Degradation of ciprofloxacin by CuFe₂O₄/GO activated PMS process in aqueous solution: performance, mechanism and degradation pathway

Emerging Hexagonal Mo2C Nanosheet with (002) Facet Exposure and Cu Incorporation for Peroxymonosulfate Activation Toward Antibiotic Degradation

“…Various excessive antibiotics including tetracycline (TC), ciprofloxacin (CIP), and levofloxacin (LEV) have been widely detected in groundwater and soil systems, which may bring about enormous threats to the ecosystem and human beings if without effective control. − To remove the risky antibiotics from the abovementioned systems or keep them within a safety range, numerous techniques such as biodegradation, electrochemical oxidation, physical or chemical adsorption, Fenton reaction removal, and photocatalytic degradation have been exploited. − However, with a view to large-scale application, the expenditure and benefit efficiencies of these strategies should be further optimized. Therefore, it would be much promising and meaningful to put forward a new route with lower cost and higher efficiency for contaminated water treatment.…”

Degradation of ciprofloxacin in aqueous solution using ozone microbubbles: spectroscopic, kinetics, and antibacterial analysis

“…This means that the treatment plants require the use of a large amount of energy and use an excessive amount of oxygen [ 21 ]. Because of this, CIP was found at concentrations of 28–31 mg/L in the effluent of a pharmaceutical manufacturing unit [ 22 ] and was even reported to be as high as 6.5 mg/L in two Brazilian lakes [ 23 , 24 ].…”

“…For AOPs, the amount of oxidizing agent required depends mainly on the volume of effluent and the concentration of contaminants to be removed. Typically the volumes and concentrations can be high, therefore the use of electrochemical methods are inefficient and the use of complex chemical oxidizing agents is considered inappropriate [ 22 , 27 , 28 , 29 ], because they need high surface area of the electrode and the use of excessive oxidizing agents merely increases the operational cost and the amount of toxic waste.…”

“…Among the AOP-based methods, dielectric barrier discharge plasma (DBDP) is an efficient green technology for the degradation of antibiotics [ 22 , 26 , 30 , 31 ]. However, DBDP has high operational costs, making it impractical for industrial process scale-up [ 32 ].…”

Application of Factorial Design and Response Surface Methodology in the Optimization of Clindamycin Nanocomposites

“…Nanotechnology and nanoparticles are helping to considerably improve many technologies and industries such as information technology, photocatalytic applications, medicine, energy, food safety, and environmental sciences [5][6][7][8].…”