Adsorptive Removal of Fluoroquinolones from Water by Pectin-Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles: Process Optimization Using a Spectrofluorimetric Assay
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- 作者：Olivia A. Attallah ; Medhat A. Al-GhobashyMarianne Nebsen ; Maissa Y. Salem
- 刊名：ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 3, 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：5
- 期：1
- 页码：133-145
- 全文大小：737K
- ISSN：2168-0485
文摘
The efficiency of adsorption of two photosensitive fluoroquinolones; Ciprofloxacin (CIP) and Moxifloxacin (MOX), on the surface of synthesized magnetite/pectin nanoparticles (MPNPs) and magnetite/silica/pectin nanoparticles (MSPNPs) was studied from aqueous solution under varying experimental conditions. A validated spectrofluorimetric assay was developed for monitoring of CIP and MOX intact drugs and their photodegraded molecules concentrations. To optimize the working conditions which influence the drugs sorption, a 24 full factorial experimental design was implemented. The maximum percentage of removal was attained as 89% (type of sorbent = MSPNPs, pH = 7.0, initial drug concentration = 5 mg/L, and contact time = 30 min). The studied factors—pH, NPs loading, initial drug concentration, and contact time—were significant for both types of sorbents. The most significant variable was pH, and the highest CIP and MOX adsorption occurred at pH = 7.0. Equilibrium isotherm data were fitted to Langmuir, Freundlich, and Sips equations, and the Sips model showed the best fit with equilibrium isotherm data. Furthermore, pseudo-first- and pseudo-second-order kinetic models were used to analyze sorption kinetics, and it was found that adsorption of the investigated fluoroquinolones followed pseudo-second-order kinetics. We believe that our synthesized NPs can be used as effective adsorbents for fluoroquinolones and their photodegraded molecules removal from aqueous solutions.