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Synthesis of poly (N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-2-acrylamido methylpropane sulfonic acid) hydrogel containing copper and nickel nanoparticles with easy recycling and efficient catalytic potential

  • Muhammad Riaz , Muhammad Ajmal EMAIL logo , Atif Naseem , Nusrat Jabeen , Zahoor H. Farooqi , Khalid Mahmood , Abid Ali , Lubna Rasheed and Ahmad Nauman Shah Saqib
Published/Copyright: November 1, 2022
Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
From the journal Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Volume 236 Issue 11-12

Abstract

Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-2-acrylamido methyl propane sulfonic acid) hydrogel was prepared and used as matrix for the fabrication of nickel and copper nanoparticles. Nickel and copper nanoparticles were fabricated via in situ reduction of Ni (II) and Cu (II) ions within the hydrogel matrix. The manufactured hydrogel and its corresponding composites with Ni and Cu nanoparticles were characterized by FTIR, XRD, EDX, TEM, and TGA. Thermal stability of hydrogel was found to be increased upon fabricating with metal nanoparticles. The hydrogel showed ability to absorb water 63 times of its weight in dried form. The Ni and Cu nanoparticles were observed to be well dispersed, spherical in shape and most of them were having diameters in the range of 12.5 to 38.8 nm and 58 to 102 nm, respectively. The as-prepared hydrogel-nickel and hydrogel-Cu nanocomposite were used as catalysts for the reduction of a toxic pollutant 4-nitrophenol. At 25 °C, the reduction of 4-NP was found to proceed with apparent rate constant (kapp) of 0.107 and 0.122 min−1 in the presence of composite containing Ni and Cu nanoparticles, respectively. However, kapp was increased with corresponding increase in temperature and its maximum value was found to be 0.815 min−1 at 88 °C with catalyst containing Ni nanoparticles. The formation of well dispersed Ni and Cu nanoparticles in the prepared hydrogel reflected that this hydrogel system can act as efficient stabilizing agent along with acting as a reactor medium. Recycling potential of catalysts was studied for five successive cycles.

Keywords: catalysts; copper nanoparticles; hydrogel; nickel nanoparticles
Corresponding author: Muhammad Ajmal, Department of Chemistry, Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan, E-mail:

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2022-07-21
Accepted: 2022-10-20
Published Online: 2022-11-01
Published in Print: 2022-12-16

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Keywords for this article
catalysts; copper nanoparticles; hydrogel; nickel nanoparticles

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  4. Synthesis of poly (N-isopropyl acrylamide-co-2-acrylamido methylpropane sulfonic acid) hydrogel containing copper and nickel nanoparticles with easy recycling and efficient catalytic potential
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  6. Oil mediated green synthesis of nano silver in the presence of surfactants for catalytic and food preservation application
  7. Adsorption properties of metal functionalized fullerene (C59Au, C59Hf, C59Ag, and C59Ir) nanoclusters for application as a biosensor for hydroxyurea (HXU): insight from theoretical computation
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