Journal of Materials Chemistry B,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024
Newly
synthesised
polycyclic
aromatic
polymer
nanoparticles
with
different
structures
showed
high
adsorption
capacity
for
SARS-CoV-2
infectious
particles,
but
the
was
found
to
depend
on
structure.
Separation and Purification Technology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
354, С. 129112 - 129112
Опубликована: Авг. 6, 2024
Water
pollution
caused
by
antibiotic
effluents,
particularly
ciprofloxacin
is
a
growing
environmental
concern.
To
address
this
problem,
silica
aerogels
containing
vinyl,
epoxide,
or
methacrylate
organic
functionalities
were
synthesized
through
facile
sol–gel
synthesis
under
ambient
conditions
and
employed
as
adsorbents
in
study.
The
physicochemical
structural
features
of
the
materials
characterized
using
conventional
complementary
techniques.
Structural
characterization
confirmed
successful
chemical
functionalization
surface
for
all
samples.
Similar
to
pristine
aerogel,
vinyl-functionalized
aerogel
displayed
typical
mesoporous
network,
whereas
epoxide
dominantly
macroporous
structures.
Batchwise
sorption
experiments
performed
different
operating
conditions.
results
equilibrium
kinetic
adsorption
studies
showed
excellent
alignment
with
Langmuir
isotherm
pseudo-second-order
models,
respectively.
Under
optimum
(C0
=
100
mg/L,
mads/Vsoln
0.5,
pH=6,
t
90
min),
capacities
onto
methacrylate-modified
62.7,
45.8
47.8
mg/g,
Despite
differences
at
micro-
meso-
macrostructure
level,
obtaining
similar
adsorptive
performances
confirms
that
mechanism
not
only
relied
on
pore
filling
but
also
controlled
molecular
interactions.
exhibited
repetable
performance
least
six
cycles.
Chemosphere,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
375, С. 144252 - 144252
Опубликована: Фев. 27, 2025
Increase
in
the
antibiotic's
usage
and
mis-management
antibiotics'
disposal
has
led
to
occurrence
of
antibiotic
residues
surface
water
bodies.
These
may
pose
considerable
risks
human
as
well
aquatic
organisms
owing
enhancement
antimicrobial
resistance
among
microbes.
Hence,
precautionary
measures
are
need
hour
curtail
compounds
water.
In
addition,
rampant
burning
agricultural
waste
India
causes
air
pollution.
Considering
this,
a
novel
adsorbent
been
developed
from
biomass,
viz.
wheat
straw
(WS),
through
calcination
(CWS),
followed
by
chemical
activation
(AWS).
adsorbents
were
employed
for
removal
ciprofloxacin
(CIP)
Removal
efficiency
90%
(for
CWS)
98%
AWS)
could
be
achieved
at
neutral
pH
room
temperature
conditions.
The
maximum
adsorption
capacity
on
synthesized
was
evaluated
14.51
mg
g-1.
Experimental
findings
further
explored
get
insights
isotherm,
kinetics,
thermodynamics
involved
process.
It
found
that
Langmuir
model
(with
R2
value
0.985)
provided
better
fit
than
other
isotherm
models.
Kinetics
thermodynamic
studies
revealed
process
pseudo
second
order
linear
kinetic
0.999)
with
endothermic
spontaneous
sorption
adsorbent.
Thus,
suitably
used
antibiotics