Abstract
From the sea to the reactor: Nanoporous template-free initiators for atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) were synthesized with surface and framework initiator sites and tailorable pore structures. Polyacrylonitrile grown on one initiator was converted into polyamidoxime to generate a uranium sorbent for seawater extraction with a high uptake rate and capacity relative to those of nonwoven irradiation-grafted polyethylene-fiber composites.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 13458-13462 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 50 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 9 2013 |
Keywords
- amidoxime
- atom-transfer radical polymerization
- mesoporous copolymers
- seawater
- uranium extraction