Abstract: 2019
Deltamethrin (DM) is one of the most efficient pyrethroid insecticides, which is widely applied to the control of insect pests in tea. In this work, efficient molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) were synthesized using DM as the template and acrylamide as the functional monomer, in conjunction with two-step seed swelling polymerization. Scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area analysis confirmed the staggered pore structure and the presence of binding site in DM MIPs. The adsorption properties of the DM MIPs were also investigated based on assessing equilibrium adsorption as well as kinetic modeling and solid-phase extraction. Isothermal equilibrium adsorption experiments show that the adsorption behavior is consistent with the Freundlich and Halsey models, indicating heterogeneous multilayer specific adsorption. Fitting of the kinetic data demonstrates that chemical adsorption could be the rate-limiting step in DM extraction, which is consistent with a pseudo-second-order kinetic model. Using the imprinted polymers as solid-phase extraction filler, the DM recoveries from various teas were greater than 80% and exceeded those of the structural analogs cypermethrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, and bifenthrin. These results confirm that the MIPs exhibit specific adsorption of this analyte. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2019, 136, 47415
Template and target information: deltamethrin
Author keywords: adsorption, kinetics, Swelling