Transforming watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) rind into durable superabsorbent hydrogels for enhanced soil water retention properties and adsorbs dye in water

Innovative superabsorbent hydrogels were synthesized from watermelon rind (WR), an abundant agricultural waste. The process involved free radical polymerization of acrylic acid (AA) and acrylamide (AAm) with WR particles activated by ammonium persulfate (APS), resulting in (AA-co-AAm)/WR hydrogels w...

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Published in:	Heliyon
Main Authors:	Bingqin Teng, Yuan Zhong, Jun Wu, Jiachen Zhu, Liqun Cai, Peng Qi, Zhuzhu Luo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2024-10-01
Subjects:	Hydrogel Citrullus lanatus Superabsorbent Acrylic acid Acrylamide
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024146877