Sustainable waste management and recycling of Zn-Al layered double hydroxide after adsorption of levofloxacin as a safe anti-inflammatory nanomaterial.

ABSTRACT: Inorganic nano-layered double hydroxide (LDH) materials are used in the catalytic field, and have demonstrated great applicability in the pharmacological fields. In the current study, we report Zn-Al LDH as an adsorbent for levofloxacin (levo). The physical and chemical properties of the prepared material before and after adsorption were monitored using X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopic analysis, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area measurements, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). Density functional theory (DFT) calculations for levo and its protonated species were studied at the B3LYP/6-311G (d,p) level of theory. The removal pe

SUBMITTER: Mahgoub SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9055605 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature