The aim of the present work was to investigate the effect of surface functional group density on the adsorption behaviors of functionalized mesoporous Fe 3 O 4 . Amino modified mesoporous Fe 3 O 4 (Fe 3 O 4 -NH 2 ) nanoparticles were firstly prepared through a classical solvothermal method, then a novel three-dimensional hyperbranch structured nanocomposite (Fe 3 O 4 -HBPA) was synthesized though amino terminated hyperbranched polymer (HBPA) modification without any toxic cross-linking agent. The resulting functionalized mesoporous Fe 3 O 4 were characterized by means of TEM, SEM, FTIR, XRD, VSM, TGA and Zeta potential. Adsorptive removal of Pb 2+ and MO in respective single-compoent and binary systems was studied. In heavy metal ion (Pb 2+ , Hg 2+ , Cd 2+ , Cu 2+ etc.) and dye (MO, MGO, MBH, RB and CV), Fe 3 O 4 -HBPA showed higher efficiency removal of Pb 2+ and MO than Fe 3 O 4 -NH 2 . The adsorption of Pb 2+ and MO on Fe 3 O 4 -HBPA was pH dependent with uptake dropping in acidic solution. The Fe 3 O 4 -HBPA adsorbent showed quick adsorption rate, high adsorption capacity, high selectivity for cationic adsorbates. The maximum adsorption capacity was as high as 285.714 mg·g -1 for Pb 2+ and 146.565 mg·g -1 for MO, respectively. The fitness of Langmuir adsorption model and pseudo second-order kinetics for describing the adsorption isotherm and kinetics of Fe 3 O 4 -HBPA for Pb 2+ and MO dye was examined, respectively.