Supplementary Information

Reversible and Easy Post-crosslinking Method for Developing

Surface Ion-imprinted Hypercrosslinked Monolith for Specific Cd(II)

Ion Removal from Aqueous Solutions Mehmet Emin Çorman1,2, Canan Armutcu1, Lokman Uzun1*, Rıdvan Say3, Adil Denizli1 1Hacettepe University, Department of Chemistry, Ankara, Turkey 2Sinop University, Department of Bioengineering, Sinop, Turkey 3Anadolu University, Department of Chemistry, Eskişehir, Turkey

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Surface Area Measurements

Figure SI-1. Multipoint surface area measurement of poly(HEMA) monolith.

Figure SI-2. Multipoint surface area measurement of Cd-SII-HM before urea treatment.

Figure SI-3. Multipoint surface area measurement of Cd-SII-HM after urea treatment.

Figure SI-4. Multipoint surface area measurement of NI-HM before urea treatment.

Figure SI-5. Multipoint surface area measurement of NI-HM after urea treatment.

Figure SI-6. The effects of urea treatment on pore volume distribution through Cd-SII-HM.

Figure SI-7. The effects of urea treatment on pore volume/pore surface area correlation

through Cd-SII-HM.

Figure SI-8. The effects of urea treatment on pore diameter/pore surface area correlation

through Cd-SII-HM.

Figure SI-9. Langmuir isotherm for Cd-SII-HM.

Figure SI-10. Freundlich isotherm for Cd-SII-HM.

Figure SI-11. Langmuir isotherm for NI-HM.

Figure SI-12. Freundlich isotherm for NI-HM.

Figure SI-13. Pseudo-First order kinetic model for Cd-SII- and NI-HMs.

Figure SI-14. Pseudo-First order kinetic model for Cd-SII- and NI-HMs.

Figure SI-15. The comparison of the effect of temperature on Cd-SII-HMs adsorption

capacity with correlation of initial Cd(II) ions concentration.

Figure SI-16. Langmuir isotherm for Cd-SII-HM at 4oC.

Figure SI-17. Langmuir isotherm for Cd-SII-HM at 50oC.

Figure SI-18. van’t Hoff plot for Cd-SII-HM.

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297.783.899E-022.869E+015.513E-057.406E-033.680E-024.943E+002647.636.471E-022.908E+015.676E-068.575E-052.317E-023.500E-01AREA-VOLUME-PORESIZESUMMARYSURFACEAREADATAMultipointBET..............................................2.352E+01m²/gBJHMethodCumulativeAdsorptionSurfaceArea...............3.117E+01m²/gBJHMethodCumulativeDesorptionSurfaceArea...............2.908E+01m²/gDHMethodCumulativeAdsorptionSurfaceArea................3.253E+01m²/gDHMethodCumulativeDesorptionSurfaceArea................3.040E+01m²/gDRMethodMicroPoreArea...................................3.311E+01m²/gPOREVOLUMEDATABJHMethodCumulativeAdsorptionPoreVolume................6.735E-02cc/gBJHMethodCumulativeDesorptionPoreVolume................6.471E-02cc/gDHMethodCumulativeAdsorptionPoreVolume.................6.560E-02cc/gDHMethodCumulativeDesorptionPoreVolume.................6.330E-02cc/gDRMethodMicroPoreVolume.................................1.180E-02cc/gHKMethodCumulativePoreVolume............................8.813E-03cc/gSFMethodCumulativePoreVolume............................9.083E-03cc/gPORESIZEDATABJHMethodAdsorptionPoreDiameter(Mode)..................1.444E+01ÅBJHMethodDesorptionPoreDiameter(Mode)..................1.700E+01ÅDHMethodAdsorptionPoreDiameter(Mode)..................1.444E+01ÅDHMethodDesorptionPoreDiameter(Mode)..................1.700E+01ÅDRMethodMicroPoreWidth..............................4.306E+01ÅDAMethodPoreDiameter(Mode).............................2.100E+01ÅHKMethodPoreWidth(Mode).............................3.575E+00ÅSFMethodPoreDiameter(Mode).............................4.477E+00ÅDATAREDUCTIONPARAMETERSThermalTranspiration:OFFLastPoAcquired784.41mmHgAdditionalInitializationInformationNotRecorded.BJH/DHMovingAverageSize:1Thicknessmethod:DeBoerInteractionConstant(K)2.9600nm^3xkJ/mol

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