New Mussel Inspired Polydopamine-Like Silica-Based Material for Dye Adsorption
Marina Massaro,
Vincenzo Campisciano,
César Viseras Iborra,
Leonarda F. Liotta,
Manuel Sánchez-Polo,
Serena Riela,
Michelangelo Gruttadauria
Affiliations
Marina Massaro
Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Palermo Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 17, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Vincenzo Campisciano
Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Palermo Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 17, 90128 Palermo, Italy
César Viseras Iborra
Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Campus of Cartuja, 18071 s/n Granada, Spain
Leonarda F. Liotta
Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (ISMN)-CNR, Via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy
Manuel Sánchez-Polo
Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Serena Riela
Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Palermo Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 17, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Michelangelo Gruttadauria
Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Palermo Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 17, 90128 Palermo, Italy
A straightforward and economic procedure has been developed for the synthesis of a new polydopamine-like silica-based material that has been obtained by oxidation of catechol with KIO4 followed by reaction with 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane. All techniques adopted for characterization showed that the obtained material is rich in different functional groups and the morphological analyses revealed dimensions in the nanometric range. The hybrid material has been characterized by several techniques showing its polydopamine-like nature, and preliminary observations for dye adsorption have been reported.
