Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics
Antibiotics and microplastics have been identified as emerging pollutants with potential nega-tive impacts on aquatic ecosystems. Microplastics may adsorb antibiotics, and their long-range transport may lead to compounding effects. This study investigates the adsorption of 6 antibiotics, i.e., eryt...
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| author | Boey, Vanessa Khai Ling |
| author2 | Liu Yu |
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| description | Antibiotics and microplastics have been identified as emerging pollutants with potential nega-tive impacts on aquatic ecosystems. Microplastics may adsorb antibiotics, and their long-range transport may lead to compounding effects.
This study investigates the adsorption of 6 antibiotics, i.e., erythromycin (ERY), vancomycin (VAN), sulfamethoxazole (SUL), and ofloxacin (OFL) and ampicillin (AMP), on polystyrene (PS) microplastic beads at different dosages in a controlled environment. With antibiotics be-ing ionizable compounds, it was found that their ionization constants varied depending on their functional groups. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1586312022-06-07T01:25:27Z Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics Boey, Vanessa Khai Ling Liu Yu School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre (AEBC) Dr Zhang Xiaoyuan CYLiu@ntu.edu.sg, xiaoyuan.zhang@ntu.edu.sg Engineering::Environmental engineering Antibiotics and microplastics have been identified as emerging pollutants with potential nega-tive impacts on aquatic ecosystems. Microplastics may adsorb antibiotics, and their long-range transport may lead to compounding effects. This study investigates the adsorption of 6 antibiotics, i.e., erythromycin (ERY), vancomycin (VAN), sulfamethoxazole (SUL), and ofloxacin (OFL) and ampicillin (AMP), on polystyrene (PS) microplastic beads at different dosages in a controlled environment. With antibiotics be-ing ionizable compounds, it was found that their ionization constants varied depending on their functional groups. Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) 2022-06-07T01:05:29Z 2022-06-07T01:05:29Z 2022 Final Year Project (FYP) Boey, V. K. L. (2022). Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/158631 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/158631 en EN-23 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Engineering::Environmental engineering Boey, Vanessa Khai Ling Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics |
| title | Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics |
| title_full | Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics |
| title_fullStr | Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics |
| title_short | Adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics |
| title_sort | adsorption of different types of antibiotics on polystyrene microplastics |
| topic | Engineering::Environmental engineering |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/158631 |
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