CIESC Journal ›› 2012, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (3): 426-432.
• 香港科技大学化学与生物分子工程系戈登?麦凯教授退休纪念专刊 • 上一篇 下一篇
CHEN Xinqing1, LAM Koon Fung1, MAK Shuk Fong1, CHING Wai Kwong1, NG Tsz Nok1, YEUNG King Lun1,2
CHEN Xinqing1, LAM Koon Fung1, MAK Shuk Fong1, CHING Wai Kwong1, NG Tsz Nok1, YEUNG King Lun1,2
摘要: The silk sericin is the main residue in silk production and it is found to be a low cost and efficient biosorbent. In this study, sericin was characterized with various techniques including SEM (scanning electron microscope), XRD, N2 physisorption, FTIR (Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy) and XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy). The nitrogen content of sericin was ca. 8.5 mmol•g?1 according to elemental analysis. Dye adsorption by sericin biosorbent was investigated with the acid yellow (AY), methylene blue (MB) and copper (II) phthalocyanine-3,4′4″4′″-tetrasulfonic acid (CuPc) dyes from water. Sericin displayed large capacity for AY and CuPc adsorption with adsorption capacities of respectively 3.1 and 0.35 mmol•g?1, but it did not adsorbed methyl-ene blue dye. This selectivity is due to the basicity of amide groups in sericin biosorbents.