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ArticleBeilstein journal of nanotechnology2025

Dendrimer-modified carbon nanotubes for the removal and recovery of heavy metal ions from water.

Thao Quynh Ngan Tran, Huu Trung Nguyen, Subodh Kumar, Xuan Thang Cao

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Article in Beilstein journal of nanotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Thao Quynh Ngan TranFaculty of Chemical Engineering, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Huu Trung NguyenFaculty of Chemical Engineering, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Subodh KumarDepartment of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 17 Listopadu 12, CZ-77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8872-2785
Xuan Thang CaoFaculty of Chemical Engineering, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4481-9814

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Abstract

Effective removal of trace heavy metal ions from aqueous bodies is a pressing problem and requires significant improvement in the area of absorbent material in terms of removal efficiency and sustainability. We propose an efficient strategy to enhance the adsorption efficiency of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by growing dendrimers on their surface. First, CNTs were pre-functionalized with maleic acid (MA) via Diels-Alder reaction in presence of a deep eutectic solvent under ultrasonication. Subsequently, dendrimers of varying length were grown by the repeated reaction of ethylene diamine and MA. Raman spectroscopy was specifically used to confirm the Diels-Alder reaction on the surface of CNTs, and other characterization techniques (SEM, EDX, XRD, TGA, and FTIR) were applied to confirm the successive growth of the dendrimers. Highly dendrimerized CNTs were found to be more effective in removing heavy metal ions (Pb

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carbon nanotubesdeep eutectic solventdendrimersDiels–Alder reactionheavy metal ion adsorption

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