Ionic liquid functionalized polymer composite nanotubes toward dye decomposition

Poly(ionic liquid) functionalized composite nanotubes are achieved by ATRP grafting ionic liquid monomers for example ViEtlm(+)Br(-) from the poly(DVB-co-VBC) nanotubes surface. PW12O403- anion is introduced through anion exchange. The PW12O403- based composite nanotubes can synchronously absorb and decompose water soluble dyes for example methyl orange (MO). The cooperative interplay is promising in highly efficient decomposition of dyes. (C) 2015 Chinese Chemical Society and Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.