23 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emcon.2015.05.002 English eng Jiangjie Xu Contributor <p><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Three hydrophobic and polyporous <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/electrospun" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); --sd-arp-topic-annotations-text-colour: #1f1f1f; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-hover-text-decoration-colour: #eb6500; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-focus-outline-colour: #eb6500; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">electrospun</a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/fibrous-membrane" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); --sd-arp-topic-annotations-text-colour: #1f1f1f; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-hover-text-decoration-colour: #eb6500; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-focus-outline-colour: #eb6500; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">fibrous membranes</a> (EFMs) were prepared by electrospinning methoxy polyethylene glycol-poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (MPEG-PLGA), poly(</span></span><span class="small-caps" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">d</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">,</span><span class="small-caps" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">l</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) and poly(</span><span class="small-caps" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">d</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">,</span><span class="small-caps" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">l</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">-lactide) (PDLLA). The effects of pH and dissolved organic matter (DOM) on <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/triclosan" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); --sd-arp-topic-annotations-text-colour: #1f1f1f; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-hover-text-decoration-colour: #eb6500; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-focus-outline-colour: #eb6500; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">triclosan</a> (TCS) </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/chemical-engineering/sorption" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); --sd-arp-topic-annotations-text-colour: #1f1f1f; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-hover-text-decoration-colour: #eb6500; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-focus-outline-colour: #eb6500; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">sorption</a><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> by EFMs in aqueous solution were investigated. The results indicated that <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/hydrogen-bonding" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); --sd-arp-topic-annotations-text-colour: #1f1f1f; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-hover-text-decoration-colour: #eb6500; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-focus-outline-colour: #eb6500; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">hydrogen bonding</a>, hydrophobic and π–π bonding interactions led to fast adsorption, which governed the adsorption rates of TCS onto EFMs. The maximum </span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/sorption" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); --sd-arp-topic-annotations-text-colour: #1f1f1f; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-hover-text-decoration-colour: #eb6500; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-focus-outline-colour: #eb6500; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">sorption</a> capacities of MPEG-PLGA, PLGA and PDLLA reached 130, 93 and 99 mg g</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif;">−1</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">, respectively, which were in positive correlation with their <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/pore-volume" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); --sd-arp-topic-annotations-text-colour: #1f1f1f; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-hover-text-decoration-colour: #eb6500; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-focus-outline-colour: #eb6500; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">pore volumes</a> and influenced by pore filling processes. The solution pH could significantly influence the TCS sorption by EFMs. In acid condition, protonated TCS facilitated their sorption onto EFMs. No obvious sorption was observed in alkaline condition due to repulsive forces between negatively charged EFMs and deprotonated TCS (</span><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">pK</em><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Arial Unicode MS", serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">a = 7.9). The presence of DOM inhibited TCS sorption onto EFMs due to <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/competitive-adsorption" class="topic-link" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); --sd-arp-topic-annotations-text-colour: #1f1f1f; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-hover-text-decoration-colour: #eb6500; --sd-arp-topic-annotations-focus-outline-colour: #eb6500; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;">competitive adsorption</a>. The results could be due to the occupation of the adsorption sites and the blockage of the pore entrance by DOM.</span></p> Elsevier November 2015 pdf Emerging Contaminants Sorption of triclosan on electrospun fibrous membranes: Effects of pH and dissolved organic matter mixed material Elsevier