Degradation of the Common Aqueous Antibiotic Tetracycline using a Carbon Nanotube Electrochemical Filter

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 7974-7980

  Liu, Yanbiao ^a,b   Liu, Han ^a   Zhou, Zhi ^b,c   Wang, Tianren ^b   Ong, Choon Nam ^b   Vecitis, Chad D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; CATHODES; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROOXIDATION; FILTRATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POTABLE WATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; YARN;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DISSOLVED NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; FILTRATION PROCESS; HYDRAULIC RESIDENCE TIME; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY - MASS SPECTROMETRIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT; WATER AND WASTEWATER;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRINKING WATER; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TETRACYCLINE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; FILTER; FILTRATION; FULLERENE; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; RESERVOIR; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FILTER; FILTRATION; ISOTHERM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SURFACE AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; ENVIRONMENT; KINETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; ENVIRONMENT; FILTRATION; KINETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TETRACYCLINE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84936817359     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00870     Document Type: Article

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