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A silica-enhanced agarose monolith adsorbent was synthesized and evaluated as a highly porous and robust adsorbent for the removal of Janus Green B (JGB) as a cationic dye from aqueous solutions. For this purpose, the molded agarose monolith adsorbent was reinforced by incorporating silica into its structure. The effects of sample volume, pH, contact time, and stirring speed on the removal efficiency of the sorbent were optimized using a response surface methodology with a central composite design. Under the optimal conditions, the monolith achieved satisfactory removal efficiencies greater than 98% for JGB. The maximum adsorption capacity of the agarose-silica adsorbent for 200 mg L− 1 of JGB was approximately 60 mg g− 1. Structural and morphological characterization was performed using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electronic microscopy and, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The monolith exhibited excellent regenerable properties, with a removal efficiency exceeding 96% after three times of usages. Equilibrium adsorption data showed better agreement with the Freundlich isotherm model compared to Langmuir. This work demonstrated the enhanced physical stability and high porosity of the agarose-silica monoliths for the efficient removal of JGB cationic dye from real-life water and wastewater samples.
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The Journal of Porous Materials is an interdisciplinary and international periodical devoted to all types of porous materials. Its aim is the rapid publication
of high quality, peer-reviewed papers focused on the synthesis, processing, characterization and property evaluation of all porous materials. The objective is to
establish a unique journal that will serve as a principal means of communication for the growing interdisciplinary field of porous materials.
Porous materials include microporous materials with 50 nm pores.
Examples of microporous materials are natural and synthetic molecular sieves, cationic and anionic clays, pillared clays, tobermorites, pillared Zr and Ti
phosphates, spherosilicates, carbons, porous polymers, xerogels, etc. Mesoporous materials include synthetic molecular sieves, xerogels, aerogels, glasses, glass
ceramics, porous polymers, etc.; while macroporous materials include ceramics, glass ceramics, porous polymers, aerogels, cement, etc. The porous materials
can be crystalline, semicrystalline or noncrystalline, or combinations thereof. They can also be either organic, inorganic, or their composites. The overall
objective of the journal is the establishment of one main forum covering the basic and applied aspects of all porous materials.