TY  - JOUR
A1  - Chua, S.C.
A1  - Chong, F.K.
A1  - Ul Mustafa, M.R.
A1  - Mohamed Kutty, S.R.
A1  - Sujarwo, W.
A1  - Abdul Malek, M.
A1  - Show, P.L.
A1  - Ho, Y.C.
JF  - Scientific Reports
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85080868400&doi=10.1038%2fs41598-020-60119-x&partnerID=40&md5=95cd211acb40c64974b80f16d44f46ea
VL  - 10
Y1  - 2020///
PB  - Nature Research
SN  - 20452322
IS  - 1
N2  - The importance of graft copolymerization in the field of polymer science is analogous to the importance of alloying in the field of metals. This is attribute to the ability of the grafting method to regulate the properties of polymer â??tailor-madeâ?? according to specific needs. This paper described a novel plant-based coagulant, LE-g-DMC that synthesized through grafting of 2-methacryloyloxyethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride (DMC) onto the backbone of the lentil extract. The grafting process was optimized through the response surface methodology (RSM) using three-level Box-Behnken Design (BBD). Under optimum conditions, a promising grafting percentage of 120 was achieved. Besides, characterization study including SEM, zeta potential, TGA, FTIR and EDX were used to confirm the grafting of the DMC monomer chain onto the backbone of lentil extract. The grafted coagulant, LE-g-DMC outperformed lentil extract and alum in turbidity reduction and effective across a wide range of pH from pH 4 to pH 10. Besides, the use of LE-g-DMC as coagulant produced flocs with excellent settling ability (5.09 mL/g) and produced the least amount of sludge. Therefore, from an application and economic point of views, LE-g-DMC was superior to native lentil extract coagulant and commercial chemical coagulant, alum. © 2020, The Author(s).
N1  - cited By 11
ID  - scholars12467
TI  - Microwave radiation-induced grafting of 2-methacryloyloxyethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride onto lentil extract (LE-g-DMC) as an emerging high-performance plant-based grafted coagulant
KW  - plant extract; trimethylammonium salt derivative
KW  -  chemistry; infrared spectroscopy; lentil; microwave radiation; theoretical model
KW  -  Lens Plant; Microwaves; Models
KW  -  Theoretical; Plant Extracts; Spectroscopy
KW  -  Fourier Transform Infrared; Trimethyl Ammonium Compounds
AV  - none
ER  -