Molecular selective adsorption of nonylphenol in aqueous solution by organo-functionalized mesoporous silica

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2000-05-09 DOI: 10.1039/B002301I

Abstract

Octylsilane-grafted hexagonal mesoporous silica removed low-concentrated nonylphenol, an endocrine disrupter, in water with high efficiency comparable to that of activated carbon, while the adsorbent showed no detectable uptake of phenol.

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