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A recyclable hydroxyl functionalized polyindole hydrogel for sodium hydroxide extraction via the synergistic effect
Guanjun Chang1, Yan Wang, Cheng Wang
1State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials, National Engineering Technology Center for Insulation Materials, School of Material Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, P. R. China. gjchang@mail.ustc.edu.cn yanglichem628@126.com.
Abstract:
We have successfully constructed a new type of recyclable indole-based hydrogel, which exhibited highly effective extraction behavior for hydroxide via the synergistic effect of cation-π interactions and hydrogen bonds. More interestingly, the absorption performance could be visually detected by taking advantage of the color altering effect of the host-guest interactions.
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