Study on Cost-Efficient Carbon Aerogel to Remove Antibiotics from Water Resources.

ABSTRACT: Because of pharmaceutical-emerging contaminants in water resources, there has been a significant increase in the antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Therefore, the removal of antibiotics from water resources is essential. Various antibiotics have been greatly studied using many different carbon-based materials including graphene-based hydrogels and aerogels. In this study, carbon aerogels (CAs) were synthesized from waste paper sources and their adsorption behaviors toward three antibiotics (hygromycin B, gentamicin, and vancomycin) were investigated, for which there exist a limited number of reports in the literature. The prepared CAs were characterized with scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and micro-computerized tomography (

SUBMITTER: Aylaz G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7364593 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature