Experimental and theoretical investigations on the effects of pH and topology of poly[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] to the absorption capacity of the polymer

• Main Author: Dewi Suryana
• Other Authors: Hu Xiao
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66354
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The ability to absorb heavy metals, especially copper ions were studied at different pH values in both linear and 8-arm star-shaped topologies of poly[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] (PDMAEMA). The results have shown that 8-arm star-shaped PDMAEMA possesses about 3-4 times higher capacity than...