Synthesis and absorption properties of acrylamide-grafted potato starch

  • Elena K. Fomina Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus; Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Iraida A. Klimovtsova Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus
  • Evgeny V. Grinyuk Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus; Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Marina V. Lasminskaya Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Dmitry L. Kudryavsky Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus; Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Aleksandra A. Fedorenko Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus; Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Dmitri I. Shiman Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus
  • Oleg V. Yakimenko Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Abstract

Hybrid hydrogels were synthesised by grafting acrylamide onto the macromolecules of potato starch via radical mechanism in water-polymer systems. Ammonium persulfate was used as a polymerisation initiator, and N,N′-methylene-bis-acrylamide was used as a crosslinking agent. The structure and properties of acrylamide-grafted starch was studied by FTIR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetry. It is suggested that the primary carbon atoms of the polysaccharide are the main grafting centers of acrylamide onto starch macromolecules. The effect of reagents mass ratios on sorption and rheological properties of the obtained hydrogels was studied. Chemical modification of hydrogels based on acrylamide-grafted starch was carried out via alkaline hydrolysis, and its effect on the sorption capacity of the hydrogels towards heavy metal ions (Cu(II) ions as an example) was determined.

Author Biographies

Elena K. Fomina, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus; Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (chemistry); leading researcher at the laboratory of catalysis of polymerisation processes, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, and associate professor at the department of macromolecular compounds, faculty of chemistry, Belarusian State University

 

Iraida A. Klimovtsova, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

senior researcher at the laboratory of catalysis of polymerisation processes



Evgeny V. Grinyuk, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus; Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (chemistry), docent; director, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, and associate professor at the department of radiation chemistry and chemical pharmaceutical technologies, faculty of chemistry, Belarusian State University



Marina V. Lasminskaya, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

competitor at the department of macromolecular compounds, faculty of chemistry



Dmitry L. Kudryavsky, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus; Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

junior researcher at the laboratory of catalysis of polymerisation processes, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, and specialist at the department of international scientific and technical cooperation and exhibition activities, Main Directorate of Science, Belarusian State University



Aleksandra A. Fedorenko, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus; Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

junior researcher at the laboratory of catalysis of polymerisation processes, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, and postgraduate student at the department of macromolecular compounds, faculty of chemistry, Belarusian State University



Dmitri I. Shiman, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

PhD (chemistry), docent; leading researcher at the laboratory of catalysis of polymerisation processes



Oleg V. Yakimenko, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

senior lecturer at the department of analytical chemistry, faculty of chemistry



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Published
2024-03-02
Keywords: potato starch, acrylamide, graft copolymers, sorption, Cu(II) ions
Supporting Agencies This work was supported by the Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research (project «New methods for producing hybrid polymer superabsorbents based on polysaccharides and polyacrylates», grant No. X22UZB-025).
How to Cite
Fomina, E. K., Klimovtsova, I. A., Grinyuk, E. V., Lasminskaya, M. V., Kudryavsky, D. L., Fedorenko, A. A., Shiman, D. I., & Yakimenko, O. V. (2024). Synthesis and absorption properties of acrylamide-grafted potato starch. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Chemistry, 1, 3-14. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/chemistry/article/view/5608