Physicochemical, structural, and adsorption characteristics of DMSPS- co-DVB nanopolymers

Alicja Bosacka; Malgorzata Zienkiewicz-Strzalka; Anna Derylo-Marczewska; Agnieszka Chrzanowska; Magdalena Blachnio; Beata Podkoscielna

doi:10.3389/fchem.2023.1176718

Physicochemical, structural, and adsorption characteristics of DMSPS- co-DVB nanopolymers

Front Chem. 2023 Jun 28:11:1176718. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1176718. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Alicja Bosacka^{1

2}, Malgorzata Zienkiewicz-Strzalka², Anna Derylo-Marczewska², Agnieszka Chrzanowska², Magdalena Blachnio², Beata Podkoscielna³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Fundamental Technologies, Faculty of Production Engineering, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland.
² Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland.
³ Department of Polymer Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Maria Curie Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland.

Abstract

The aim of this work is the synthesis and characterization of the series of S,S'-thiodi-4,1-phenylene bis(thio-methacrylate)-co-divinylbenzene (DMSPS-co-DVB) nanomaterials. The series of new nanopolymers including three mixed systems with different ratios of DMSPS and DVB components, DMSPS-co-DVB = 1:1, DMSPS-co-DVB = 1:2, and DMSPS-co-DVB = 1:3, was synthesized in the polymerization reaction. The research task is to investigate the influence of the reaction mixture composition on morphological, textural, and structural properties of final nanosystems including size, shape, and agglomeration effect. The advanced biphasic nanomaterials enriched with thiol groups were successfully synthesized as potential sorbents for binding organic substances, heavy metals, or biomolecules. To determine the impact of the DMSPS monomer on the final properties of DMSPS-co-DVB nanocomposites, several techniques were applied to reveal the nano-dimensional structure (SAXS), texture (low-temperature nitrogen sorption), general morphology (SEM), acid-base properties (potentiometric titration), and surface chemistry and phase bonding effectiveness (FTIR/ATR spectroscopy). Finally, kinetic studies of aniline sorption on polymeric materials were performed.

Keywords: aniline adsorption; microspheres; nanomaterials; polymers; surface properties.