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High-Performance Adsorption of 4-Nitrophenol onto Calix[6]arene-Tethered Silica from Aqueous Solutions

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The polymeric calix[6]arene-tethered silica (C[6]TS) was prepared by the tethering of p-tert-butylcalix[6]arene onto 3-glycidoxypropyl-bonded stationary phase. The structural and composition analysis of the C[6]TS was performed by FTIR, XRD, TGA, and SEM techniques. C[6]TS was used as an adsorbent for the removal of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) from aqueous solutions. Initial adsorption experiments demonstrated that C[6]TS showed outstanding performance for the removal of 4-NP. So it exhibited rapid and effective adsorption with a %83 yield within ten minutes. Subsequently, some adsorption criteria such as pH, initial concentration, contact time, sorbent dosage, and temperature were evaluated in detail. Thus, adsorption phenomena of 4-NP onto C[6]TS were clarified in this way.

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This study was produced from Murat Dogan's M.Sc. Thesis. So, we thank the Scientific Research Projects Foundation of Konya Technical University, Konya, Turkey, for providing laboratory facilities for this study.

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Dogan, M., Temel, F. & Tabakci, M. High-Performance Adsorption of 4-Nitrophenol onto Calix[6]arene-Tethered Silica from Aqueous Solutions. J Inorg Organomet Polym 30, 4191–4202 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-020-01571-0

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