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Nickel ferrite nanoparticles for removal of polar pharmaceuticals from water samples with multi-purpose features

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This paper reports the removal of two widely used pharmaceuticals, namely dipyrone and diclofenac, by magnetic nickel ferrite nanoparticles. A method combining nickel ferrite nanoparticles and high-performance liquid chromatography was applied for the simultaneous monitoring of these polar compounds. The adsorption process of the target compounds on nickel ferrite nanoparticles was performed by using only 800 mg L−1 of the adsorbent at pH 5.8. From the experimental adsorption isotherms, maximum adsorption resulted 31.2 mg g−1 for dipyrone and 16.8 mg g−1 for diclofenac, with dipyrone having a slightly higher affinity for the surface than diclofenac. The presence of dissolved salts in water samples affected the adsorption with removal efficiency remaining between 30–42% for diclofenac and 40–60% for dipyrone. On the other hand, desorption of the drugs was achieved using methanol for diclofenac and ascorbic acid for dipyrone. This research provides the understanding of the adsorption behavior of polar pharmaceuticals on bare nickel ferrite nanoparticles, which promotes the large-scale application of these magnetic nanoparticles to the removal of pharmaceuticals from water samples and their further selective recovery.

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V. Springer acknowledges the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET, Argentina) and Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina) for the financial support from a research fellowship program. Funds from CONICET, FONCyT and SGCyT-UNS are acknowledged. This work received financial support from the European Union (FEDER funds POCI/01/0145/FEDER/007265) and National Funds (FCT/MEC, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and Ministério da Educação e Ciência) under the Partnership Agreement PT2020 UID/QUI/50006/2013. L. Barreiros thanks FCT and POPH (Programa Operacional Potencial Humano) for her Post-Doc grant FCT SFRH/BPD/89668/2012.

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    Valeria Springer & Marcelo Avena

  2. LAQV, REQUIMTE, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, R. Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal

    Luisa Barreiros & Marcela A. Segundo

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Springer, V., Barreiros, L., Avena, M. et al. Nickel ferrite nanoparticles for removal of polar pharmaceuticals from water samples with multi-purpose features. Adsorption 24, 431–441 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10450-018-9953-2

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