A tripeptide-based self-shrinking hydrogel for waste-water treatment: removal of toxic organic dyes and lead (Pb2+) ions

Shibaji Basak; Nibedita Nandi; Subir Paul; Ian W. Hamley; Arindam Banerjee

doi:10.1039/C7CC01774J

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A tripeptide-based self-shrinking hydrogel for waste-water treatment: removal of toxic organic dyes and lead (Pb²⁺) ions†

Shibaji Basak,‡^a Nibedita Nandi,‡^a Subir Paul,^a Ian W. Hamley

^b and Arindam Banerjee

*^a

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^a Department of Biological Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India
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^b Department of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whitenights, Reading, UK

Abstract

A triphenylalanine-based superhydrogel shows automatic syneresis (self-compressing properties) with time and this self-shrinking behavior has been successfully utilized to remove toxic lead ions and organic dyes from waste-water efficiently with the ability to re-use for a few times.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC01774J
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 08 Mar 2017
Accepted: 05 May 2017
First published: 10 May 2017

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Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 5910-5913

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A tripeptide-based self-shrinking hydrogel for waste-water treatment: removal of toxic organic dyes and lead (Pb²⁺) ions

S. Basak, N. Nandi, S. Paul, I. W. Hamley and A. Banerjee, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 5910 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC01774J

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