Leila Hajiaghababaei - Department of Chemistry, Yadegar -e- Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Leila Ashrafi - Department of Chemistry, Yadegar -e- Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Shiva Dehghan Abkenar - Department of Chemistry, Savadkooh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Savadkooh, Iran.
Alireza Badiei - School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Reza Ganjali - Center of Excellence in Electrochemistry, School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Ghodsi Mohammadi Ziarani - Department of Chemistry, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.

In this study, N-methyl-N'propyltrimethoxysilylimidazoliummodified LUS-۱ and MCM-۴۸ nonoporous materials were prepared and employed as adsorbent for removing Reactive Blue-۱۹ from aqueous solutions.LUS-۱ and MCM-۴۸ were made based on the previous procedure and modified with N-methyl-N'propyltrimethoxysilylimidazolium chloride. XRD analyses did not show any lattice alteration between modified and unmodified adsorbents. A hexagonal mesophase structure with the P۶mm symmetry for LUS-۱ and IM-LUS-۱, and a cubic Ia۳d space group for MCM-۴۸ and IM-MCM-۴۸ were observed. UV/Vis spectrophotometry was used to determine of the dye concentration in the solution. Batch studies were conducted in order to find the optimum adsorption conditions and investigation of different empirical parameters like the pH impact, contact time, the amount of adsorbent, and concentration of dye on adsorption process. The best dye removal efficiency of the adsorbents were more than ۹۳% at pH= ۳.۰-۷.۰ after about ۳ min for IM-LUS-۱ and after ۳۰ min for IM-MCM-۴۸. RB-۱۹ dye was desorbed from both of the adsorbents with ۱۰ mL of sodium hydroxide ۲ M during ۵ min. There was well match between the data and the Langmuir model with maximum adsorption capacities ۴۷۶.۲ mg/g IM-LUS-۱ and ۲۷۷.۸ mg/g IM-MCM-۴۸. The reusability of the sorbents were higher than ۴ cycles. In addition, removal percent of RB-۱۹ dye from ۵۰ mL of real textile wastewater with ۲۰ mg of IM-LUS-۱ and IM-MCM-۴۸ were ۹۳.۰ (± ۰.۶) and ۹۰.۲ (± ۰.۷), respectively. The results showed that this method might be appropriate for removing the pollutant dyes from textile wastewater.

Dye removal, LUS-۱, MCM-۴۸, N-Methyl-N'propyltrimethoxysilylimidazolium, textile wastewater