A review on the removal of antibiotics by carbon nanotubes

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1679-1687

  Cong, Qiao ^a,b   Yuan, Xing ^a   Qu, Jiao ^b  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Antibiotics; Carbon nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION SITE; CHEMICAL ADSORPTION; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; ECOLOGICAL HEALTH; FREUNDLICH MODELS; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; LANGMUIR MODELS; POTENTIAL RISKS;

ADSORPTION; CARBON NANOTUBES; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROGEN BONDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBON NANOTUBE; CIPROFLOXACIN; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDROGEN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAPYRIDINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADSORPTION; ANTIBIOTICS; CARBON; HEALTH RISK; HETEROGENEITY; HYSTERESIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADSORPTION; APOPTOSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG ADSORPTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYSTERESIS; ISOTHERM; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXICOLOGY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84888266534     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.420     Document Type: Review

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