Aleksandra B. Nastasović

University of Belgrade · ICTM-Department of Chemistry

A core-shell amino-functionalized glycidyl methacrylate magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) was synthesized by the suspension polymerization/surface imprinting method and characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), mercury porosimetry, nitrogen gas adsorption–desorption, and elementa...

The industrialization and urbanization expansion have increased the demand for precious and rare earth elements (REEs). In addition, environmental concerns regarding the toxic effects of heavy metals on living organisms imposed an urgent need for efficient methods for their removal from wastewaters and aqueous solutions. The most efficient techniqu...

A novel magnetic polymer/bentonite composite was prepared by suspension copolymerization of glycidyl methacrylate and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate in the presence of magnetic bentonite (MB-PGME) and functionalized with ethylene diamine and hexamethylene diamine (MB-PGME-ED and MB-PGME-HD). The obtained samples were characterized in terms of struc...

An amino-functionalized magnetic macroporous copolymer of glycidyl methacrylate (GM) and ethylene glycol (E) dimethacrylate (m-poly(GME)-deta) was synthesized, fully characterized, and used to investigate the adsorption of vanadium (V) oxyanions from aqueous solutions (Ci = 0.5 mM) in a batch system at room temperature (298 K). Pseudo-first-order (...

Arsenic is a metalloid, which occurs in nature in various forms, but in natural waters mainly in the form of pentavalent oxyanion of arsenate As(V) and trivalent arsenite As(III), which dominates under anaerobic conditions. Arsenic water pollution is a serious problem due to its pronounced negative impact on human health. This paper describes the k...

With regard to the harmful effects of heavy metals on human health and the environment, the demand for synthesis and investigation of macromolecules with large capacity of harmful substances sorption is ever greater. Quantum-chemical methods may be applied in structural modeling, prediction, and characterization of such molecules and reactions. Sor...

Magnetic and non-magnetic macroporous crosslinked copolymers of glycidyl methacrylate and trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate were prepared by suspension copolymerization and functionalized with diethylenetriamine. The samples were characterized by mercury porosimetry, scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS),...

Polymer-based, highly porous nanocomposites with functionalized ligands attached to the core structure are extremely efficient in detection, removal and recovery of metals through the process of sorption. Quantum-chemical models can be helpful for sorption process analyses. The sorption of Cu (II) ion to amino-functionalized chelated macroporous co...

Polyurethane networks (PUN) represent versatile materials which are usually consisted of different hard (HS) and soft segments (SS). They possess very good mechanical, thermal and surface properties. Such properties originate from their different composition, chemical structure of the crosslinking agent and molecular weights of the HS and SS. In th...

Environmental poisoning due to the emission of waste silver electrical and electronic industries, jewelry, photography and dentistry, in the last few decades has been of growing concern. The most effective methods for silver removal from aqueous media include electrolysis, precipitation, ion-exchange and adsorption. Highly crosslinked GMA-based pol...

Magnetic polymer microspheres consisting of a polymer and inorganic magnetic nanoparticles have been successfully used for separation of toxic and radioactive pollutants [1]. Bentonite as well has been proved as an excellent adsorbent for heavy metals and organic pollutants removal from wastewaters [2]. In order to combine favorable characteristics...

Segmented polyurethanes (SPU) are multiblock copolymers consisted of hard (HS) and soft segments (SS). HS usually form crystalline domains that are responsible for good mechanical properties, while SS represent amorphous matrix that contributes to good elastomeric properties, hydrophobicity and inertness of the SPUs [1]. Furthermore, the morphology...

The adsorption properties of two zeolite types, faujasite (NaY, ZnY, CoY) and LTA-4A zeolite (NaA, ZnA, CoA), towards technetium were studied in batch static experiments. The Si/Al ratio, acidity, dealumination, chargebalance cations of zeolite, contact time and temperature determined the adsorption efficiency. The maximum removal efficiency of 98....

A novel magnetic macroporous poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) (mPGME) was prepared by suspension copolymerization and functionalized with diethylenetriamine (mPGME-deta). The samples were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis, mercury porosimetry, scanning electron microscopy with ener...

Magnetic macroporous crosslinked copolymer glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) samples with different magnetite content were prepared by suspension copolymerization and functionalized with diethylene triamine. Samples were characterized by elemental analysis, mercury porosimetry, Fourier transform infrared spectro...

In this study, macroporous poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) was synthesized by suspension copolymerization, functionalized by ring-opening reaction of the pendant epoxy groups with diethylene triamine and used for immobilization of Pd(II) ions from chloride and nitrate solutions under batch experimental condition. The a...

Macroporous copolymers of poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) [PGME] with different crosslinker (EGDMA) concentrations and porosity parameters and additionally functionalized with hexamethylene diamine [PGME-HD] were tested as a potential Cr(VI) oxyanions sorbents from aqueous solutions. Kinetics of Cr(VI) sorption was inv...

Intraparticle diffusion kinetic model (IPD) was used to elucidate the influence of macroporous glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) copolymer (PGME) with attached diethylene triamine (PGME-deta) on the competitive Cu(II), Cd(II), Co(II) and Ni(II) ions sorption from aqueous solutions. Surface sorption was examined...

A novel magnetic macroporous poly(glycidyl-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) (mPGME) synthesized by suspension copolymerization and functionalized with diethylene triamine (mPGME-deta) was evaluated as sorbent for pertechnetate ion (TcO4-) removal from aqueous solutions. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used for characterization. The kinetics of...

A novel method combining a traditional immersion precipitation process for making membranes with photopolymerization and crosslinking of functional monomers included in the casting solution was used to prepare asymmetric polyethersulfone membranes with submicron particles incorporating glycidyl methacrylate copolymer. In order to introduce sulfonic...

Porous monolithic glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) copolymer [PGME] and three composite samples with alumina (PGME/alumina) were synthesized by radical copolymerization in a cast and functionalized by reaction of diethylene triamine (deta) with epoxy groups in GMA. All the samples were characterized using FTIR-...

The presented study describes macroporous crosslinked poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) [PGME] functionalized with diethylenetriamine [PGME-deta] as a potential recovery agent for Mo(VI) oxyanions from aqueous solutions. Sorption studies were carried out by varying experimental conditions (pH, time, concentration, temper...

Novel macroporous functionalized copolymers with different cross-linker concentrations and porosity parameters were synthesized by reaction of the pendant epoxy groups of poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) (poly(GMA-co-EGDMA)) with hexamethylene diamine, 1,3-bis(3-aminopropyl)tetramethyldisiloxane, and α,?-diaminopropyl p...

Polyethersulfone membranes with integrated negatively-charged hydrogel of crosslinked poly (acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid) were prepared by a combination of a liquid phase inversion process with photopolymerization and crosslinking of functional monomers included in the casting solution. A designed experiment was conducted to select the...

Synthesis of an unconventional resin based on 4-vinylpyridine (4-VP) and its Cu(II) sorption behavior were studied. Three samples of macroporous crosslinked poly(4-vinylpyridine-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) (P4VPE) with different porosity parameters were prepared by suspension copolymerization by varying the n-heptane amount in the inert comp...

Asymmetric polyethersulfone membranes with submicron particles comprising crosslinked poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid) were prepared by a combination of a traditional liquid phase inversion process for making membranes with photopolymerization and crosslinking of functional monomers included in the casting s...

In this paper, macroporous glycidyl methacrylate and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate copolymer functionalized with diethylene triamine (PGME-deta), was evaluated as Reactive Black 5 (RB5) sorbent. Batch RB5 removal from aqueous solution by PGME-deta was investigated by varying pH, contact time, sorbent dosage, initial dye concentration and temperatu...

The main causes of efficiency loss in thermal power plants are boiler tube failures that diminish unit reliability and availability, and raise the cost of the electric energy. For that reason, the regular examination of boiler tubes is indispensable measure for prevention of future malfunctions of power units. The microscopic examination of economi...

Inverse gas chromatography at infinite dilution was applied to determine the thermodynamic interactions of poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) and the composite of biphasic calcium phosphate and PLLA (BCP/PLLA). The specific retention volumes, of 11 organic compounds of different chemical nature and polarity (non-polar, donor or acceptor) were determined in the...

Asymmetric polyethersulfone membranes with submicron particles comprising crosslinked glycidyl methacrylate copolymer were prepared by a combination of a traditional immersion precipitation process for making membranes with photopolymerization and crosslinking of functional monomers included in the casting solution. As the concentration of polymeri...

Macroporous nanocomposite of poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) and acid modified bentonite was prepared by radical suspension copolymerization. Nanocomposite was functionalized with diethylenetriamine (DETA), by ring-opening reaction of the pendant epoxy groups. Functionalization was performed in order to enable phenol d...

Prevention and minimizing corrosion processes on steam generating equipment is highly important in the thermal power industry. The maintenance of feedwater quality at a level corresponding to the standards of technological designing, followed by timely respond to the fluctuation of measured parameters, has a decisive role in corrosion prevention. I...

We considered the possibility to fabricate multifunctional nanocomposite membranes as a platform for plasmonic metamaterials, simultaneously incorporating pores, built-in functional groups and active nanoparticles. To this purpose we combined lamination and inclusion of nanofillers into the membrane host. For the basic material we chose macroporous...

Novel functionalized macroporous copolymers were synthesized by reaction of the pendant epoxy groups of poly(glycidyl methacrylate)-co-poly(ethylene glycol dimeth-acrylate)s with 1,3-bis(3-aminopropyl)tetramethyldisiloxane (TMDS) and α,ω-diamino propyl poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). It was found that the optimal conditions for the synthesis of func...

The aim of this study was to obtain enhanced textural properties of macroporous crosslinked copolymer poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) by synthesizing nanocomposites with acid-modified bentonite. Nanocomposites were obtained by introducing various amounts of acid-modified bentonite (BA) into the reaction system. All sam...

Commercial macroporous poly(4-vinylpyridine-co-divinylbenzene) [P4VPD], known as Reillex-425, was characterized by mercury porosimetry, nitrogen physisorption, Fourier transformed infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and elemental analysis. Sorption rates of P4VPD for Cu(II), Co(II) and Cr(VI) ions were determined in static non-competitive experiments, at...

Two porous and one non-porous crosslinked poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) [abbreviated PGME] were prepared by suspension copolymerization and functionalized with diethylene triamine [abbreviated PGME-deta]. Samples were characterized by elemental analysis, mercury porosimetry, scanning electron microscopy with energy-d...

The possibility of sorption of technetium-99 in the form of pertechnetate anion (TcO4−) and the sorption kinetics for removing TcO4− from aqueous solution by chelating polymers based on glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) were investigated. Two samples of macroporous crosslinked poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) (PGME), with dif...

Technetium-99 comprises a significant health risk, since edible plants can bioaccumulate and convert it to more lipophilic species that cannot be excreted through urine. Batch kinetics of pertechnetate removal from aqueous solutions by two samples of crosslinked poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) functionalized with dieth...

Crosslinked macroporous copolymer of glycidyl methacrylate and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (CP) and copolymer composite with acid modified clay (CP-SA) were prepared by radical suspension copolymerization and functionalized by ring-opening reaction of the pendant epoxy groups with diethylene triamine (CP-deta and CP-SA-deta). Both SAmples were c...

Biotechnology also holds tremendous opportunities for realizing functional polymeric materials. Biocatalytic pathways to polymeric materials are an emerging research area with not only enormous scientific and technological promise, but also a tremendous impact on environmental issues. Many of the enzymatic polymerizations reported proceed in organi...

A series of poly(GMA-co-EGDMA) resins with identical composition but varying particle sizes, pore radii, specific surface areas and specific volumes are studied to assess how Candida antarctica lipase B immobilization affects the porosity of the copolymer particles. Mercury porosimetry reveals a significant change in the average pore size (up to 6....

Macroporous poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) (PGME) was synthesized by suspension copolymerization and functionalized with diethylene triamine (PGME-deta). The effect of pH, contact time, and sorbent mass on sorption efficiency of initial and functionalized copolymer sample for removal of Acid Orange 10 dye from aqueous...

In this study, macroporous composites of poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) i.e. poly(GMA-co-EGDMA) and clay were prepared by radical suspension copolymerization. The composites with either raw (S0) or acid-modified clay (SA) were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscop...

Two porous samples and one non-porous sample of crosslinked poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) [abbreviated PGME] were synthesized by suspension copolymerization and functionalized by ring-opening reaction of the pendant epoxy groups with diethylene triamine (deta). Initial PGME, as well as amino-functionalized samples, w...

Two samples of macroporous crosslinked poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate), poly(GMA-co-EGDMA), with different porosity parameters were synthesized by suspension copolymerization and functionalized with ethylene diamine and diethylene triamine. The kinetics of Cr(VI) sorption by amino-functionalized poly(GMA-co-EGDMA) was...

The removal of heavy metals from hydro-metallurgical and other industries' wastewaters, their safe storage and possible recovery from waste- water streams is one of the greater ecological problems of modern society. Conventional methods, like precipitation, adsorption and biosorption, electrowinning, membrane separation, solvent extraction and...

Crosslinked macroporous hydrophilic poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate)s [abbreviated poly(GMA-co-EGDMA)] with identical chemical structure (60% of glycidyl methacrylate) but with varied average pore sizes (from 30 to 560 nm), specific surface areas (from 13.2 to 106.0 m2/g), specific volumes (from 0.755 to 1.191 cm3/g) an...

Crosslinked macroporous hydrophilic poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) [abbreviated poly(GMA-co-EGDMA)] with identical chemical structure (60% of glycidyl methacrylate) but with varied average pore sizes (from 30 to 560 nm), specific surface areas (from 13.2 to 106.0 m2/g), specific volumes (from 0.755 to 1.191 cm3/g) and...

Inverse gas chromatography (IGC) is an attractive technique for polymer characterization due to possible simultaneous determination of various physicochemical properties of polymer systems merely from retention times of selected sorbates. The technique is especially advantageous to polymers that cannot be characterized by conventional methods. In t...

The possibility of polymer characterization by inverse gas chromatography (IGC) was illustrated with the study of sorption properties of macroporous crosslinked poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate), PGME, synthesized by suspension copolymerization, and copolymer modified with ethylene diamine, PGME-en. The data collected fr...

Two samples of macroporous poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate), poly(GMA-co-EGDMA), were synthesized by suspension copolymerization and modified with amines. Initial poly(GMA-co-EGDMA), and the samples modified with ethylene diamine [poly(GMA-co-EGDMA)-en], diethylene triamine [poly(GMA-co-EGDMA)-deta] and triethylene tetr...

An inverse gas chromatographic (IGC) study of the sorption properties of macroporous crosslinked poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate), PGME, and PGME modified with ethylene diamine, PGME-en, was presented. At infinite dilution, the thermodynamic parameters of adsorption, the dispersive components of the surface free energie...

The structure of the cell wall glucan isolated from the industrial strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was characterized as to be composed of a linear (1→3)-β-D-glucan chain with single β-D-glucopyranosyl residues attached to every ninth backbone unit by (1→6)-glycosidic linkages. Mild oxidation of this β-D-glucan with a dimethyl sulfoxide—acetic an...