Engineering Spherically Super-Structured Polyamides for the Sustainable Water Remediation

Unlike metal-ornamented hybrid material and linear polymers, we invoked the growth of a biodegradable superstructured cross-linked polyamide-ester material. The material is thermally stable. The thiol-alkene photoclicked material acted as an efficient water remediator. The material efficiently monitored amphiphilic dyes like rhodamine B (RHB), methylene blue (MB), and chronic mercuric ions in water. The adsorption kinetics revealed the material could adsorb >95% dyes within 24 h. The RHB-functionalized polymer could sense mercuric ions too. The Density functional theory (DFT) calculation shows a chelated mercury complex with thioether in the polymer, Poly-Am-RhAll, to form a comparatively more stable complex.