Midya, LDas, RBhaumik, MSarkar, TMaity, ArjunPal, S2020-03-192020-03-192019-04Midya, L., Das, R., Bhaumik, M., Sarkar, T., Maity, A. & Pal, S. 2019. Removal of toxic pollutants from aqueous media using poly (vinyl imidazole) crosslinked chitosan synthesised through microwave assisted technique. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 542, pp. 187-1970021-97971095-7103https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.01.121https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021979719301420http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11336Copyright: 2019 Elsevier. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file contains the abstract version of the full-text item. For access to the full-text item, please consult the publisher's website. The definitive version of the work is published in the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 542, pp. 187-197Water contamination owing to the presence of toxic organic chemicals/heavy metals are considered to be one of the serious global environmental issues. Various advanced polymeric materials have been developed and used for the separation/removal of these contaminants. To consider the afore-mentioned problem, recently in authors’ laboratory, an efficient biopolymeric adsorbent has been prepared using poly (vinyl imidazole) crosslinked chitosan (cl-Ch-pVI) through a simple microwave-assisted free radical polymerization technique. The structural characteristics of the developed hydrogel have been studied in details. The copolymer cl-Ch-pVI reveals excellent gel characteristics, demonstrates superior efficiency towards removal of toxic Cr(VI) from aqueous solution. Moreover, the copolymer also shows outstanding adsorption capacity to remediation of organic dye reactive black 5 (RB5), which manifests the potential application of synthesised copolymer in wastewater treatment.enAdsorptionChitosanCrosslinkingMetal ionOrganic dyeArticleMidya, L., Das, R., Bhaumik, M., Sarkar, T., Maity, A., & Pal, S. (2019). Removal of toxic pollutants from aqueous media using poly (vinyl imidazole) crosslinked chitosan synthesised through microwave assisted technique. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11336Midya, L, R Das, M Bhaumik, T Sarkar, Arjun Maity, and S Pal "Removal of toxic pollutants from aqueous media using poly (vinyl imidazole) crosslinked chitosan synthesised through microwave assisted technique." (2019) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11336Midya L, Das R, Bhaumik M, Sarkar T, Maity A, Pal S. Removal of toxic pollutants from aqueous media using poly (vinyl imidazole) crosslinked chitosan synthesised through microwave assisted technique. 2019; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11336.TY - Article AU - Midya, L AU - Das, R AU - Bhaumik, M AU - Sarkar, T AU - Maity, Arjun AU - Pal, S AB - Water contamination owing to the presence of toxic organic chemicals/heavy metals are considered to be one of the serious global environmental issues. Various advanced polymeric materials have been developed and used for the separation/removal of these contaminants. To consider the afore-mentioned problem, recently in authors’ laboratory, an efficient biopolymeric adsorbent has been prepared using poly (vinyl imidazole) crosslinked chitosan (cl-Ch-pVI) through a simple microwave-assisted free radical polymerization technique. The structural characteristics of the developed hydrogel have been studied in details. The copolymer cl-Ch-pVI reveals excellent gel characteristics, demonstrates superior efficiency towards removal of toxic Cr(VI) from aqueous solution. Moreover, the copolymer also shows outstanding adsorption capacity to remediation of organic dye reactive black 5 (RB5), which manifests the potential application of synthesised copolymer in wastewater treatment. DA - 2019-04 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Adsorption KW - Chitosan KW - Crosslinking KW - Metal ion KW - Organic dye LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2019 SM - 0021-9797 SM - 1095-7103 T1 - Removal of toxic pollutants from aqueous media using poly (vinyl imidazole) crosslinked chitosan synthesised through microwave assisted technique TI - Removal of toxic pollutants from aqueous media using poly (vinyl imidazole) crosslinked chitosan synthesised through microwave assisted technique UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11336 ER -