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Synthesis, characterization of Chlorpyrifos/Copper(II) Schiff Base Mesoporous Silica with pH-sensitivity for pesticide sustained released Huayao Chen, Yueshun Lin, Hongjun Zhou, Xinhua Zhou, Sheng Gong, and Hua Xu J. Agric. Food Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b03262 • Publication Date (Web): 07 Oct 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on October 15, 2016

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Synthesis, characterization ofChlorpyrifos/Copper(II) Schiff Base Mesoporous

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Silica with pH-sensitivity for pesticide sustained released

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Chen Huayao, Lin Yueshun, Zhou Hongjun*, Zhou Xinhua*,Gong Sheng, Xu Hua,

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（College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and

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Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, Guangdong, China）

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Abstract: The salicylaldehyde modified mesoporous silica (SA-MCM-41) was

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prepared through a co-condensation method. Through the bridge effect from copper

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ion which also acts as the nutrition of the plant, the

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was supported on the copper(II)/Schiff base mesoporous silica (Cu-MCM-41) to form

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a highly efficient sustained released system (CH-Cu-MCM-41) for pesticide delivery.

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The experimental results showed that the larger the concentration of copper ion was,

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the more adsorption capacity (AC) of Cu-MCM-41 for chlorpyrifos was and the

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smaller its release rate was. The results confirmed the existence of coordination bond

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between SA-MCM-41 and copper ions as well as the coordination bond between

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Cu-MCM-41 and chlorpyrifos. The AC of SA-MCM-41 is 106 mg/g, while the

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Cu-MCM-41 is 295 mg/g.

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sensitivity. Under the condition of pH≤7, the release rate of chlorpyrifos decreased

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with increasing pH. Whereas, its release rate in weak base condition was slightly

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larger than in weak acid condition. Meanwhile, the drug release rate of the

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as-synthesized system was also affected by temperature. Their sustained-release

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curves can be described by Korsmeyer-Peppas equation.

model drug- chlorpyrifos(CH)

The as-synthesized system showed significant pH

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Key words: Copper(II) Schiff base; MCM-41; pH sensitive; sustained-release

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INTRODUCTION

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Nowadays, porous and highly dispersed materials have attracted significant

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attention.1 Among various types of these materials, ordered mesoporous materials are

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much more attractive2-4

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nm in accordance with IUPAC recommendation.5 Mesoporous silica is one of the

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most important type and a widely studied mesoporous materials. Synthesis of

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mesoporous silica materials is usually through the aids of specific organic templates

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(i.e., surfactant-types).6 For example, cetyltrimethylethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB)

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is a surfactant commonly used for the synthesis of MCM-41.7 Mesoporous silica

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materials have already been applied in many fields including sensors and separations,8

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catalysis,9 novel functional materials,10 selective adsorption11 as well as being a host

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to guest molecules.12

due to their uniform and adjustable pore sizes of 2 nm to 50

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These silica materials are potential candidates for sustained release application

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for their good chemical and thermal stability, morphology control, and surface

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functionalization. Controlled delivery of pharmaceutical active agents, as well as drug

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delivery and imaging has been mentioned in the literatures.13-15 Efficiency of

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alendronate loading and release was compared between two mesoporous silica

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matrixes of SBA-15 and MCM-41 in another research. The results showed that

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MCM-41 loaded more drug than SBA-15, which could potentially be subscribed in 2



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part to the larger surface area of the former.16

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Since these pioneering investigations, the interests in using MCM-41 as drug

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delivery systems have shown significant growth.17-19 The main reason for using

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mesoporous silica materials as drug delivery systems was due to their high ordered

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pore network and the high pore volume which provides more opportunity for hosting

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considerable quantities of drugs. What’s more, the ordered network with

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homogeneous size enables the fine control of the release kinetics and drug load. A

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novel utilization of MCM-41 for delivery of ibuprofen was reported in 2001.20

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Following this research, MCM-41 modified with amine groups was also studied for

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ibuprofen delivery systems and resulted in better release kinetics.21

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synthesis and surface modification of MCM-41 by aminopropyl groups on the

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immobilization and subsequent release of acetylsalicylic acid was studied in several

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papers,22-23 in which MCM-41 materials were functionalized through the

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co-condensation method, post-synthesis treatment and solvothermal processes.

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Meanwhile, the preparation of sustained released system with pH sensitivity

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coordinated with metal ion which acts as a bridge to improve its adsorption and

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sustained release performance were also frequently reported.24-27 However, the study

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in this sustained released system based on MCM-41 coordinated with metal for the

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pesticide delivery was rarely reported.

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The influence of

Based on the research mentioned above, we proposed the pH responsive chlorpyrifos/copper

Schiff

base

modified mesoporous 3


silica

(Cu-MCM-41)

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sustained release system, which was prepared by the coordination of copper ions

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through impregnation method. The cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide（CTAB）was

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adopted as template and tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) as silica source respectively.

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The self-made salicylaldimine was used as organic modifying agent to prepare

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salicylaldimine modified mesoporous silica by co-condensation method. Through the

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bridge effect from copper ion which also acts as the nutrition of the plant, a model

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drug(chlorpyrifos) was supported on the Schiff base modified mesoporous silica.

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Besides, the system showed pH sensitivity which is useful for the pest control in

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agriculture.7, 28, 29 The relationship between the copper ion concentrations with its

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adsorption and sustained released performance was also investigated. Finally, the

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highly efficient sustained release system with pH-sensitivity for pesticide delivery

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was developed which would thus be expected to bring significant impact in

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agricultural fields for pest control.

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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Chemicals

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Cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB), tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS)，

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ethanol, dichloromethane, anhydrous magnesium sulfate, ammonia, copper

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nitrate, sodium hydroxide, hydrochloride were obtained from Tianjin Damao

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Chemical Reagents. 3-aminopropyltriethyloxy silane (APTES), salicylaldehyde were

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obtained from Aladdin. And chlorpyrifos (Jiangsu Jinghong Chemical Engineering

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Co., Ltd.) were also used in this work. All chemicals were analytical grade and used 4



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as received without any further purification. Preparation of salicylaldimine

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According to the literature7, 4.42 g of APTES, 2.44 g of salicylaldehyde and 100

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mL of ethanol were added into a flask and reacted at 95 °C for 3 h. Ethanol was

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removed by rotary evaporated, and 20mL of dichloromethane was added, then the

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products washed with deionized water 3 times. The organic layer was extracted and

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standing for 12 h. Then the product was filtered to remove dichloromethane to attain

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salicylaldimine.

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Preparation of SA-MCM-41

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According to previous research,30 co-condensation method was adopted to

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prepare salicylaldehyde modified mesoporous silica (SA-MCM-41). 1.0 g of CTAB,

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100 mL deionized water and 70 mL of ammonia were added to the flask to be

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dissolved at 60 ℃ with stirring. And 5 g of TEOS was added to the solution

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dropwise. 1 hour later, 1g of as synthesized salicylaldimine was added and kept on

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reacting for 6 h before being crystalized at room temperature, filtered, washed and

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dried. Finally, the template was removed by ethanol to attain SA-MCM-41.

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Preparation of Cu-MCM-41

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20 mL of copper nitrate solution with different concentration（0.3, 0.6 and 1.2

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mol/L）was added to 200mg of SA-MCM-41 at 35℃ under stirring for 24 h. Then

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Cu-MCM-41 was attained after being filtered, washed and dried. The Copper ion

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loading amount of

0.174 mmol/g, , 0.244 mmol/g and 0.286 mmol/gwas confirmed 5


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by ICP-AES.

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Preparation of CH-Cu-MCM-41

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The

supported

chlorpyrifos

was

prepared

via

impregnation.

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Cu-MCM-41(prepared in 1.2 mol/L copper nitrate solution) was activated under

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vacuum at 80 ℃ for 6 h. And 100 mg of samples was immersed in 20 mL of

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chlorpyrifos ethanol solution (10 mg/mL) at 35 ℃ under stirring for 24 h, then

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filtered, washed, and dried. The obtained products was denoted as CH-Cu-MCM-41.

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Structural Characterization of Particles

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The samples were analyzed using a Bruker AXS D8 X-ray diffractometer

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(Bruker AXS GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany) with Cu radiation (λ=1.5418 Å) and a

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graphite monochromator at 25℃, 40 kV, and 30 mA. The measurements were scanned

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at 2°/min (angular range 2θ = 0.5~10°) in 0.02° step size. The morphology of the

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particles was analyzed by a Spectrum100 Fourier infrared spectrometer (PerkinElmer

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Inc., USA) by using the KBr squash technique. The gold particles were sprayed on the

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surface of samples under protection of N2 and the samples were characterized by an

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S4800 scanning electron microscope (Hitachi, Japan) to observe the surface

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topography. TEM observation was conducted on a FEI Tecnai G2 F20 transmission

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election microscope. BET surface area of samples was determined by N2 adsorption

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isotherms at 77 K, operated on Quadrasorb SI adsorption equipment. The samples

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were degassed at 200 oC for 12 h in vacuum before N2 adsorption experiment. A Q200

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differential scanning calorimeter (TA Co., USA) was used to conduct differential 6



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scanning calorimetry and detect the crystalline degree of the chlorpyrifos in the

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particles over a heating range of 20~160 ℃ and a heating rate of 20 ℃/min. An

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SDT-Q600 thermogravimetric analyzer (TA Co., USA) was used to analyze the heat

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stability of particles over the heating range of 30~800 ℃ and heating rate of 10 ℃

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/min. X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) were recorded on a ESCALAB250XI

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spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Al Kα, hν = 1486.6 eV) under a vacuum of

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~2×10-7 Pa. Charging effects were corrected by adjusting the main C 1s peak to a

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position of 284.8 eV. The loading amount of copper ion was confirmed by Inductively

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Coupled Plasma-atomic Emission Spectrometry (Agilent 725).

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Adsorption Properties Test

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A UV-2550 UV-Vis spectrophotometer from Shimadzu Co., Japan, was applied

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to measure the amount of chlopyrifos adsorbed by mesoporous silica. Linear

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regression of the solution concentration (C) and absorbance (A) of chlorpyrifos

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standard solutions of different concentrations at λ=290 nm was performed to obtain a

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standard curvilinear equation: C=61.356A-0.0613，R2=0.9997. UV spectroscopy was

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performed to measure the absorbance of this solution before and after the adsorption

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in chlopyrifos ethanol solution. Adsorption capacity (AC) and loading content (LC)

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may be calculated by the following equation:

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（C - C ) × V AC = 0 1 m

LC =

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（1）

（C0 - C1 ) × V m × 1000 +（C0 - C1 ) × V

（2）

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where C0 is the origin mass concentration (mg/L) of the chlorpyrifos in ethanol

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solution, C1 is the mass concentration (mg/L) of the chlorpyrifos in ethanol solution

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after adsorption, and m is the mass(g) of mesoporous silica.

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Sustained-Release Performance Test

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The performance of sustained-release chlorpyrifos particles was tested according

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to the reference. 31 Linear regression of the solution concentration (C) and absorbance

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(A) of chlorpyrifos in 40% ethanol solutions of different concentrations at λ=284 nm

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was performed to obtain a standard curvilinear equation: C=48.672A+0.0322，

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R2=0.9994. The (M1, mg) drug-loaded particles were weighed and placed in a conical

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flask filled with 50 mL of 40% ethanol. At intervals of (t), 1 mL of the sample

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solution was transferred and diluted to 25 mL. An equal volume of the original

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sustained-release solution was then added to the conical flask to replace the

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withdrawn sample. The absorbance of the 25 mL solution was obtained, and the

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cumulative release amount of chlorpyrifos was calculated as Ri. A t–Ri curve was

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drawn to study the release kinetics of chlorpyrifos. Ri was calculated as follows:

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 ρ i × 0.1  M × LC (i = 1)  1 i −1 Ri =   ρ × 0.1 ∑ ρ i × 0.002  i + i =1 (i = 2,3,4...)  M 1 × LC M 1 × LC

where ρi is the mass concentration (mg/L) of chlorpyrifos for each sampling.

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 8



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Characterization of Mesoporous materials

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Fig. 1 shows the XRD patterns of MCM-41, Cu-MCM-41, SA-MCM-41 and

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CH-Cu-MCM-41. There are three characteristic peaks shown in MCM-41, which

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could be ascribed to (100), (110) and (200) crystal face respectively, which indicated

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that the particles had regular hexagonal pore structure.32 As modified by

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salicylaldehyde, the strength of the XRD peaks decreased, especially in (110) and

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(200) crystal face, which proved that APTES was introduced to the system and

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decreased its degree of orderliness.33 And the loading of copper ion and chlorpyrifos

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didn’t change its structure indicating that the regular hexagonal pore structure

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remained in Cu-MCM-41.

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Figure 2 depicts the SEM and TEM image of MCM-41 (a&b) and

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SA-MCM-41(c&d). As shown, the regular hexagonal pore structure was well-

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maintained without agglomeration after salicylaldehyde modification which was in

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consistent with the XRD results.

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As shown in Figure 3, the N2 adsorption/desorption isotherms of MCM-41,

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SA-MCM-41, Cu-MCM-41and CH-Cu-MCM-41 belong to Langmuir Ⅳ(the slope of

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it was decreasing) with H4 hysteresis loop (hysteresis loop was closed at P/Po-=0.4)

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which confirmed their mesoporous structure according to the previous report34.

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What’s more, the salicylaldehyde modification, coordination with copper ion and

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loading of chlorpyrifos would significantly decrease its BET surface and pore volume,

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but draw slight effect on the pore size as shown in Table 1.

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FTIR was carried out to compare the different composition of MCM-41,

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SA-MCM-41, Cu-MCM-41 and CH-Cu-MCM-41. As shown in figure 4, two bands 9


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appeared in 3420 cm-1 and 960 cm-1 for MCM-41 ascribed to stretching and bending

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vibration of Si-OH respectively.35 1083 cm-1 and 810 cm-1 were attributed to the

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characteristic peaks of Si-O-Si on the SiO2 framework. Comparing to MCM-41, two

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new bands appeared at 2981 cm-1 and 2936 cm-1 belonging to the symmetric and

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nonsymmetric C-H stretching vibration bands from aminopropyl group for

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SA-MCM-41. And stretching band of C=N and the vibration band of benzene ring in

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the salicylaldehyde located at 1628 cm-1 and 780 cm-1 respectively. The blue shift of

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C=N from 1628 cm-1 to 1635cm-1 happened after the coordination with copper ion.

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And the weak band at 669 cm-1 for Cu-MCM-41 was the vibration caused by the

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coordination between copper and nitrogen which further convinced the coordination

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between copper ion and Schiff base. For CH-Cu-MCM-41,

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of chlopyrifos located at 1547, 1412, 1339, 678 cm-1 which proved that the

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chlopyrifos was successfully adsorbed by Cu-MCM-41.

the characteristic peaks

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The XPS analysis was carried out to identify the surface elements chemical states,

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as shown in Figure 5. The binding energy (BE) positive shift of N 1s was observed

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after the coordination of copper ion, with a BE value of 399.20 eV for Cu-MCM-41 in

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comparison with the BE of 399.59 eV for SA-MCM-41. The electron transfer from

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nitrogen to copper was proposed to be responsible for this positive shift. What’s more,

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a new peak appeared at 406.5eV for the nitrate residue during the preparation. And the

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binding energy (BE) of copper ion decreased from 934.48 eV to 933.35 eV after

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loading chlorpyrifos due to the electron transfer from chlorpyrifos to copper which

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confirm the coordination interaction between copper ion and chlopyrifos.36, 37

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Thermogravimetric analysis (TG) was used to investigate the thermal stability.

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As shown in figure 6a, the loss in mass for Cu-MCM-41 and CH-Cu-MCM-41 was

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slight below 100 ℃ due to the evaporation of water. The significant loss in mass

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occurred within the temperature range 155～800 ℃ caused by the carbonization and

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decomposition of the organic compounds on the mesoporous silica for Cu-MCM-41.

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For CH-Cu-MCM-41, the loss percentage in mass was apparently bigger than copper

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Schiff base modified mesoporous silica for the decomposition and evaporation of

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chlorpyrifos. And the DSC thermograms of chlopyrifos, SA-MCM, Cu-MCM-41 and

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CH-Cu-MCM-41 were shown in figure 6b. The fusion peak of salicylaldehy modified

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mesoporous silica had a significant shift from 78 ℃ to 98 ℃ after the coordination

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with copper ion which convinced the interaction between copper ion and Schiff base

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in the salicylaldehy modified mesoporous silica in accordance with the XPS results. A

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further shift of the fusion peak happened after loading the chlopyrifos indicating the

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coordination between Cu-MCM-41 and chlopyrifos. But the fusion peak of

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chlopyrifos disappeared for CH-Cu-MCM-41 comparing with the DSC thermograms

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of chlopyrifos, proving that the chlopyrifos is distributed in amorphous state in the

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pore of Cu-MCM-41.

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Adsorption Performance

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Table 2 listed the AC of various mesoporous silica. The copper-Schiff complex

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increased in higher copper ion concentration, which led to larger active area and

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improved the interaction between chlorpyrifos and mesoporous silica support.26 The

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Ac of the synthesis samples increased while the copper ion concentration of copper

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nitrate solution increased during the preparation. When the copper ion concentration

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of copper nitrate solution is 1.2 mol/L with an actual copper ion loading amount of

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0.286 mmol/L, the AC of the samples increased up to 295 mg/g, 178% more than the

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sample without copper ion.

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Sustained released test

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Figure 7a shows the sustained released performance of Cu-MCM-41 prepared in

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different concentration of copper ion solution at pH 7. The larger the concentration of

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copper ion was, the more AC of Cu-MCM-41 for chlorpyrifos was and the samller its

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release rate with a high sustained release performance was. The sustained release

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performance in different temperature at pH 7 was illustrated in Figure 7b. As the

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temperature increasing, in one side, the thermodynamic movement of the chlorpyrifos

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molecules was intensified; in the other side, the coordination between Schiff base and

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copper ion was weakened. As a result, the diffusion of chlorpyrifos from Cu-MCM-41

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to the solution was accelerated and the release rate became faster.

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Figure 7c depicts the sustained release curves at various pH with a sequence of

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pH=3 > pH=9 > pH=5 > pH=7 in release rate. Under acid conditions, the lower the

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pH was, the faster the release rate was. Because the Schiff base was unstable in acid,

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C=N tended to decompose. As a result, the coordination bond between copper ion and

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C=N broke down, and the nitrogen on Schiff base was protonated. So the interaction

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between chlorpyrifos and Cu-MCM-41 was weakened and the release rate was

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accelerated. Under basic conditions, the coordination between hydroxide ion and

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copper ion was stronger than that between Schiff base and copper ion which

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apparently weakened the interaction between C=N and copper ion. So the release rate

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was slightly faster than in acid (pH=5). Apparently different from the performance at

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pH=7, obvious “sudden release” activity was observed about 23 h into drug release at

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pH=3, at which point the release rate reached 49.8%. The results proved that the

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system was pH sensitive with various sustained released performance according to the

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different pH value.

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Kinetics Study

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To further understand the sustained release mechanism, the data of sustained

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release of chlorpyrifos from Cu-MCM-41 in various pH values were fitted to

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zero-order model, first order model, Higuchi model,38 and Korsmeryer-Pappas

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model39 respectively. As shown in Table 3, the drug release behavior of

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sustained-release

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Korsmeryer-Pappas kinetic equation. When pH= 5, 7 and 9, the diffusion coefficient

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nth power for time(t) are 0.3233, 0.3108 and 0.4087 calculated from the kinetic

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equation , while all of them were below 0.45. And the values obtained indicate that

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the sustained release of chlorpyrifos from the particles was controlled by a Fickian

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diffusion mechanism40, 41 which proved that the difference of the concentration is the

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main impact on the release process. When pH=3，the diffusion coefficient n is 0.6485

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which is larger than 0.45 and the mechanism become non-Fickian，namely synergic

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effect of diffusion and coordination bond breaking between the Schiff base and the

chlorpyrifos/PA

particles

was

most

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consistent

with

the

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copper ion as well as between the copper ion and chlorpyrifos. As a result, obvious

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“sudden release” activity was observed at pH=3 as mentioned above.

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By now, the complete drug release of CH-Cu-MCM-41 was generally illustrated

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in consideration of kinetic mechanism and the data in this work, as shown in Figure 8.

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Copper ion act as a bridge to coordinate with Schiff base modified mesoporous silica

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and chlorpyrifos. Under acid or basic conditions, the C=N bond in Schiff base would

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decompose leading to the broken of coordination between copper ion and C=N bond,

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and the chlorpyrifos would be released. What’s more, under basic conditions,

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hydroxide ion would compete with Schiff base to coordinate with copper ion while

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further weaken the interaction between copper ion and C=N bond. As a result, the

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released rate of CH-Cu-MCM-41 would accelerate under basic or acid conditions.

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CONCLUSION

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In conclusion, the salicylaldehyde modified mesoporous silica (SA-MCM-41)

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was prepared by co-condensation method. PH-Responsive sustained release System of

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Chlorpyrifos/Copper(II) Schiff Base Mesoporous Silica was prepared through

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coordination between copper ion and Schiff base. The characterization confirmed the

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existence of coordination bond between SA-MCM-41 and copper ions and between

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Cu-MCM-41 and chlorpyrifos. The AC of SA-MCM-41 was 106 mg/g, while the

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Cu-MCM-41 was 295 mg/g which increased 178% after the introduction of copper

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ion. The larger the concentration of copper ion was, the more AC of Cu-MCM-41 for

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chlorpyrifos was and its release rate was smaller. The as-synthesized system showed

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significant pH sensitivity. When pH≤7, the release rate of chlorpyrifos decreases

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with pH increasing. And in weak base condition, its release rate is slightly larger than

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the weak acid condition. Meanwhile, the drug release rate of the as-synthesized

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system was also affected by temperature. Their sustained-release curves could be

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described by Korsmeyer-Peppas equation in consistence with Fickian diffusion

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mechanism at 5

Copper(II) Schiff Base

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