Issue 41, 2021
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Chemical Communications

Mesoporous knitted inverse vulcanised polymers†

Samuel Petcher, ORCID logo *a   Bowen Zhang ORCID logo a  and  Tom Hasell ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZD, UK
E-mail: Samuel.Petcher@Liverpool.ac.uk, T.Hasell@Liverpool.ac.uk

Abstract

Elemental sulfur is generated in large quantities when crude oil is refined. This elemental sulfur has limited use other than the production of sulfuric acid. Recently, the development of ‘inverse vulcanised’ polymers has attracted the attention of researchers. These polymers are formed from elemental sulfur and a small molecule alkene. The affinity of sulfur for heavy metals gives these polymers potential for specific adsorption; however, there is a lack of incorporation of high specific surface areas in pure polymers. Herein, we report the first mesoporous polymer generated using inverse vulcanised polymers, with a BET surface area of 236.04 m2 g−1. We explore the properties of polymers as an absorption medium for potent neurotoxin Hg(II).

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC01152A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Mar 2021
Accepted
13 Apr 2021
First published
14 Apr 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Commun., 2021,57, 5059-5062

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Mesoporous knitted inverse vulcanised polymers

S. Petcher, B. Zhang and T. Hasell, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 5059 DOI: 10.1039/D1CC01152A

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