguly
authors.forename: Jaya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: Ramkrishna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sahoo
authors.forename: Arun Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Tarasankar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pal
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000737:chemistry*; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry; D013997:Time Factors; D014638:Vanadates / Q000737:chemistry; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D005740:Gases; D020100:Hydrogels; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D012834:Silver; D014638:Vanadates