New functional materials for heavy metal sorption: “Supramolecular” attachment of thiols to mesoporous silica substrates

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2008-09-26 DOI: 10.1039/B810576F

Abstract

A new class of sorbent material, which exhibits exceptional metal capture from contaminated natural water, features aromatic thiol ligands reversibly bound to functionalized mesoporous silica through non-covalent interactions and have the potential of being regenerable.

Graphical abstract: New functional materials for heavy metal sorption: “Supramolecular” attachment of thiols to mesoporous silica substrates
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