In this study, mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) consisting of graphene oxide (GO) and functionalized graphene oxide (FGO) incorporated in a polymer of intrins

The nature and distribution of functional groups in the polymer matrix, as well as the nature of the spatial network in the phosphorus-containing polymeric sorbent was studied by the method of NMR spectroscopy.

In the present study, cotton fiber was treated with phosphorus trichloride in the presence of oxygen. As a result of the subsequent hydrolysis of modified cotton fibers, phosphorus-containing fragments with acidic groups and chlorine atoms were introduced onto their surface. Afterward, silver-containing composites based on raw and modified cotton fibers were prepared using the chemical reduction method. The obtained samples were characterized in detail by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, as well as by thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis. A comparative bioassay experiment of four samples for gram-negative (Escherichia coli) bacteria, gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) bacteria, and the fungus Candida albicans was carried out. These results showed the predominant antibacterial activity of the phosphorylated sample and the composite based on it. Thus, the development of these antibacterial cotton fibers using readily available reagents under relatively mild conditions could be used as potential industrial applications for the production of everyday medical textiles.

Diethylamine-modified phosphorus-containing polymer has been used as adsorbent for the preconcentration of traces amounts of Cu(II), and Zn(II). 4-(2-thiazolylazo) resorcinol was used as a chelating agent. The analytes were determined by FAAS. Various parameters such as: pH, volume of ligand, volume of elution, and eluent concentration affecting on the extraction efficiency of the polymer has been evaluated by Placket–Burman design to explore the important variables. Further were optimized by central 2³⁺ star orthogonal composite design. The limits of detection for Cu(II) and Zn(II) were 2.1 and 6.3 μg/L, respectively. The accuracy of proposed method was checked by the analysis of TMDA 64.2 certified reference material. The method was applied to determine Cu and Zn in natural water samples.

The utilization of used crosslinked functional polymers (CFP) applied as sorbents or ion-exchangers is a great challenge arising from the need to protect the environment. In this paper we report a very promising way of obtaining carbon/magnetic composites based on metal (Co²⁺; Ni²⁺; Fe³⁺) derivatives of butadiene rubber-based phosphorus-containing polymer, which were treated as the model used CFP. We proposed a facile one-step thermal degradation approach to transform used CFP into carbon/magnetic composites (CMC). The obtained CMCs contained a mixture of metal phosphates and metal phosphides that exhibited strong magnetic properties due to the presence of nanosized metal derivatives with diameters of 100–140 nm. Structural and morphological changes of CFP and CMC after thermal degradation were investigated by the FTIR technique, X-ray Diffraction analysis, Scanning Electron Microscope, and Atomic Force Microscope–Magnetic Force Microscope. Moreover, thermal degradation kinetics parameters were determined to optimize the efficiency of the process.