By industrialization, management of water resources is known as one of the most challenging issues for human society due to the presence of various contaminants such as oil, azo dyes, and micropollutants in water. The treatment of wastewaters containing more than one type of pollutants via a single-step process cannot be performed by a simple adsorption process. In this study, by combining the advantages of superparamagnetic iron oxide, carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin polymer, and N-heterocyclic palladium complex, a versatile bi-functionalized iron oxide nanoadsorbent [Fe3O4@CM-β-CDP@Tet-Pd] was fabricated for the capture of toxic dyes in wastewater. The structure of nanoadsorbent was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and vibrating sample magnetometer analysis. Afterward, the catalytic activity of the synthesized nanoadsorbent was examined in the aqueous solution of sodium borohydride as the reducing agent for rhodamine B, methylene blue, 4-nitrophenol, Metanil yellow, and Eosin Y. The UV-vis spectroscopy was used to monitor the catalytic activity of the [Fe3O4@CM-β-CDP@Tet-Pd] in an aqueous medium. The nanoadsorbent was successfully recovered and re-used six times, without remarkable loss in its catalytic activity. These results showed that the combination of iron oxide nanoparticles with carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin polymer provides a promising well-performed and easily recyclable nanoadsorbent for dye uptake and wastewater treatment.

Department of Polymer Processing Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute P O Box 14965 115 Tehran Iran

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 162 06 Prague Czech Republic

Leibniz Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e 5 Hohe Straße 6 01069 Dresden Germany

Polymer Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences Dúbravská cesta 9 845 41 Bratislava Slovakia

Solid Tumor Research Center Cellular and Molecular Medicine Research Institute Urmia University of Medical Sciences Shafa St Ershad Blvd P O Box 1138 Urmia 57147 Iran

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