TY - JOUR
T1 - Electrospun Polystyrene/LDH Fibrous Membranes for the Removal of Cd2+ Ions
AU - Alnaqbi, Mohamed A.
AU - Samson, Joel A.
AU - Greish, Yaser E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has been supported by the kind funding of the UAE University (fund #31S316).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Mohamed A. Alnaqbi et al.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) have been extensively studied for a broad range of applications because of their ease of synthesis and chemical modifications. The chemical and crystal structure of LDH provides opportunities of combination with polymers forming nanocomposites. In the current study, MgAl-LDH particulates have been incorporated into micro- and nanofibers of polystyrene (PS) using an electrospinning processing technique of their respective homogeneous solutions. The effect of the varying proportions of LDH and PS on the structure, morphology, and thermal properties of the fabricated LDH-PS fibrous membranes has been investigated. The potential application of the optimally fabricated LDH-PS fibrous membranes in the removal of Cd2+ ions from aqueous media has been evaluated as well. Results showed the possibility of loading the PS fibrous membranes with up to 60 wt% of LDH particulates, which in turn modified the thermal stability and integrity of the produced fibrous membranes. Due to the high hydrophobicity of the PS fibrous matrix, no changes in the crystal structure of the LDH inclusions were observed. Both as-prepared LDH particulates and optimally prepared LDH-PS fibrous membranes showed a high potential for the removal of Cd2+ ions from aqueous media. This is attributed to a cation-exchange mechanism involving the adsorption of Cd2+ ions from a solution with the preferential leakage of Al3+ ions from the crystal structure of LDH.
AB - Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) have been extensively studied for a broad range of applications because of their ease of synthesis and chemical modifications. The chemical and crystal structure of LDH provides opportunities of combination with polymers forming nanocomposites. In the current study, MgAl-LDH particulates have been incorporated into micro- and nanofibers of polystyrene (PS) using an electrospinning processing technique of their respective homogeneous solutions. The effect of the varying proportions of LDH and PS on the structure, morphology, and thermal properties of the fabricated LDH-PS fibrous membranes has been investigated. The potential application of the optimally fabricated LDH-PS fibrous membranes in the removal of Cd2+ ions from aqueous media has been evaluated as well. Results showed the possibility of loading the PS fibrous membranes with up to 60 wt% of LDH particulates, which in turn modified the thermal stability and integrity of the produced fibrous membranes. Due to the high hydrophobicity of the PS fibrous matrix, no changes in the crystal structure of the LDH inclusions were observed. Both as-prepared LDH particulates and optimally prepared LDH-PS fibrous membranes showed a high potential for the removal of Cd2+ ions from aqueous media. This is attributed to a cation-exchange mechanism involving the adsorption of Cd2+ ions from a solution with the preferential leakage of Al3+ ions from the crystal structure of LDH.
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U2 - 10.1155/2020/5045637
DO - 10.1155/2020/5045637
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082171177
SN - 1687-4110
VL - 2020
JO - Journal of Nanomaterials
JF - Journal of Nanomaterials
M1 - 5045637
ER -