Adsorption of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics at the Gas-Liquid Interface Using Ionic Surfactants
The overuse of antibiotics in today's society has resulted in high concentrations of pharmaceutical contaminants in the natural environment. In this work, we investigated the surfactant-mediated adsorption of fluoroquinolone (FQ) antibiotics at the gas-liquid interface and their separation usin...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1999. - 35(2019), 39 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 12839-12850 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Anti-Bacterial Agents Fluoroquinolones Gases Surface-Active Agents Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate 368GB5141J Ciprofloxacin 5E8K9I0O4U mehr... |
| Zusammenfassung: | The overuse of antibiotics in today's society has resulted in high concentrations of pharmaceutical contaminants in the natural environment. In this work, we investigated the surfactant-mediated adsorption of fluoroquinolone (FQ) antibiotics at the gas-liquid interface and their separation using a semi-batch foam fractionation process. FQs being a zwitterionic compound have an affinity to bind with both cationic and anionic surfactants. The adsorption of FQs to the gas-liquid interface was investigated using a cationic cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and anionic sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) surfactant. Ciprofloxacin (CF) was chosen as a model FQ antibiotic. The adsorption properties of the surfactant systems and CF were characterized using pendant-drop tensiometry and surface excess analysis. It was found that CF partitions to the gas-liquid interface more readily in the presence of SDS compared to CTAB. This was also corroborated in the foam fractionation experiments. At optimum operating conditions, CF showed a higher removal efficiency with SDS (96.3%) compared to CTAB (52%). In spite of strong molecular interactions between CTAB and CF, the preferential adsorption of DS--CF complexes was far greater than CTA+-CF complexes. At optimized operating conditions, using SDS as the surfactant, other FQs such as norfloxacin, levofloxacin, and ofloxacin were recovered up to 97.9, 91.7, and 96.7%, respectively, with effluent concentration less than 100 nM. Overall, the work demonstrates foam fractionation as a novel and environment-friendly gas-liquid separation technique for the targeted removal of FQ antibiotics from waterbodies |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 31.08.2020 Date Revised 31.08.2020 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02431 |