Described herein are solid sorbents including amines that are covalently bonded to a porous support. The solid sorbents exhibit high adsorption capacities for carbon dioxide. The solid sorbents exhibit desirable hydrothermal and cycling stability.

A product for adsorbing one or more PFAS from a liquid is disclosed. The product may comprise attapulgite or sepiolite that has been surface functionalized with (a) a quaternary amine surface coating solution that comprises a mono-quaternary amine compound or a di-quaternary amine compound and (b) a mercapto surface coating solution that comprises a surface coating agent that includes one or more mercapto groups that chemically bond to the attapulgite or sepiolite surface. When the quaternary amine surface coating solution includes the mono-quaternary amine compound, the product is free of di-quaternary amines. When the quaternary amine surface coating solution includes the di-quaternary amine compound, the product is free of mono-quaternary amines. Also disclosed is a method of producing the product and a method of adsorbing a PFAS in a liquid using the product.

A composition for removing heavy metal ions from an environment includes a porous particle having a plurality of pores, and a coating disposed on a surface of each pore of the plurality of pores. The coating includes a metal oxide layer on the surface of each pore of the plurality of pores and a silane-thiol layer on a surface of the metal oxide layer.

A method for preparing a geopolymer capable of trapping at least one ion, may include, firstly, preparing a geopolymer including at least one 3D printing, then functionalizing the geopolymer thus prepared by at least one extractant group, the group not including an NH.sub.2 amine function. Such a functionalized geopolymer thus prepared may be used to separate at least one ion from a flow containing the at least one ion.

Described herein are sorbents functionalized with ligands having an aminosilicone functional group. Also described herein are methods of making the sorbents functionalized with ligands having an aminosilicone functional group. Also described herein are methods of using the sorbents functionalized with ligands having an aminosilicone functional group.

A product for adsorbing one or more PFAS from a liquid is disclosed. The product may comprise attapulgite or sepiolite that has been surface functionalized with (a) a quaternary amine surface coating solution that comprises a mono-quaternary amine compound or a di-quaternary amine compound and (b) a mercapto surface coating solution that comprises a surface coating agent that includes one or more mercapto groups that chemically bond to the attapulgite or sepiolite surface. When the quaternary amine surface coating solution includes the mono-quaternary amine compound, the product is free of di-quaternary amines. When the quaternary amine surface coating solution includes the di-quaternary amine compound, the product is free of mono-quaternary amines. Also disclosed is a method of producing the product and a method of adsorbing a PFAS in a liquid using the product.

A method of grafting a silica support includes adding the silica support to a solvent, resulting in a first solution, adding an amount of silane to the first solution, resulting in a second solution, filtering grafted silica support from the second solution, and drying the grafted silica support.

The disclosure relates to the design and synthesis of selected ligands, dendrimers, polymers and other solid phase substrates for selective chelation of rare earth elements (i.e. lanthanides), and use of those selective ligands for synthesis of resins, polymers and other types of solid supports for separation and recovery of lanthanides from aqueous media. Recovery of critical elements from aqueous media occurs in a simple two-step process: pre-concentration of REE on the adsorbent and recovery by acid elution. The present invention can be used for design of selective ligands immobilized on solid substrates for extraction of various constituents, such as lanthanides, actinides, radionuclides, trace metals, etc., from aqueous media.