Enhanced visible-light photodegradation of fluoroquinolone-based antibiotics and <i>E. coli</i> growth inhibition using Ag–TiO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticles
Jiao Wang, Ladislav Svoboda, Zuzana Němečková, Massimo Sgarzi, Jiří Henych, Nadia Licciardello, Gianaurelio Cuniberti
Abstract
Ag nanoparticles decorated-TiO<sub>2</sub> P25 are a viable alternative for the degradation, through a rutile-mediated mechanism, of fluoroquinolone-based antibiotics under visible light irradiation and, at the same time, for bacteria inactivation in water.
Topics & Concepts
PhotocatalysisPhotodegradationVisible spectrumTitanium dioxideNanoparticleMaterials scienceRutilePhotochemistryNorfloxacinChemical engineeringCiprofloxacinNanotechnologyNuclear chemistryChemistryCatalysisAntibioticsOrganic chemistryOptoelectronicsComposite materialEngineeringBiochemistryAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis