Removal of Antibiotic Rifampicin from Water Using PLA/TiO₂ Photocatalytic Microsponges.

ABSTRACT: There is a growing demand to develop water treatment strategies that use materials capable of efficiently removing antibiotics from wastewater. Herein, we report hybrid adsorptive-photocatalytic polymer-based materials with high antibiotic-removal capacity. Poly-(lactic acid)/titanium dioxide (PLA/TiO₂) composite microparticles were synthesized via emulsification and a sol-gel approach under mild reaction conditions, and their adsorptive-photocatalytic performance for the removal of the antibiotic rifampicin (RIF) from water was investigated. The adsorption capacities of mixed (crystalline TiO₂) and grown (amorphous/crystalline TiO₂) PLA/TiO₂ microparticles were 2.03 ± 0.16 and 17.51 ± 0.40 mg g^-1, respectively. The adsorption kinetics

SUBMITTER: Kraskouski A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12809327 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature