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Hydrophilic polymer nanofibre networks for rapid removal of aromatic compounds from water
Mohan Raj Krishnan1, Sadaki Samitsu, Yoshihisa Fujii
1National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan. ICHINOSE.Izumi@nims.go.jp.
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.

