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Simple fabrication of carboxymethyl cellulose and κ-carrageenan composite aerogel with efficient performance in removal of fluoroquinolone antibiotics from water

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3D composite aerogels (CMC-CG) composed of carboxymethyl cellulose and κ-carrageenan were designed and fabricated using the one-pot synthesis technique. The optimized CMC-CG showed a good mechanical property and a high swelling ratio due to its superior textural properties with a proper chemically cross-linked interpenetrating network structure. CMC-CG was utilized for the removal of various fluoroquinolones (FQs) from water and exhibited high adsorption performance because of effective electrostatic attraction and hydrogen bonding interactions. Ciprofloxacin (CIP), a popular FQ, was used as the representative. The optimized CMC-CG had a theoretically maximal CIP uptake of approximately 1.271 mmol/g at the pH of 5.0. The adsorption capacity of CMC-CG was improved in the presence of some cations, Cu2+ and Fe3+ ions, at a low concentration through the bridging effect but was reduced at a high concentration. The investigation of adsorption mechanisms, based on the adsorption kinetics, isotherms and thermodynamic study, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses before and after adsorption, and changes in the adsorption performance of CMC-CG toward two molecular probes, further indicated that electrostatic attraction was the dominant interaction rather than hydrogen bonding in this adsorption. CMC-CG after saturated adsorption of CIP could be easily regenerated using a dilute NaCl aqueous solution and reused efficiently. Moreover, the disused aerogel could still be reused as a new adsorbent for effective adsorption of Cu2+ ion. Overall, this study suggested the promising applications of this composite aerogel as an eco-friendly, cost-effective, and recyclable adsorbent for the efficient removal of FQs from water.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 42061144014 and 51978325).

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  2. Department of Environmental Science, School of Tropical and Laboratory Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, China

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• A composite aerogel was simply obtained to remove various fluoroquinolones (FQs).

• The structural and textural properties of this composite aerogel are improved.

• Its adsorption capacity was improved at a low content of coexisting Cu2+ or Fe3+ ion.

• Two substructural analogs of FQs are compared to explore the adsorption mechanisms.

• This aerogel after saturated adsorption can be reused directly for Cu2+ adsorption.

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Li, N., Gao, B., Yang, R. et al. Simple fabrication of carboxymethyl cellulose and κ-carrageenan composite aerogel with efficient performance in removal of fluoroquinolone antibiotics from water. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng. 16, 133 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-022-1568-x

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