Poly(glycoluril-formaldehyde) microparticles for remediation of environmental pollutants
摘要
Glycolurils are building blocks for cucurbiturils. Poly(glycoluril-formaldehyde) produced microparticles, which were synthesized for the first time by the combination of glycoluril and formaldehyde. Poly(glycoluril-formaldehyde) microparticles were characterized by SEM, XRD and FTIR. The porosity of these microparticles were examined using N2 absorption – desorption studies, which indicated the non-porous nature of the material. However, these microparticles behaved same as cucurbiturils with respect to dye removal studies. Unlike the cucurbiturils, these microparticles were easy to prepare with no purification steps involved. Furthermore, these microparticles facilitated to remove the environmental pollutants such as dyes, hair dyes, antibiotic drug and inorganic compounds. These microparticles also aided to purify the urine samples and eliminated the RBC cells from the cow urine samples effectively.