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Fig 1.

(A) XRD patterns of as-synthesized mesoporous material and MSMs calcined at different temperatures, (B) the N2 sorption isotherm, and (C) pore-size distribution of the MSMs (A: MSM-as synthesized, B: MSM-500, C: MSM-600, D: MSM-700, E: MSM-800, and F: MSM-900).

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Table 1.

Structural parameters of as-synthesized and calcined MSMs.

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Fig 2.

(A) Adsorption isotherms of the MSMs calcined at different temperatures. (B) Kinetics of IBP uptake by MSMs calcined at different temperatures.

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Table 2.

Isotherm parameters obtained by fitting equilibrium data with the Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms for the adsorption of IBP on MSMs.

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Table 3.

Kinetic parameters obtained after fitting to the pseudo-second-order model.

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Fig 3.

Temperature effect of IBP adsorption onto MSM-500.

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Table 4.

Thermodynamics parameters (∆adsH0 and ∆adsS0) of IBP uptake by MSM-500 and comparison with other references.

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Fig 4.

IBP uptake by MSM-500 at several recycles: (A) kinetics, (B) qeq, (C) K2, and (D) v0 according to the number of recycles.

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Fig 5.

TEM images of MSM-500 (A) before and (B) after the fifth adsorption of IBP.

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Fig 6.

FTIR spectra of MSM materials before (A) and after adsorption (B) of IBP.

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Fig 7.

Mechanism of MSM synthesis and IBP adsorption.

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Fig 8.

In vitro release of IBP from MSM-500 at different pH.

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Table 5.

Comparison of pore characteristics and cost analyses for IBP removal.

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