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The paper presents a feasible strategy through one-step bulk-suspension polymerization, grafting PEG onto an in situ synthesized copolymer. In more detail, PEG was grafted onto a homemade polystyrene/maleic anhydride copolymer (SMA) via bulk-suspension polymerization with poly(vinyl alcohol) as a suspending agent. According to the optimal reaction conditions, the grafting rate of PEG was 56.2% through chemical titration experiments. At the same time, the quantitative relationship between the grafting rate and enthalpy was demonstrated for the first time in a PEG-based solid–solid phase change material (S-SPCM). Morphology observation revealed that the obtained S-SPCM is made up of white microspheres of approximately 100–150 μm. The powdery product polystyrene/maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene glycol (SMA-g-PEG) obtained through bulk-suspension polymerization endowed that the whole product could be used directly as a phase change material without postprocessing. The melting enthalpy and crystallization enthalpy of SMA-g-PEG were 79.3 J/g and 76.9 J/g, respectively. Based on the effective fixed load of PEG, the macrostructure of SMA-g-PEG was almost unchanged at 70 °C compared with the macrostructures at 20 °C, and the latent heat of SMA-g-PEG was decreased slightly after 1000 thermal cycles. Overall, the obtained SMA-g-PEG can be used as a filler in insulation materials and composited with fibers to obtain phase change thermoregulated smart textiles.

s: Acrylonitrile‐based adsorbents are effective candidates for metal ions removal from wastewater. However, their performance is often limited by their unsatisfied stability, reusability, and sorption efficiency. In this contribution, the amino group of urea was cross‐linked with the carboxyl group of the firstly formed AN (acrylonitrile) and AA (acrylic acid) copolymer to improve the strength, while the cyanide group of AN was dedicatedly reacted with hydroxylamine hydrochloride to obtain an amidoxime group endowing the strong adsorption capacity for Cu (II). The optimum adsorption conditions of the as‐prepared adsorbent for Cu (II) were at 25 °C and pH 7, which only consumed 60 min to reach the adsorption equilibrium. The theoretical maximum adsorption capacity was 176.717 mg g−1. The amidoxime group on the surface of the adsorbent was inherently entitled to the outstanding adsorption capacity. Langmuir and pseudo‐second‐order model fitted the adsorption process. Furthermore, there still retained 84.4 % of the original adsorption capacity after seven cycles. Under column adsorption, the adsorbed particles were surprisingly lumped together, which can be easily taken out entirely after adsorption for recycling collection. Overall, the obtained acrylonitrile‐based adsorbents, easily regenerated with high performance and excellent sorption efficiency, should be a promising sorbent.

In order to broaden the application area of seaweed fiber, the dynamic double network structure of inorganic nanoparticles(VSNP) was designed. VSNP was used as the physical crosslinker, ammonium persulfate (APS)...