Graphene oxide & reduced graphene oxide polysulfone nanocomposite pellets: An alternative adsorbent of antibiotic pollutant-ciprofloxacin

Efficient nanocomposites, GO-Psf and RGO-Psf has been synthesised from polysulfone and graphene oxide. The synthesised nanomaterials were characterised using contact angle measurements, SEM, TEM, XRD, TGA, DSC, Raman and FT-IR analytical techniques. The reported polymeric nanomaterials are attractiv...

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Published inSeparation science and technology Vol. 54; no. 5; pp. 667 - 674
Main Authors Indherjith, S., Karthikeyan, S., Monica, J. Helen Ratna, Krishna Kumar, Karthik
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis 24.03.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Adsorbents
Adsorption
Analytical methods
antibiotic pollutant
Antibiotics
Aqueous solutions
Ciprofloxacin
Contact angle
Graphene
graphene oxide
nanocomposite
Nanocomposites
Nanomaterials
Nanotechnology
Pollutant removal
Pollutants
Polysulfone
Polysulfone resins
reduced graphene oxide
Removal
Surface stability
Thermal stability
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Summary:Efficient nanocomposites, GO-Psf and RGO-Psf has been synthesised from polysulfone and graphene oxide. The synthesised nanomaterials were characterised using contact angle measurements, SEM, TEM, XRD, TGA, DSC, Raman and FT-IR analytical techniques. The reported polymeric nanomaterials are attractive due to their high surface area and thermal stability. The maximum adsorption capacity for ciprofloxacin is 82.781 mg/g and 21.486 mg/g on GO-Psf and RGO-Psf, respectively. The kinetic and adsorption analysis identifies the nanomaterials as attractive adsorbents for removal of antibiotic pollutant, ciprofloxacin from aqueous solution.
ISSN:0149-6395
1520-5754
DOI:10.1080/01496395.2018.1518986