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Tough poly(L-DOPA)-containing Double Network Hydrogel Beads with High Capacity of Dye Adsorption

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Developing a low-cost and well-recyclable adsorbent with high adsorption capacity is greatly desirable in dye wastewater treatment. Here, we demonstrate a kind of novel tough and reusable hydrogel beads with quite high capacity of dye adsorption via incorporating mussel-bioinspired poly(L-DOPA) (PDOPA) into alginate/poly(acrylamide) double network (DN) hydrogels. The synthesized PDOPA nanoaggregates were introduced into the DN hydrogels by simple one-pot mixing with the monomers prior to polymerization. The fabricated hydrogel beads exhibited high mechanical strength and good elastic recovery due to the interpenetrating Ca2+-alginate and poly(acrylamide) networks. It was shown that the beads exhibited relatively high dye adsorption capacity compared to other adsorbents reported in literature, and the introduction of PDOPA with an appropriate amount raised the adsorption capacity. It is believed that the addition of PDOPA and the matrix of double network architecture contributed synergistically to the high adsorption capacity of hydrogel beads. Moreover, the desorption of dyes could be easily realized via rinsing in acidic water and ethanol solution. The hydrogel beads remained the high adsorption capacity even after 5 times of adsorption and desorption cycles. This tough and stable hydrogel with high adsorption capacity may have potential in treatment of dye wastewater released by textile dyeing industry.

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This work was financialy supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51573159 and 51273176) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2016QNA4032).

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    Pei-Bin Zhang, An-Qi Tang, Zhang-Hui Wang, Jing-Yu Lu, Bao-Ku Zhu & Li-Ping Zhu

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Zhang, PB., Tang, AQ., Wang, ZH. et al. Tough poly(L-DOPA)-containing Double Network Hydrogel Beads with High Capacity of Dye Adsorption. Chin J Polym Sci 36, 1251–1261 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-018-2163-2

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