ADSORPTION OF NONIONIC AND ANIONIC POLYMERS ON γ-ALUMINA AND NA-MONTMORILLONITE AND THEIR MIXTURES

Adsorption isotherms of nonionic polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and anionic ionized polyacrylic acid (PAA) polymers on single Na-montmorillonite clay and γ-alumina adsorbents in 0.01M NaCl and pH 5.6 are reported and compared to results obtained with aqueous adsorbent mixtures. Microeiectrophoretic behaviours of adsorbents are also observed.

It can be shown that antagonistic effects due to interactions between oppositely charged adsorbent surfaces largely limit the nonionic PVP adsorption.     

Oberfl?chenverst?rkte Raman-Spektroskopie (SERS) von Biopolymeren

Ohne Zusammenfassung

---

Surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy (SERS) of biopolymers

     

Applications of surface-enhanced raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy in biochemistry

Conclusion These results demonstrate that SERS spectroscopy creates a new and powerful method to study the vibrational behaviour of biomolecules at rather dilute aqueous solutions down to 10^–7M.

---

Anwendung der Oberflächenverstärkten-Raman-Spektroskopie in der Biochemie

     

Polyvinylpyrrolidone Adsorption on Na-Montmorillonite. Effect of the Polymer Interfacial Conformation on the Colloidal Behavior and Binding of Chemicals

Adsorption behavior of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) on sodium montmorillonite, a swelling clay mineral, was investigated in diluted solutions at an ionic strength of 0.01 M, representative of environmental soil solution conditions. Physicochemical methods such as microcalorimetry, light scattering absorbance, photon correlation spectroscopy, microelectrophoresis, X-ray diffraction, and sedimentation volume measurements were used to characterize the colloidal behavior of montmorillonite particles with various PVP loadings. The extent and properties of the adsorbed PVP train, loop, and end fractions in the particle-stabilizing process have been specified. The interaction study of chemicals such as anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate and nonionized 4-monochlorophenol as well as their mixture also underlines the importance of the PVP interfacial conformations for the adsorbent capacity of this organoclay. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

Surface-associated metal catalyst enhances the sorption of perfluorooctanoic acid to multi-walled carbon nanotubes

The perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) sorption behavior of two commercial multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) (C 150 P from Bayer MaterialScience: BA and C-MWNTs from NanoTechLabs Inc.: CP) was investigated from aqueous solution. The BA nanotubes contained Co/Mn/Mg/Al catalysts both on their outer surface and in the inner bore while CP contained Fe-based catalyst typically within the tubes. The adsorption isotherms of (14)C-radiolabeled PFOA were measured by batch experiments and fitted to the Freundlich model (r(2)>0.92). The adsorption affinity and capacity on BA were significantly higher than on CP. Increasing the pH reduced the adsorption of PFOA due to the electrostatic interaction between the pH-sensitive surface and the adsorbate. Increasing the NaCl concentration led to the aggregation of the MWCNTs reducing the available surface and thus the adsorption capacity. Removal of the catalyst from the outer surface of BA changed the electrophoretic mobility from a positive to a negative value and also decreased the adsorbed amount of PFOA. The surface charge of the surface-associated metal catalyst favors the electrostatic sorption of PFOA. Such surface modifications may be a promising way to improve the sorption capacity of MWCNTs for pollutants such as PFOA and to broaden their potential application in water purification.     

Sorption properties of hydrophobically modified poly(acrylic acids) as natural organic matter model substances to pyrene

Amphiphilic natural organic matter (NOM) in soil, water and sediments plays an important role in the fate of low-soluble hydrophobic organic compounds (HOC) in the environment. Scaling NOM structural factors, which affect the transport and immobilization of HOC, is rather involved due to the complexity of the NOM materials. Sorption properties of hydrophobically modified polyacrylic (HMPA) polymers as NOM model substances for pyrene were investigated and discussed with regard to reported NOM results. Emission fluorescence spectroscopic properties of pyrene and potentiometric titrations were used to characterize the hydrophobic and acidic properties of HMPA samples. Excitation fluorescence spectroscopy allowed a speciation of pyrene molecules. Overall complexation constants β₁ and β₂ of pyrene with hydrophobic moieties (–C₈H₁₇) and (–C₁₆H₃₃) were calculated depending on the pH and electrolyte cation nature at an ionic strength of 10 mM, typical of soil solution conditions. Aggregation of HMPA molecules was detected by photon correlation spectroscopy. Normalized sorption constant K_oc values for pyrene with HMPA samples similar to reported values with NOM support recent observations on the contribution of aliphatic moieties to the binding of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH). The HMPA samples also model the partitioning behavior of hydrophobic micelle-like structures of NOM.     

Polyvinylpyrrolidone adsorption and structural studies on homoionic Li-, Na-, K-, and Cs-montmorillonite colloidal suspensions

Structural aspects of dilute homoionic Li-, Na-, K-, and Cs-montmorillonite (M-montmorillonite) particle suspension (1 g/L) under low-electrolyte-concentration (0.1 mM MCl) conditions were characterized by static (absorbance or turbidity) and dynamic (photon correlation spectroscopy) light-scattering methods as well as by the adsorption behaviors of nonionic polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) mol wt 5,000 g/mol (LMW PVP) and mol wt 400,000 g/mol (HMW PVP). Taking Li-montmorillonite as a reference for a single plate particle, a particle size increase and a surface accessibility decrease to polymer adsorptions were measured along the Li, Na, K, and Cs series. The results are related to the existence of montmorillonite quasicrystals or tactoids in diluted suspension, whose stability increases along the same cation series. Molecular weight effects on the PVP surface accessibility are discussed in terms of permeation properties of the different M-montmorillonite particles. Modeling the results calculates an average number of plates in montmorillonite quasi-crystals and the surface area distribution of ultramicropores <0.7 nm and pores >0.7 nm in M-montmorillonite particles. It can also be demonstrated by applying hydrodynamic and electrokinetic methods that the measured high absorbance or turbidity increase of PVP-loaded montmorillonite particles is not due to aggregation phenomena but to a PVP contribution in the light-scattering intensity.     

Anwendung der Voltammetrie in der Strukturaufkl?rung von Biopolymeren

Ohne Zusammenfassung

---

Application of voltammetry in the structure elucidation of biopolymers