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Cube-octameric silsesquioxane (POSS)-capped magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for the efficient removal of methylene blue

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Octavinyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) was polymerized on the surface of Fe3O4 nanoparticles (NPs) and then the NPs were functionalized with carboxylic acid groups using thiol-ene click reactions with thioglycolic acid. The as-prepared Fe3O4@POSS-COOH magnetic hybrid NPs had mesoporous structures with an average particle diameter of 15 nm and a relatively high specific surface area of 447 m2·g−1. Experimental results showed that 4 mg of Fe3O4@POSS-COOH NPs efficiently adsorbed and removed methylene blue from water at 5 min. This is due to the presence of both carboxylic acid and pendant vinyl groups on the Fe3O4@POSS-COOH NPs. These NPs could be easily withdrawn from water within a few seconds under moderate magnetic field and showed high stability in acid and alkaline aqueous mediums.

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The authors A.A. and N.A. thank the research council of the University of Tabriz and the Iran Science Elite Federation (ISEF) for supporting this work.

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    Ali Akbari, Bagher Eftekhari-Sis & Mojtaba Amini

  2. Research Laboratory of Polymer, Department of Organic and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

    Nasser Arsalani

  3. Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran

    Gholamreza Gohari

  4. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA

    Esmaiel Jabbari

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Akbari, A., Arsalani, N., Eftekhari-Sis, B. et al. Cube-octameric silsesquioxane (POSS)-capped magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for the efficient removal of methylene blue. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng. 13, 563–573 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-018-1784-x

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