Abstract: In this study, a novel molecularly imprinted polymer was synthesized using acephate as the template molecule, methacrylic acid as the functional monomer, and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as the cross-linker. The imprinted polymer was characterized by the static adsorption experiments, and results showed that it had higher adsorption capacity toward acephate and methamidophos than the nonimprinted polymers. Competitive experiments indicated that this material exhibited low selective recognition properties toward acephate in aqueous solution. This prepared material also offered fast kinetics for the adsorption of acephate. After shaking for 90 min, an adsorption capacity of 9.54 mg/g was obtained, and it almost reached the adsorption equilibrium within 120 min. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Adv Polym Technol 2013, 32, 21357; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/adv.21357
Template and target information: acephate, methamidophos
Author keywords: Acephate, characterization, molecularly imprinted polymer