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ArticleGels (Basel, Switzerland)2022

A Peptide-Based Hydrogel for Adsorption of Dyes and Pharmaceuticals in Water Remediation.

Anna Fortunato, Miriam Mba

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Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anna FortunatoDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy.
Miriam MbaDipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1506-1423
University of Padua · IT

Funding

University of Padua P-DiSC#05BIRD2021-UNIPD
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The removal of dyes and pharmaceuticals from water has become a major issue in recent years due to the shortage of freshwater resources. The adsorption of these pollutants through nontoxic, easy-to-make, and environmentally friendly adsorbents has become a popular topic. In this work, a tetrapeptide-pyrene conjugate was rationally designed to form hydrogels under controlled acidic conditions. The hydrogels were thoroughly characterized, and their performance in the adsorption of various dyes and pharmaceuticals from water was investigated. The supramolecular hydrogel efficiently adsorbed methylene blue (MB) and diclofenac (DCF) from water. The effect of concentration in the adsorption efficiency was studied, and results indicated that while the adsorption of MB is governed by the availability of adsorption sites, in the case of DCF, concentration is the driving force of the process. In the case of MB, the nature of the dye-hydrogel interactions and the mechanism of the adsorption process were investigated through UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy. The studies proved how this dye is first adsorbed as a monomer, probably through electrostatic interactions; successively, at increasing concentrations as the electrostatic adsorption sites are depleted, dimerization on the hydrogel surface occurs.

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diclofenacdye adsorptionhydrogelmethylene bluepeptidepharmaceuticals adsorptionsupramolecular gelwater remediation

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PMID36286173
PMCPMC9601570
OpenAlexW4306837448

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