title: Hydrophilic polymer nanofibre networks for rapid removal of aromatic compounds from water.
abstract: Hydrophobic mesoporous polymer nanofibre networks were converted to hydrophilic ones by a mild sulfonation reaction. The resultant mesoporous polystyrene with a large free surface area effectively captured water-soluble dye molecules and allowed aromatic compounds to rapidly permeate into the internal binding sites.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan. ICHINOSE.Izumi@nims.go.jp.
authors.forename: Mohan Raj
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.forename: Sadaki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Samitsu
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Izumi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ichinose