Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are emerging contaminants that have gained increasing attention in recent years. Conventional adsorption materials exhibit poor efficiency in removing PPCPs. In this regard, a series of magnetic particles (Nanda Amphiphilic Materials, NDAMs) was fabricated and characterized in this study. These materials were prepared by special polymerization with different monomer proportions [N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone (NVP)/divinylbenzene, (DVB)]. Characterization results indicated that NDAM-40 (n((NVP)):n((DVB)), 6:4) was the most effective and possessed the largest BET surface area (650m(2)/g) among the nine prepared NDMAs. NDAM-40 also possessed the highest nitrogen content (1.13%) and the smallest contact angle (71.5 degrees). Seventeen representative PPCPs were chosen to investigate the adsorption performance of NDAM-40. Norit, a commercial activated carbon, was used for comparison. NDAM-40 exhibited faster adsorption rate than Norit. For most PPCPs, the pseudo-second-order rate constants of NDAM-40 were more than five times higher than those of Norit. The amounts (Qe) of most PPCPs adsorbed on NDAM-40 were two to five times higher than those on Norit. NDAM-40 was applicable to water purification because of its definite advantages in terms of removal efficiency and recyclability. The removal efficiency of 17 PPCPs exceeded 80% when using NDAM-40, and only 20%-70% when using Norit.