A comprehensive review on the removal of antibiotics from water and wastewater using carbon nanotubes: synthesis, performance, and future challenges
Parastoo Darvishi, Seyyed Alireza Mousavi, Arezoo Mahmoudi, Danial Nayeri
Abstract
This review describes the main characteristics of common antibiotics, their environmental and health effects, and also their fate in the environment, and furthermore provides insights into the adsorption of antibiotics onto CNTs as promising adsorbents.
Topics & Concepts
Carbon nanotubeAdsorptionAntibioticsWastewaterSewage treatmentNanotechnologyEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental chemistryBiochemical engineeringWaste managementMaterials scienceEnvironmental engineeringChemistryEngineeringOrganic chemistryBiochemistryGraphene and Nanomaterials ApplicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesNanomaterials for catalytic reactions